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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 Kinta (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 Kinta. 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.

Kinta is located in Haskell 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 Haskell County: Latimer, Le Flore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg & Sequoyah.

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

  • Haskell County     (The home county of Kinta)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinta, with the one closest to Kinta listed first.
    • Sans Bois
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sans Bois have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Bois
      • Sans Bois is located in Haskell County
    • Lequire
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Whitefield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hoyt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Stigler
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stigler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stigler
      • Stigler is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stigler <2>
    • Enterprise
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Enterprise is located in Haskell County
    • McCurtain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCurtain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCurtain
      • McCurtain is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCurtain <2>
    • Keota
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
      • Keota is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keota <2>
    • Tamaha
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tamaha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
      • Tamaha is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Latimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinta, with the one closest to Kinta listed first.
    • Panola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Degnan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degnan
      • Degnan is located in Latimer County
    • Wilburton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Red Oak
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Damon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
      • Damon is located in Latimer County
    • Gowen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bengal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal
      • Bengal is located in Latimer County
  • Le Flore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinta, with the one closest to Kinta listed first.
    • Fanshawe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Le Flore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Flore
      • Le Flore is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Bokoshe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bokoshe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bokoshe
      • Bokoshe is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bokoshe <2>
    • Summerfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Talihina
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cowlington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlington
      • Cowlington is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Wister
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinta, with the one closest to Kinta listed first.
    • Texanna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texanna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
      • Texanna is located in McIntosh County
    • Duchess Landing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duchess Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess Landing
      • Duchess Landing is located in McIntosh County
    • Eufaula
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Carters Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Corner
      • Carters Corner is located in McIntosh County
    • Onapa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onapa
      • Onapa is located in McIntosh County
      • Onapa has also been known as:
      • Bond
    • Shady Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
      • Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
    • Checotah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Vivian
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
      • Vivian is located in McIntosh County
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinta, with the one closest to Kinta listed first.
    • Porum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porum
      • Porum is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Porum <2>
    • Simms
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simms have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
      • Simms is located in Muskogee County
    • Warner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
      • Warner is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,576 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warner <2>
    • Webbers Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Pittsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinta, with the one closest to Kinta listed first.
    • Quinton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
      • Quinton is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quinton <2>
    • Longtown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Carlton Landing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Landing
      • Carlton Landing is located in Pittsburg County
    • Blocker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bristow Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow Point
      • Bristow Point is located in Pittsburg County
    • Canadian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canadian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadian
      • Canadian is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canadian <2>
    • Crowder
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crowder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
      • Crowder is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crowder <2>
    • Haileyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartshorne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bug Tussle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
      • Bug Tussle is located in Pittsburg County
    • Sams Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Point
      • Sams Point is located in Pittsburg County
    • Alderson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alderson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderson
      • Alderson is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alderson <2>
  • Sequoyah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kinta, with the one closest to Kinta listed first.
    • Gore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
      • Gore is located in Sequoyah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gore <2>
    • Carlisle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
      • Carlisle is located in Sequoyah County
    • Brent
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
      • Brent is located in Sequoyah County
    • Vian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vian
      • Vian is located in Sequoyah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vian <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kinta ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kinta.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kinta. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kinta and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kinta.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Kinta.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Kinta:

Cemeteries Near Kinta ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kinta.

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 Kinta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lewisville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewisville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewisville Cemetery
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
  • Lona Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lona Cemetery
  • Sans Bois Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sans Bois Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sans Bois Cemetery
  • Quinton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quinton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quinton Cemetery
  • Mountain Home Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Home Cemetery
  • Vance Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vance Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vance Cemetery
  • Whitefield Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitefield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitefield Cemetery
  • Siloam Springs Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Siloam Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Siloam Springs Cemetery
  • Hoyt Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoyt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoyt Cemetery
  • Stigler Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stigler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stigler Cemetery
  • Briartown Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Briartown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Briartown Cemetery
  • Continue List   (145 more) ...
    • Enterprise Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enterprise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enterprise Cemetery
    • Enterprise Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enterprise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enterprise Cemetery
    • West Liberty Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Kinta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kinta.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kinta. 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kinta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kinta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1193, Longitude: -95.2378       In this case, the coordinates for Kinta 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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