Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Flute Springs (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Flute Springs. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Flute Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Flute Springs: Flute Spgs. (or less commonly used: Flute Spngs. or Flute Sprngs.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County.
To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sequoyah County: Crawford (AR), Sebastian (AR), Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Le Flore & Muskogee.
Below are the counties that are near Flute Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flute Springs:
- Sequoyah County (The home county of Flute Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Marble City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dwight Mission
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dwight Mission is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Mission
- Marble City Community
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brushy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Evening Shade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Pinhook Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
- Stoney Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Box
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Akins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Akins is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akins
- Seven Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- McKey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- McKey is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKey
- Sallisaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Redbird Smith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Bunch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greasy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greasy is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
- Lyons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Cherry Tree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Tree is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Rocky Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
- Bell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bell is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Zion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Wauhillau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wauhillau is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauhillau
- Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Stilwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- West Peavine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Peavine is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peavine
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Cookson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Barber
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Caney Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Ridge
- Tenkiller
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
- Pettit Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pettit Bay is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Bay
- Carters Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carters Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Landing
- Pettit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pettit is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Keys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keys is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
- Welling
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Park Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tsa La Gi Indian Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zeb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zeb is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
- Haskell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Tamaha
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tamaha is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Keota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stigler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Le Flore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Cowlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cowlington is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Fort Coffee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Coffee is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Coffee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Arkoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Skullyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Skullyville is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullyville
- Spiro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Braden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Braden is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Bokoshe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Muskogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Sour John
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Webbers Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Braggs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- River Bottom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Fort Gibson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Simms
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Simms is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
- Warner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crawford County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Barcelona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Natural Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stop ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stop is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
- Cedarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lee Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lee Creek is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
- Van Buren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anna ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Anna is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Rudy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rudy is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Sebastian County (AR)
- Fort Smith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Evansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Dutch Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Morrow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Skylight
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Skylight is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylight
- Clyde
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Canehill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summers is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flute Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Flute Springs.
Cemeteries Near Flute Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flute Springs.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Flute Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flute Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Flute Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Marble City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- S Qua De Li Tsl Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dwight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bunch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bunch Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Bunch
- The Bunch Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Bunch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #986690 <2>
- Cherokee - McCoy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCoy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Beaver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chuculate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barnoskie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnoskie Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barnoskie Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Evening Shade.
- The Barnoskie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barnisky Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2280708 <2>
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Beaver Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Box Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Box Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Box.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1125665 <2>
- Ross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Flute Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flute Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flute Springs, with the one closest to Flute Springs listed first.
- Seven Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Lyons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Barcelona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Uniontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Evansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Tolu
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tolu is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Dora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dora is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Natural Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stop ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stop is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
- Dutch Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Lee Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lee Creek is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
- Morrow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morrow is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sexton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sexton is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
- Van Buren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flute Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flute Springs.
Newspapers Published in Flute Springs ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flute Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flute Springs, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flute Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Flute Springs:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Sequoyah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Cherokee County
- Haskell County
- Le Flore County
- Muskogee County
- Crawford County
- Sebastian County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flute Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Flute Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |