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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 Kiamichi (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 Kiamichi. 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 hospitals and 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.

Kiamichi is located in Pushmataha County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pushmataha County: Atoka, Choctaw, Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain & Pittsburg.

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

  • Pushmataha County     (The home county of Kiamichi)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kiamichi, with the one closest to Kiamichi listed first.
    • Albion
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Albion is located in Pushmataha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <2>
    • Tuskahoma
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Nashoba
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clayton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Nolia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolia
      • Nolia is located in Pushmataha County
    • Stanley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in Pushmataha County
    • Snow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloudy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudy
      • Cloudy is located in Pushmataha County
    • Adel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
      • Adel is located in Pushmataha County
    • Eubanks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eubanks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks
      • Eubanks is located in Pushmataha County
    • Finley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Latimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kiamichi, with the one closest to Kiamichi listed first.
    • Bengal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal
      • Bengal is located in Latimer County
    • Damon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
      • Damon is located in Latimer County
    • Panola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Wilburton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Red Oak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Degnan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degnan
      • Degnan is located in Latimer County
    • Gowen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Le Flore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kiamichi, with the one closest to Kiamichi listed first.
    • Talihina
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Honobia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitesboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ludlow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludlow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
      • Ludlow is located in Le Flore County
    • Le Flore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Flore
      • Le Flore is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Muse
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Summerfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fanshawe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Octavia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Big Cedar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cedar
      • Big Cedar is located in Le Flore County
  • McCurtain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kiamichi, with the one closest to Kiamichi listed first.
    • Pickens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Battiest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pittsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kiamichi, with the one closest to Kiamichi listed first.
    • Hartshorne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Haileyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Arch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
      • Arch is located in Pittsburg County

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

Newspapers Published in Kiamichi ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kiamichi.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kiamichi, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kiamichi.

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 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 Kiamichi:

Cemeteries Near Kiamichi ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kiamichi.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Kiamichi Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kiamichi Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kiamichi Pioneer Cemetery
  • Cole Spur Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cole Spur Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cole Spur Cemetery
  • Heath Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heath Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heath Cemetery
  • Noah Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Noah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Noah Cemetery
  • Potts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Armstrong Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Armstrong Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Armstrong Cemetery
  • Old Town - Tuskahoma Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Town - Tuskahoma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Town - Tuskahoma Cemetery
  • Albion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Albion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Albion Cemetery
  • Laura Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • King Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Trowbridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trowbridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trowbridge Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99674 <4>
  • Cupco Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cupco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cupco Cemetery
  • Continue List   (68 more) ...
    • A.L. Stephens Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the A.L. Stephens Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the A.L. Stephens Memorial Park
    • Myers Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Myers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Myers Cemetery
    • Hokit Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hokit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hokit Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98656 <4>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kiamichi. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Kiamichi) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kiamichi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6354, Longitude: -95.1789       In this case, the coordinates for Kiamichi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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