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 Inola (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 Inola. 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 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.
Inola is located in Rogers 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 Rogers County: Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Tulsa, Wagoner & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Inola. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Inola:
- Rogers County (The home county of Inola)
- The following are listed by their distance from Inola, with the one closest to Inola listed first.
- Gregory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Tiawah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tiawah is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
- Catoosa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Verdigris
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Verdigris is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdigris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
- Justice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Justice is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Claremore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Valley Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Park is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Sequoyah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sequoyah is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoyah
- Limestone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Foyil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bushyhead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bushyhead is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushyhead
- Oologah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chelsea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inola, with the one closest to Inola listed first.
- Lost City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lost City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Peggs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hulbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Gideon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gideon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
- Creek County
- Kiefer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mayes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inola, with the one closest to Inola listed first.
- Mazie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chouteau
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pin Oaks Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
- Cedar Crest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Murphy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Murphy is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Pryor Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
- Pryor Creek has also been known as:
- Pryor
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <1>
- Ballou
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ballou is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Sams Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
- Sportsmen Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Locust Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Iron Post
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Iron Post is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
- Snake Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Salina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Muskogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inola, with the one closest to Inola listed first.
- Haskell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Taft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wybark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wybark is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
- Jamesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jamesville is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Bacone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bacone is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
- Muskogee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Gibson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Beland is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beland
- Osage County
- Skiatook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tulsa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inola, with the one closest to Inola listed first.
- Broken Arrow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Leonard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Owasso
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bixby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jenks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tulsa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Garden City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Turley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Turley is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
- Sperry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenpool
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kengle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Kengle is located in Tulsa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kengle
- Oakhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wagoner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Inola, with the one closest to Inola listed first.
- Fair Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Oaks is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- New Tulsa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Tulsa is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Tulsa
- Coweta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wagoner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redbird
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Porter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stones Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stones Corner is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Corner
- Stonebluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stonebluff is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebluff
- Choska ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Choska is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choska
- Choska has also been known as:
- Chooska Bottoms
- Choska Bottoms
- Clarksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Clarksville is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Tullahassee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
- Gibson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Anchor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anchor is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Washington County
- Vera
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Inola, see our County-by-County Page for Inola.
Cemeteries Near Inola ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Inola.
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 Inola - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Inola covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Inola, with the one closest to Inola listed first.
- Sweeten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Springtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Childers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brethren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Timber Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Crutchfield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stidman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Amish Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Chambers Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- River Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Inola in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Inola.
- Keith
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keith is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Inola. See our List of 1890's Communities around Inola.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Inola ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Inola.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Inola. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Inola and those printed in the larger area surrounding Inola.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Inola.
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 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 Inola:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Rogers County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Creek County
- Mayes County
- Muskogee County
- Osage County
- Tulsa County
- Wagoner County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
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> | 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 Inola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Inola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |