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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 Hunter (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 Hunter. 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.

Hunter is located in Garfield 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 Garfield County: Alfalfa, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Major & Noble.

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

  • Garfield County     (The home county of Hunter)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
    • Garber
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Breckenridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Breckenridge is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Kremlin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Fairmont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • North Enid
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • North Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Enid
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <1>
    • Covington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hillsdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Former name for Hillsdale:
      • Coldwater
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsdale <1>
    • Douglas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Carrier
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hayward
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hayward is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
    • Waukomis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Lahoma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Alfalfa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
    • Goltry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jet is located in Alfalfa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jet <1>
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
    • Salt Fork
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Salt Fork is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Fork
    • Lamont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pond Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jefferson is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
    • Medford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Deer Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Nash
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Renfrow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Renfrow is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
    • Wakita
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sand Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sand Creek is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
  • Kay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
    • Nardin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Tonkawa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Braman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Logan County
    • Marshall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunter, with the one closest to Hunter listed first.
    • Billings
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lucien
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Marland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Perry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hunter ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunter.

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

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

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

  • White Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Goldsmith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Heitholt Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Kremlin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Paradise Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of Enid.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99197 <2>
  • Garber Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pond Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Valley Center Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (91 more) ...
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lamont Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Garber
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kremlin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lamont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pond Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jefferson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
  • North Enid
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • North Enid is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
  • Enid
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Enid is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <1>
  • Medford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Tonkawa
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Waukomis
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Renfrow
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Renfrow is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
  • Blackwell
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Wakita
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Marshall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Hunter ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunter.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

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 Hunter:

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- Hunter) 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 Hunter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.