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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 Karns (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 Karns. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Karns is located in Canadian 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 Canadian County: Blaine, Caddo, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain & Oklahoma.

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

  • Canadian County     (The home county of Karns)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karns, with the one closest to Karns listed first.
    • Calumet
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Concho
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Okarche
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • El Reno
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Powers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Powers is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
    • Richland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Richland is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Union City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Piedmont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Yukon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Yukon is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,793 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yukon <1>
  • Blaine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karns, with the one closest to Karns listed first.
    • Geary
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Greenfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Watonga
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Hitchcock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Eagle City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Eagle City is located in Blaine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
  • Caddo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karns, with the one closest to Karns listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Caddo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Hinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lookeba
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cogar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cogar is located in Caddo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogar
    • Hydro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Sickles
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sickles is located in Caddo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sickles
    • Binger
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Albert
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Eakly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gracemont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Custer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karns, with the one closest to Karns listed first.
    • Weatherford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Thomas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Dewey County
  • Grady County
    • Minco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingfisher County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karns, with the one closest to Karns listed first.
    • Altona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Altona is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
    • Omega
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Alpha
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Alpha is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
    • Kingfisher
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Loyal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Loyal is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loyal <1>
    • Oneida
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Oneida is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Reeding
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Reeding is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeding
    • Dover
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Dover is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Karns ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Karns.

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

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

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

  • Sunny Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Calumet Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Geary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Red Rock Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Canadian Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Graceland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Udora Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Baptist Indian Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ft. Reno Post Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Prisoner of War Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Altona Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (99 more) ...
    • Hinton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Constien Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Buena Vista Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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.<2>

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

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

  • Geary
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Calumet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Altona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Altona is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
  • Okarche
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • El Reno
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Omega
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Alpha
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Alpha is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Watonga
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingfisher
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oneida
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Oneida is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
  • Weatherford
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Fay
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Karns ...

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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Karns.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Karns, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Karns.

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 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 Karns:

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>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 Karns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Karns) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.