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 Grand Lake Towne (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 Grand Lake Towne. 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.
Name Variations for Grand Lake Towne ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Grand Lake Towne: Grand Lk. Towne
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Grand Lake Towne is located in Mayes 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 Mayes County: Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Rogers & Wagoner.
Below are the counties that are near Grand Lake Towne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grand Lake Towne:
- Mayes County (The home county of Grand Lake Towne)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- Disney
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Langley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pensacola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pensacola is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Spavinaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Strang
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hoot Owl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoot Owl is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoot Owl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
- Adair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wickliffe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wickliffe is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickliffe
- Pump Back
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pump Back is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Back
- Salina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pryor Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
- Pryor Creek has also been known as:
- Pryor
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <1>
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- Peggs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Scraper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Scraper is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scraper
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- Ketchum
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vinita
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cabin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bluejacket
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Welch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- Cleora
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cleora is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- Dennis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dennis is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Zena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Zena is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Bernice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Eucha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Old Eucha is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Eucha
- Eucha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Eucha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Eucha is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eucha
- Tagg Flats
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tagg Flats is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagg Flats
- Jay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jay is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Brush Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Bull Hollow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
- Copeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Copeland is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Nowata County
- New Alluwe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Alluwe is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alluwe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- Afton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Narcissa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Narcissa is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcissa
- Dotyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Kellyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Wyandotte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Miami
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ottawa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- North Miami
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Commerce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rogers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- Chelsea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bushyhead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bushyhead is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushyhead
- Foyil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Benton County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- Maysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Rome City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rome City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome City
- Pactolus ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pactolus is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Cherokee City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee City
- McDonald County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- South West City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tiff City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Noel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Noel is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grand Lake Towne, see our County-by-County Page for Grand Lake Towne.
Cemeteries Near Grand Lake Towne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grand Lake Towne.
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 Grand Lake Towne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grand Lake Towne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- Ketchum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchum Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ketchum Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ketchum.
- The Ketchum Cemetery has also been known as:
- Willow Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154769 <2>
- Old Ketchum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Military Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Carselowey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spavinaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mose Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Tree Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McLaughlin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ghormley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghormley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ghormley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Pensacola.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98500 <2>
- West Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hiderbrand Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hilderbrand Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilderbrand Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hilderbrand Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northwest of Jay.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980101 <2>
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Landrum Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wallen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Grand Lake Towne in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grand Lake Towne.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grand Lake Towne, with the one closest to Grand Lake Towne listed first.
- South West City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Maysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Maysville is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Tiff City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Saratoga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saratoga is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Cherokee City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee City
- Pactolus ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pactolus is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Beaty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beaty is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty
- Crump ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Crump is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Hart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hart is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Noel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Noel is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <1>
- Coy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coy is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grand Lake Towne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand Lake Towne.
Newspapers Published in Grand Lake Towne ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Lake Towne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grand Lake Towne, 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 Grand Lake Towne.
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 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 Grand Lake Towne:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Mayes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Craig County
- Delaware County
- Nowata County
- Ottawa County
- Rogers County
- Benton County
- McDonald 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 '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- Grand Lake Towne) 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 Grand Lake Towne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |