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 Gibbon (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 Gibbon. 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 and doctors 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.
Gibbon is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Harper (KS), Sumner (KS), Alfalfa, Garfield & Kay.
Below are the counties that are near Gibbon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gibbon:
- Grant County (The home county of Gibbon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbon, with the one closest to Gibbon listed first.
- Manchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wakita
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sand Creek is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Medford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Renfrow
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Renfrow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
- Nash
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pond Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lamont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Fork is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Fork
- Alfalfa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbon, with the one closest to Gibbon listed first.
- Vining
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vining is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Amorita
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Byron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Byron is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Jet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ingersoll
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ingersoll is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingersoll
- Burlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Goltry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yewed
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yewed is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yewed
- Lambert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Garfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbon, with the one closest to Gibbon listed first.
- Hillsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Former name for Hillsdale:
- Coldwater
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsdale <1>
- Kremlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Barber County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbon, with the one closest to Gibbon listed first.
- Hazelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Kiowa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kiowa is located in Barber County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Kiowa has also been known as:
- Kiowa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
- Harper County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbon, with the one closest to Gibbon listed first.
- Bluff City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Waldron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waldron is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Anthony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ruella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ruella is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Freeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
- Harper
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Danville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Danville has also been known as:
- Coalville
- Attica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crisfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
- Runnymede
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Runnymede is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
- Duquoin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Duquoin is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquoin
- Sumner County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbon, with the one closest to Gibbon listed first.
- Doster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doster is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Caldwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Argonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Milan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milan is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Drury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Drury is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
- Perth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gibbon, see our County-by-County Page for Gibbon.
Cemeteries Near Gibbon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gibbon.
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 Gibbon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gibbon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gibbon, with the one closest to Gibbon listed first.
- Gibbon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wakita Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Springdale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waldron Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ware Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ware Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Cherokee.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99749 <2>
- Continue List (86 more) ...
- Hawley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Devore Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Gibbon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gibbon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gibbon, with the one closest to Gibbon listed first.
- Wakita
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Metcalf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Metcalf is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
- Ruella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ruella is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Anthony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Medford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doster is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
- Renfrow
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Renfrow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Freeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
- Corwin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corwin is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Driftwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Driftwood is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pond Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gibbon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gibbon.
Newspapers Published in Gibbon ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gibbon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gibbon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gibbon.
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 Gibbon:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alfalfa County
- Garfield County
- Barber County
- Harper County
- Sumner County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
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 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gibbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gibbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |