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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 Forgan (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 Forgan. 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.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Forgan is located in Beaver County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Beaver County: Clark (KS), Meade (KS), Seward (KS), Ellis, Harper, Texas, Lipscomb (TX) & Ochiltree (TX).

Below are the counties that are near Forgan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forgan:

  • Beaver County     (The home county of Forgan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forgan, with the one closest to Forgan listed first.
    • Beaver
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
      • Beaver is located in Beaver County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <2>
    • Floris
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
      • Floris is located in Beaver County
    • Turpin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Knowles
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
      • Knowles is located in Beaver County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knowles <2>
    • Balko
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gate
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate
      • Gate is located in Beaver County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gate <2>
    • Logan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
      • Logan is located in Beaver County
  • Texas County
    • Tyrone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyrone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
      • Tyrone is located in Texas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyrone <2>
  • Meade County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forgan, with the one closest to Forgan listed first.
    • Plains
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
      • Plains is located in Meade County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <2>
    • Meade
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
      • Meade is located in Meade County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
      • Meade has also been known as:
      • Meade City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meade <2>
  • Seward County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forgan, with the one closest to Forgan listed first.
    • Kismet
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
      • Kismet is located in Seward County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
    • Liberal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
      • Liberal is located in Seward County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,821 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberal <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forgan, see our County-by-County Page for Forgan.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Forgan ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forgan.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Forgan. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Forgan and those printed in the larger area surrounding Forgan.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of Forgan.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Forgan:

Cemeteries Near Forgan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forgan.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forgan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forgan, with the one closest to Forgan listed first.

  • Forgan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forgan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forgan Cemetery
  • Beaver Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Cemetery
  • Midway Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Midway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Midway Cemetery
  • Overton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Overton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Overton Cemetery
  • Biller Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Biller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Biller Cemetery
  • Turpin Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turpin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turpin Cemetery
  • Busch Chapel Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Busch Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Busch Chapel Cemetery
  • West Glendale Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Knowles Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knowles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knowles Cemetery
  • Stone School Lutheran Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Atwater Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atwater Cemetery
  • Continue List   (32 more) ...
    • Capitol View Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capitol View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capitol View Cemetery
    • Independence Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Independence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Independence Cemetery
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery

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.<5>

While we didn't find Forgan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forgan.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Forgan, with the one closest to Forgan listed first.

  • Beaver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Beaver is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <2>
  • Elmwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
    • Elmwood is located in Beaver County
  • Boyd
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Boyd is located in Beaver County
  • Clear Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Clear Lake is located in Beaver County
  • Kismet
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
    • Kismet is located in Seward County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
  • Arkalon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arkalon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkalon
    • Arkalon is located in Seward County (KS)
  • Liberal
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
    • Liberal is located in Seward County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,821 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberal <2>
  • Plains
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
    • Plains is located in Meade County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,021 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <2>
  • Gate
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate
    • Gate is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gate <2>
  • Meade
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
    • Meade is located in Meade County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,519 people
    • Meade has also been known as:
    • Meade City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meade <2>
  • Missler
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missler
    • Missler is located in Meade County (KS)
  • Logan
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Logan is located in Beaver County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forgan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forgan.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forgan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forgan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forgan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9069, Longitude: -100.5384    
<4>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.
<5>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 Forgan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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