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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 Gansel (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 Gansel. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Gansel is located in Noble 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 Noble County: Garfield, Grant, Kay, Logan, Osage, Pawnee & Payne.

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

  • Noble County     (The home county of Gansel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gansel, with the one closest to Gansel listed first.
    • Perry
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lucien
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Petes Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Petes Corner is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Corner
    • Red Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Billings
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Morrison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Marland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gansel, with the one closest to Gansel listed first.
    • Hayward
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Hayward is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
    • Covington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Garber
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Douglas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Fairmont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Breckenridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Breckenridge is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Hunter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Enid
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <1>
    • North Enid
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • North Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Waukomis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gansel, with the one closest to Gansel listed first.
    • Salt Fork
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Salt Fork is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Fork
    • Lamont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Kay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gansel, with the one closest to Gansel listed first.
    • Tonkawa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • White Eagle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • White Eagle is located in Kay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eagle
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gansel, with the one closest to Gansel listed first.
    • Orlando
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Mulhall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Marshall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawrie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Lawrie is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
    • Coyle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Langston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Crescent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Guthrie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Valley is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
    • Cimarron City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cimarron City is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Meridian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Payne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gansel, with the one closest to Gansel listed first.
    • Yost
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Yost is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
    • Stillwater
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Glencoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Cimarron City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cimarron City is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
    • Perkins
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Vinco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Vinco is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco

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

Cemeteries Near Gansel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gansel.

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 Gansel - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lawnview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • McGuire Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Grace Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sample Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Polo Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Polo Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest of Perry.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99287 <3>
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hayward Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • German Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (116 more) ...
    • Zion Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Tedford Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ewy Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<4>

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

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

  • Perry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Orlando
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Black Bear
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Bear is located in Noble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bear
  • Mulhall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Garber
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marena
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marena is located in Payne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marena
  • Red Rock
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stillwater
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Morrison
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Lawrie
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lawrie is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
  • Langston
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Cimarron City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cimarron City is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
    • Crescent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Zion ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Zion is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

Newspapers Published in Gansel ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gansel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gansel, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gansel.

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 websites either 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 Gansel:

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>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- Gansel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Gansel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.