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 Johnson (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 Johnson. 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.
Johnson is located in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County: Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pontotoc & Seminole.
Below are the counties that are near Johnson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Johnson:
- Pottawatomie County (The home county of Johnson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Aydelotte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aydelotte is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydelotte
- Bellemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Shawnee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Earlsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tecumseh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Bethel Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- McLoud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brooksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Maud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Maud is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <1>
- Pink
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
- Macomb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Little Axe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
- Etowah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Etowah is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Creek County
- Milfay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Meeker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prague
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jacktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Sparks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Chandler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Davenport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Warwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Warwick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Wellston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ingram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ingram is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Stroud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kendrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kendrick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Fallis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fallis is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Okfuskee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Paden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bearden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bearden is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Castle is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Ixl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ixl is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Mason
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Okemah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Newalla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harrah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Woods is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Choctaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Luther
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nicoma Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Midwest City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Seminole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Seminole
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowlegs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cromwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lima
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lima is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Wewoka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Johnson, see our County-by-County Page for Johnson.
Cemeteries Near Johnson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Johnson.
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 Johnson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Johnson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McKosta Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wakole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Shawnee.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shawnee Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98396 <2>
- Resthaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gable Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Gregory's Abbey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Neal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McKosato Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Earlsboro Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bruner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Johnson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Johnson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Johnson, with the one closest to Johnson listed first.
- Bellemont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Shawnee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Tecumseh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Romulus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Romulus is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romulus
- Chandler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stella is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Warwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Warwick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Davenport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wellston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Anderson is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Ingram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ingram is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Choctaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Johnson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Johnson.
Newspapers Published in Johnson ...
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 197 newspapers that have been published in the area around Johnson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Johnson, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Johnson.
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 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 Johnson:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Pottawatomie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleveland County
- Creek County
- Lincoln County
- Okfuskee County
- Oklahoma County
- Seminole 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 Johnson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |