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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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Geronimo is located in Comanche 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 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Lawton is located in Comanche County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Artillery Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artillery Village
      • Artillery Village is located in Comanche County
    • Faxon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faxon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
      • Faxon is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faxon <1>
    • Fort Sill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pumpkin Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
      • Pumpkin Center is located in Comanche County
    • Bethel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
      • Bethel is located in Comanche County
    • Chattanooga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chattanooga have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga
      • Chattanooga is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chattanooga <1>
    • Cache
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cache have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
      • Cache is located in Comanche County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Park
      • Medicine Park is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Park <1>
    • Richards Spur ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richards Spur. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Spur
      • Richards Spur is located in Comanche County
    • Elgin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Elgin is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <1>
    • The Holy City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Holy City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Holy City
      • The Holy City is located in Comanche County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cyril have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyril
      • Cyril is located in Caddo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cyril <1>
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulen
      • Hulen is located in Cotton County
    • Walters
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
      • Walters is located in Cotton County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookietown
      • Cookietown is located in Cotton County
    • Temple
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Randlett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randlett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randlett
      • Randlett is located in Cotton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randlett <1>
    • Taylor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Taylor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Taylor is located in Cotton County
    • Devol
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devol have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devol
      • Devol is located in Cotton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devol <1>
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gas City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas City
      • Gas City is located in Stephens County
    • Oil City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Stephens County
    • Empire City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
      • Empire City is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 889 people
    • Central High
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central High have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central High
      • Central High is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
    • Meridian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in Stephens County
    • Comanche
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
      • Comanche is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comanche <1>
    • Duncan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Duncan is located in Stephens County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loveland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
      • Loveland is located in Tillman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loveland <1>
    • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thornberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
      • Thornberry is located in Clay County (TX)
    • Byers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
      • Byers is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byers <1>
  • Wichita County (TX)
    • Burkburnett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burkburnett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkburnett
      • Burkburnett is located in Wichita County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,405 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burkburnett <1>

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.

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 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Allendale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Allendale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Devine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Devine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Devine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elm Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elm Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elm Grove Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the southeast of Walters.
    • The Elm Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Salem Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99075 <5>
  • Flower Mound Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flower Mound Community Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flower Mound Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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 the Shakelford Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shakelford Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the southwest of Walters.
  • Pecan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pecan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pecan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Highland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <5>
  • Indian Agency Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Agency Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Agency Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Letitia Community Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Letitia Community Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Letitia Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deyo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deyo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (75 more) ...
    • Ft. Sill Post Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Sill Post Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Sill Post Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Faxon Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faxon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faxon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Brown Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie
    • Charlie is located in Clay County (TX)
  • Thornberry
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thornberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
    • Thornberry is located in Clay County (TX)

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]<4> of Geronimo.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Geronimo:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Geronimo. 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>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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Geronimo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4819, Longitude: -98.3833       In this case, the coordinates for Geronimo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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.




 

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