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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 Hawley (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 Hawley. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Hawley is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Harper (KS), Sumner (KS), Alfalfa, Garfield & Kay.

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

  • Grant County     (The home county of Hawley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
    • Sand Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sand Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
      • Sand Creek is located in Grant County
    • Nash
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nash have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
      • Nash is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nash <3>
    • Wakita
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Jefferson is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
    • Pond Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Medford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Manchester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Renfrow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
      • Renfrow is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
    • Lamont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Salt Fork
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Fork
      • Salt Fork is located in Grant County
    • Deer Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
      • Deer Creek is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Creek <3>
  • Alfalfa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
    • Vining
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
      • Vining is located in Alfalfa County
    • Jet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jet
      • Jet is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jet <3>
    • Goltry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Byron
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
      • Byron is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Cherokee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Amorita
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amorita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amorita
      • Amorita is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amorita <3>
    • Helena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Helena is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,417 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <3>
    • Ingersoll
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingersoll
      • Ingersoll is located in Alfalfa County
    • Lambert
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
      • Lambert is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
    • Yewed
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yewed
      • Yewed is located in Alfalfa County
    • Burlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Burlington is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <3>
    • Carmen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Aline
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
    • Hillsdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
      • Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Former name for Hillsdale:
      • Coldwater
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsdale <3>
    • Kremlin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kremlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremlin
      • Kremlin is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kremlin <3>
    • Carrier
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrier have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier
      • Carrier is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier <3>
    • North Enid
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
      • North Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Hunter
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
      • Hunter is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunter <3>
    • Enid
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <3>
    • Lahoma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lahoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahoma
      • Lahoma is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lahoma <3>
    • Breckenridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
      • Breckenridge is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
  • Major County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
    • Meno
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Ringwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ringwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
      • Ringwood is located in Major County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ringwood <3>
  • Woods County
    • Dacoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Harper County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
    • Waldron
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
      • Waldron is located in Harper County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
    • Bluff City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
      • Bluff City is located in Harper County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Ruella
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruella have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
      • Ruella is located in Harper County (KS)
    • Anthony
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
      • Anthony is located in Harper County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anthony <3>
  • Sumner County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.
    • Doster
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doster. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
      • Doster is located in Sumner County (KS)
    • Caldwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hawley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hawley.

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

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

  • Hawley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hawley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Friends Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friends Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friends Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dunkard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunkard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunkard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thrawl Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Home Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Home Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located between<5> the communities of Nash and Pond Creek.  The cemetery lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<6> to the east of Nash.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99032 <4>
  • Klondike Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Klondike Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Klondike Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wakita Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ware Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ware Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ware Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<6> to the southwest of Cherokee.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99749 <4>
  • Milan Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (97 more) ...
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson Park Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jefferson Park Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jefferson Park 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.<7>

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

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hawley, with the one closest to Hawley listed first.

  • Jet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jet
    • Jet is located in Alfalfa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jet <3>
  • Wakita
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Jefferson is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
  • Pond Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Medford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Kremlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kremlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremlin
    • Kremlin is located in Garfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kremlin <3>
  • Cherokee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Helena
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Helena is located in Alfalfa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,417 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <3>
  • Driftwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Driftwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
    • Driftwood is located in Alfalfa County
  • North Enid
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
    • North Enid is located in Garfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
  • Renfrow
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
    • Renfrow is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
  • Bluff City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
    • Bluff City is located in Harper County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Ruella
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruella have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
      • Ruella is located in Harper County (KS)
    • Carwile
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carwile have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carwile
      • Carwile is located in Alfalfa County
    • Enid
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Hawley ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hawley, 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 Hawley.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Hawley:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Nash and Pond Creek. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hawley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hawley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7531, Longitude: -98.0192       In this case, the coordinates for Hawley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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 Hawley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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