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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 Fort Supply (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 Fort Supply. 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 Fort Supply ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fort Supply: Ft. Supply

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Fort Supply is located in Woodward 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 Woodward County: Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major & Woods.

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

  • Woodward County     (The home county of Fort Supply)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Supply, with the one closest to Fort Supply listed first.
    • Woodward
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mooreland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sharon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Curtis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
      • Curtis is located in Woodward County
    • Quinlan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinlan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinlan
      • Quinlan is located in Woodward County
  • Beaver County
    • Slapout
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapout
      • Slapout is located in Beaver County
  • Ellis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Supply, with the one closest to Fort Supply listed first.
    • Fargo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
      • Fargo is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fargo <1>
    • Gage
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gage have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
      • Gage is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gage <1>
    • Catesby
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catesby
      • Catesby is located in Ellis County
    • Shattuck
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Harper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Supply, with the one closest to Fort Supply listed first.
    • May
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
      • May is located in Harper County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for May <1>
    • Selman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman
      • Selman is located in Harper County
    • Buffalo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Charleston ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charleston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Charleston is located in Harper County
    • Laverne
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
      • Rosston is located in Harper County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosston <1>
  • Woods County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Supply, with the one closest to Fort Supply listed first.
    • Haskew ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haskew came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskew
      • Haskew is located in Woods County
    • Freedom
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Woods County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freedom <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Fort Supply ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Supply.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Supply, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Supply.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Fort Supply:

Cemeteries Near Fort Supply ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Supply.

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 Fort Supply covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Ft. Supply Hospital Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ft. Supply Hospital Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Fort Supply.
    • The Ft. Supply Hospital Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Western State Hospital Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Supply Hospital Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201092 <6>
  • Fairlawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Sunset Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Cemetery
  • Rock Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Church Cemetery
  • Rest Haven Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kibby Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kibby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kibby Cemetery
  • Fern Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Cemetery
  • May Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the May Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the May Cemetery
  • Braunch Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Braunch Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Braunch Memorial Park
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fargo Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fargo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fargo Cemetery
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...
    • Gnadenfield Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Gyp Valley Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gyp Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gyp Valley Cemetery
    • Lathrop Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Fort Supply had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Fort Supply had a population of 309 people.

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

  • Alston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
    • Alston is located in Woodward County
  • Curtis
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
    • Curtis is located in Woodward County

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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- Fort Supply) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Supply. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5719, Longitude: -99.5732    
<6>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.
<7>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 Fort Supply, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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