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 Keokuk Falls (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 Keokuk Falls. 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.
Keokuk Falls 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 Keokuk Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keokuk Falls:
- Pottawatomie County (The home county of Keokuk Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keokuk Falls, with the one closest to Keokuk Falls listed first.
- Bellemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Johnson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Johnson is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Earlsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aydelotte
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Aydelotte is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydelotte
- Shawnee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tecumseh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maud
(20 miles [32.2 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>
- Brooksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Bethel Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Saint Louis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McLoud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Creek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keokuk Falls, with the one closest to Keokuk Falls listed first.
- Milfay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Depew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pulaski ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pulaski is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Hughes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keokuk Falls, with the one closest to Keokuk Falls listed first.
- Yeager
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Yeager is located in Hughes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Holdenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wetumka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spaulding
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spaulding is located in Hughes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keokuk Falls, with the one closest to Keokuk Falls listed first.
- Prague
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meeker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sparks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Davenport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stroud
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chandler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kendrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kendrick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Warwick
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Okfuskee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keokuk Falls, with the one closest to Keokuk Falls listed first.
- Paden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bearden
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ixl is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Okemah
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Clearview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Clearview is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Okfuskee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Okfuskee is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okfuskee
- Pharoah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pharoah is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharoah
- Weleetka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma County
- Newalla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seminole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keokuk Falls, with the one closest to Keokuk Falls listed first.
- Cromwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seminole
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lima
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lima is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Bowlegs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wewoka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keokuk Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Keokuk Falls.
Cemeteries Near Keokuk Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keokuk Falls.
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 Keokuk Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keokuk Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keokuk Falls, with the one closest to Keokuk Falls listed first.
- Keokuk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plenty Faith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Harjo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Giles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dalton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Payne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snake Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Czech National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McCulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prague Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bruner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Chisholm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McKosato Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Keokuk Falls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Keokuk Falls.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Keokuk Falls, with the one closest to Keokuk Falls listed first.
- Bellemont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Arlington is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Shawnee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Tecumseh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stroud
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Chandler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Romulus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Romulus is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romulus
- Warwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Warwick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Anderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Sacred Heart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sacred Heart is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Keokuk Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keokuk Falls.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Keokuk Falls ...
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 128 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keokuk Falls.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Keokuk Falls. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Keokuk Falls and those printed in the larger area surrounding Keokuk Falls.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Keokuk Falls.
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 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 Keokuk Falls:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Pottawatomie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Creek County
- Hughes 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> | 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 Keokuk Falls, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keokuk Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |