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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 Hennessey (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 Hennessey. 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 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.

Hennessey is located in Kingfisher 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 Kingfisher County: Blaine, Canadian, Garfield, Logan, Major & Oklahoma.

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

  • Kingfisher County     (The home county of Hennessey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
    • Dover
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lacey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lacey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
      • Lacey is located in Kingfisher County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lacey
      • From Hennessey to Lacey
    • Oneida
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oneida. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
      • Oneida is located in Kingfisher County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Oneida
      • From Hennessey to Oneida
    • Loyal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wandel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingfisher
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingfisher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfisher
      • Kingfisher is located in Kingfisher County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,891 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingfisher <1>
    • Alpha
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alpha. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
      • Alpha is located in Kingfisher County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Alpha
      • From Hennessey to Alpha
    • Reeding
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeding
      • Reeding is located in Kingfisher County
    • Omega
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Cashion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Altona
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Altona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
      • Altona is located in Kingfisher County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Altona
      • From Hennessey to Altona
  • Blaine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
    • Okeene
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hitchcock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitchcock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchcock
      • Hitchcock is located in Blaine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hitchcock <1>
  • Canadian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
    • Okarche
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Piedmont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
      • Piedmont is located in Canadian County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,981 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <1>
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
    • Bison
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Waukomis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Drummond
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drummond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
      • Drummond is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drummond <1>
    • Douglas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
      • Douglas is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglas <1>
    • Enid
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Fairmont
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
      • Fairmont is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairmont <1>
    • Lahoma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lahoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <1>
    • North Enid
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Covington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
      • Covington is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <1>
    • Breckenridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Hayward
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Carrier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <1>
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hennessey, with the one closest to Hennessey listed first.
    • Marshall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Marshall is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
    • Crescent
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cimarron City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cimarron City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
      • Cimarron City is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cimarron City
      • From Hennessey to Cimarron City
    • Mulhall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
      • Cedar Valley is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
    • Lawrie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lawrie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
      • Lawrie is located in Logan County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lawrie
      • From Hennessey to Lawrie
    • Orlando
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Guthrie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Major County
  • Noble County

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

Cemeteries Near Hennessey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hennessey.

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

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

  • Hennessey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hennessey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hennessey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hennessey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bison Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bison Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lyon Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyon Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyon Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Morrison Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrison Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wilhite Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilhite Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilhite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (130 more) ...
    • Evans & Burns Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evans & Burns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evans & Burns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Dover Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dover Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hennessey had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Hennessey had a population of 2,225 people.

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

  • Cato
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cato have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
    • Cato is located in Kingfisher County
  • Dover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lacey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lacey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Lacey is located in Kingfisher County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lacey
    • From Hennessey to Lacey
  • Waukomis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Oneida
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oneida. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Oneida is located in Kingfisher County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Oneida
    • From Hennessey to Oneida
  • Marshall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Marshall is located in Logan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
  • Parvin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parvin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parvin
    • Parvin is located in Kingfisher County
  • Wandel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Zion ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
    • Zion is located in Kingfisher County
  • Kingfisher
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingfisher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfisher
    • Kingfisher is located in Kingfisher County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,891 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingfisher <1>
  • Alpha
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alpha. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
    • Alpha is located in Kingfisher County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Alpha
    • From Hennessey to Alpha
  • Crescent
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hennessey ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hennessey.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hennessey. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hennessey and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hennessey.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5> of Hennessey.

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 either 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 Hennessey:

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

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<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>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- Hennessey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hennessey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1094, Longitude: -97.8990    
<6>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 Hennessey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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