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 Jefferson (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 Jefferson. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Jefferson is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Harper (KS), Sumner (KS), Alfalfa, Garfield & Kay.
Below are the counties that are near Jefferson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jefferson:
- Grant County (The home county of Jefferson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Pond Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Medford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Fork is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Fork
- Lamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wakita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sand Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Deer Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Renfrow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Renfrow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Alfalfa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Vining
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Vining is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Jet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Goltry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Byron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Byron is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Garfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Kremlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hunter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Breckenridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Breckenridge is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- North Enid
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Enid is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Carrier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Enid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lahoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Waukomis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Nardin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tonkawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blackwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Braman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Noble County
- Billings
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Harper County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Bluff City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Waldron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Sumner County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Doster
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Doster is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Caldwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Drury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drury is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
- Hunnewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hunnewell is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jefferson, see our County-by-County Page for Jefferson.
Cemeteries Near Jefferson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jefferson.
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 Jefferson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jefferson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Jefferson Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pond Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Klondike Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsmith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Nash and Pond Creek. The cemetery lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the east of Nash.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99032 <4>
- Valley Center Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (85 more) ...
- Friends Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Medford Mennonite Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Calvary Cemetery
- The St. Mary Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Jefferson had no post office or railroad service. In 2020, Jefferson had a population of 8 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jefferson, with the one closest to Jefferson listed first.
- Pond Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Medford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kremlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wakita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Renfrow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Renfrow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- North Enid
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Enid is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Jet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Enid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Doster
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Doster is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Metcalf
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Metcalf is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
- Bluff City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Tonkawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jefferson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jefferson.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Jefferson ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jefferson.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Jefferson. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Jefferson and those printed in the larger area surrounding Jefferson.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Jefferson.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Jefferson:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alfalfa County
- Garfield County
- Kay County
- Noble County
- Harper County
- Sumner 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Nash and Pond Creek. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | 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- Jefferson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Jefferson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |