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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 Hewitt (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 Hewitt. 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 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.

Hewitt is located in Carter 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 Carter County: Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray & Stephens.

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

  • Carter County     (The home county of Hewitt)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
    • Wilson
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Healdton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oil City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Oil City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Lone Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Brock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Brock is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
    • Milo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Clemscott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Clemscott is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemscott
    • Graham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Woodford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodford is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
    • Ardmore
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Fox
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Pike City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Pike City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
    • Pooleville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Garvin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
    • Hennepin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Pernell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Satterwhite
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Satterwhite is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satterwhite
    • Katie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Katie is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
    • Foster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
    • Cornish
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cornish is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Ringling
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Petersburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Grady
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Grady is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Oscar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnston County
    • Mannsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Love County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
    • Orr
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Orr is located in Love County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Overbrook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Burneyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Leon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jimtown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jimtown is located in Love County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
    • Marietta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Thackerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
    • Davis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Village is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
    • Crusher
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Crusher is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crusher
    • Dougherty
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Washita
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Washita is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
    • Loco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Loco is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco <1>
    • Velma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cooke County (TX)
    • Marysville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Marysville is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Montague County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hewitt, with the one closest to Hewitt listed first.
    • Spanish Fort
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Spanish Fort is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
    • Illinois Bend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Illinois Bend is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
    • Rowland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rowland is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
    • Hynds City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hynds City is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City
    • Bonita
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bonita is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita

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

Cemeteries Near Hewitt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hewitt.

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 Hewitt - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hewitt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Hewitt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hewitt Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Wilson.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98622 <2>
  • Bomar Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Keller Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Reck Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cheek Love Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cheek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Oil Springs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Newport Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Simon Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (140 more) ...
    • Oswalt Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Orr Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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 Hewitt in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hewitt.

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

  • Woodford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodford is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
  • Spanish Fort
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Spanish Fort is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
  • Illinois Bend
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Illinois Bend is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
  • Sivells Bend ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sivells Bend is located in Cooke County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivells Bend
  • Marysville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Marysville is located in Cooke County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hewitt ...

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 Hewitt.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Hewitt. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Hewitt and those printed in the larger area surrounding Hewitt.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Hewitt.

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 Hewitt:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hewitt) 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 Hewitt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.