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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 Harrisburg (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 Harrisburg. 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.

Harrisburg is located in Stephens 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 Stephens County: Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady & Jefferson.

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

  • Stephens County     (The home county of Harrisburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harrisburg, with the one closest to Harrisburg listed first.
    • Velma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Velma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
      • Velma is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Velma <2>
    • Loco
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Loco is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco <2>
    • Duncan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 <2>
    • Meridian
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in Stephens County
    • Comanche
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Bray
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bray
      • Bray is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bray <2>
    • Empire City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
    • Gas City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gas City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas City
      • Gas City is located in Stephens County
    • Marlow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oil City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Stephens County
    • Central High
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central High have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
  • Carter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harrisburg, with the one closest to Harrisburg listed first.
    • Countyline
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Tussy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Pruitt City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pruitt City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitt City
      • Pruitt City is located in Carter County
    • Ratliff City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ratliff City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff City
      • Ratliff City is located in Carter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ratliff City <2>
    • Fox
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Pike City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
      • Pike City is located in Carter County
    • Tatums
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tatums have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatums
      • Tatums is located in Carter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tatums <2>
    • Clemscott
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemscott
      • Clemscott is located in Carter County
    • Graham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Pooleville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Healdton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oil City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Carter County
    • Milo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harrisburg, with the one closest to Harrisburg listed first.
    • Bethel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
      • Bethel is located in Comanche County
    • Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Sterling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cotton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harrisburg, with the one closest to Harrisburg listed first.
    • Hulen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulen
      • Hulen is located in Cotton County
    • Temple
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Walters
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • 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 <2>
  • Garvin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harrisburg, with the one closest to Harrisburg listed first.
    • Pernell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Foster
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foster have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
      • Foster is located in Garvin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foster <2>
    • Hennepin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Elmore City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmore City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore City
      • Elmore City is located in Garvin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmore City <2>
    • Katie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
      • Katie is located in Garvin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
    • Wallville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallville
      • Wallville is located in Garvin County
    • Erin Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erin Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Springs
      • Erin Springs is located in Garvin County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 87 people
    • Lindsay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Antioch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
      • Antioch is located in Garvin County
  • Grady County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harrisburg, with the one closest to Harrisburg listed first.
    • Cox City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox City
      • Cox City is located in Grady County
    • Rush Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Springs
      • Rush Springs is located in Grady County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Springs <2>
    • Bradley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harrisburg, with the one closest to Harrisburg listed first.
    • Addington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cornish
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornish have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
      • Cornish is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Ringling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ringling have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringling
      • Ringling is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ringling <2>
    • Waurika
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hastings
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Sugden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
      • Sugden is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Grady
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
      • Grady is located in Jefferson County
    • Ryan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
      • Ryan is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Harrisburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harrisburg.

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 Harrisburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Weaver Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weaver Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weaver Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Parks Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stoner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stoner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stoner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Velma Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Passmore Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Passmore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Passmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cruce Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cruce Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cruce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tucker Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • New Velma Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Velma Cemetery
    • The New Velma Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Velma Cemetery
  • Woolsey Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woolsey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woolsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Jackson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Jackson Cemetery
    • The Old Jackson Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Scott Cemetery
  • Hope Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (82 more) ...
    • Old Duncan Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Duncan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Duncan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Colbert Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colbert Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colbert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Henderson - Harris Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henderson - Harris Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henderson - Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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.<5>

While we didn't find Harrisburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harrisburg.

  • Woodford
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
    • Woodford is located in Carter County

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

Newspapers Published in Harrisburg ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrisburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harrisburg, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harrisburg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Harrisburg:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harrisburg. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<5>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 Harrisburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Harrisburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harrisburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4348, Longitude: -97.7898       In this case, the coordinates for Harrisburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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