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 Gore (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 Gore. 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 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.
Gore is located in Sequoyah 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 Sequoyah County: Crawford (AR), Sebastian (AR), Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Le Flore & Muskogee.
Below are the counties that are near Gore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gore:
- Sequoyah County (The home county of Gore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Redbird Smith
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
- Paradise Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Carlisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Box
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Vian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Evening Shade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Pinhook Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
- McKey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McKey is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKey
- Dwight Mission
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dwight Mission is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Mission
- Marble City Community
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Marble City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Flute Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
- Sallisaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Bunch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greasy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Greasy is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
- Lyons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Rocky Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
- Wauhillau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wauhillau is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauhillau
- Cherry Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Tree is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Cookson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pettit Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pettit Bay is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Bay
- Pettit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pettit is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Zeb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Zeb is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
- Dry Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Keys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Keys is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
- Woodall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Woodall is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
- Barber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Caney Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caney Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Ridge
- Carters Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Landing
- Tenkiller
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
- Park Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tsa La Gi Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Haskell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Tamaha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tamaha is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Stigler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Whitefield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hoyt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- McCurtain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sans Bois
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sans Bois is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Bois
- Kinta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lequire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Le Flore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Cowlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cowlington is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Bokoshe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McIntosh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Shady Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Duchess Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Duchess Landing is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess Landing
- Rentiesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Texanna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Texanna is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
- Checotah
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Onapa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Onapa is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onapa
- Onapa has also been known as:
- Bond
- Muskogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Webbers Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sour John
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Braggs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- River Bottom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Simms
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Simms is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
- Warner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Porum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Gibson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Bacone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bacone is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
- Muskogee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oktaha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wybark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wybark is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
- Pittsburg County
- Longtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wagoner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Mallard Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
- Okay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Gibson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Tullahassee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
- Clarksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gore, see our County-by-County Page for Gore.
Cemeteries Near Gore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gore.
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 Gore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Gore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Still Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Vore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Starr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hanks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Foreman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carlile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plunkett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vaught Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hefley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Gore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gore, with the one closest to Gore listed first.
- Martin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Seven Oaks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Lyons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gore.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Gore ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gore.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Gore. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Gore and those printed in the larger area surrounding Gore.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Gore.
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 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 Gore:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Sequoyah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Cherokee County
- Haskell County
- Le Flore County
- McIntosh County
- Muskogee County
- Pittsburg County
- Wagoner 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> | 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 Gore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Gore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |