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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 Geronimo (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 Geronimo. 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 southwest 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 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.

Geronimo is located in Comanche 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 Comanche County: Caddo, Cotton, Grady, Kiowa, Stephens & Tillman.

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

  • Comanche County     (The home county of Geronimo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Geronimo, with the one closest to Geronimo listed first.
    • Lawton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Lawton is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,164 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawton <1>
    • Artillery Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Artillery Village is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artillery Village
    • Faxon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Fort Sill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pumpkin Center is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
    • Bethel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bethel is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Chattanooga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Cache
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cache is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cache <1>
    • Medicine Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Richards Spur ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Richards Spur is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Spur
    • Elgin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Elgin is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <1>
    • Lakeside Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • The Holy City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Holy City is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Holy City
  • Caddo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Geronimo, with the one closest to Geronimo listed first.
    • Apache
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Cyril
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Cotton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Geronimo, with the one closest to Geronimo listed first.
    • Hulen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Hulen is located in Cotton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulen
    • Walters
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Walters is located in Cotton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,357 people
      • Former name for Walters:
      • Walter
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walters <1>
    • Cookietown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cookietown is located in Cotton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookietown
    • Temple
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Randlett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Taylor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Taylor is located in Cotton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Devol
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Geronimo, with the one closest to Geronimo listed first.
    • Hastings
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Addington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Waurika
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Geronimo, with the one closest to Geronimo listed first.
    • Gas City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Gas City is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas City
    • Oil City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Oil City is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Empire City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Empire City is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 889 people
    • Central High
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Central High is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central High
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
    • Meridian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Meridian is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Comanche
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Duncan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Duncan is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <1>
    • Marlow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tillman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Geronimo, with the one closest to Geronimo listed first.
    • Grandfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Loveland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollister
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Clay County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Geronimo, with the one closest to Geronimo listed first.
    • Thornberry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Thornberry is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
    • Byers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Byers is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byers <1>
  • Wichita County (TX)
    • Burkburnett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Geronimo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Geronimo.

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

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

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

  • Allendale Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Devine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Elm Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elm Grove Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Walters.
    • The Elm Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Salem Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99075 <3>
  • Flower Mound Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Walters Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Shakelford Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakelford Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shakelford Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Walters.
  • Pecan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Lawton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98639 <3>
  • Indian Agency Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Letitia Community Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunset Memorial Gardens is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Lawton.
    • The Sunset Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Sunset Memorial Garden Cemetery
  • Deyo Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (75 more) ...
    • Ft. Sill Post Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Faxon Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Brown Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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 Geronimo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Geronimo.

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

  • Fort Sill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Charlie
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Charlie is located in Clay County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie
  • Thornberry
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Thornberry is located in Clay County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Geronimo ...

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 169 newspapers that have been published in the area around Geronimo.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Geronimo. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Geronimo and those printed in the larger area surrounding Geronimo.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Geronimo.

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 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 Geronimo:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Geronimo) 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 Geronimo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.