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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Hockerville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hockerville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hockerville, please Contact Us.

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 Hockerville (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 Hockerville. 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 and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Hockerville is historic, it would have been located within present day Ottawa 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 Ottawa County: Cherokee (KS), McDonald (MO), Newton (MO), Craig & Delaware.

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

  • Ottawa County     (The home county of Hockerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hockerville, with the one closest to Hockerville listed first.
    • Quapaw
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Picher ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lincolnville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cardin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Commerce
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • North Miami
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North Miami is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
    • Peoria
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Peoria is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Ottawa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Miami
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dotyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Dotyville is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
    • Wyandotte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Narcissa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Narcissa is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcissa
  • Craig County
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hockerville, with the one closest to Hockerville listed first.
    • Copeland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Copeland is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
    • Cayuga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bernice
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Dodge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Dodge is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
    • Cleora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cleora is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
  • Cherokee County (KS)
  • Crawford County (KS)
  • Labette County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hockerville, with the one closest to Hockerville listed first.
    • Chetopa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Oswego
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bartlett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Bartlett is located in Labette County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Labette
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Labette is located in Labette County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Labette has also been known as:
      • Labette City
    • Strauss
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Barton County (MO)
  • Jasper County (MO)
  • McDonald County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hockerville, with the one closest to Hockerville listed first.
    • May
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tiff City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
    • Goodman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Goodman is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodman <2>
    • Erie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Anderson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Newton County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hockerville, with the one closest to Hockerville listed first.
    • Loma Linda
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Loma Linda is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
    • Grand Falls Plaza
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Spring City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Spring City is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
    • Cliff Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Cliff Village is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Redings Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Redings Mill is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Shoal Creek Drive
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Seneca
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Seneca is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,394 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <2>
    • Dennis Acres
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Dennis Acres is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Racine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Racine is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
    • Leawood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Leawood is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Shoal Creek Estates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Saginaw
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people

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

Cemeteries Near Hockerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hockerville.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Hockerville ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hockerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hockerville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hockerville.

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 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 Hockerville:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hockerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hockerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.