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 Kremlin (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 Kremlin. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Kremlin is located in Garfield 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 Garfield County: Alfalfa, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Major & Noble.
Below are the counties that are near Kremlin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kremlin:
- Garfield County (The home county of Kremlin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kremlin, with the one closest to Kremlin listed first.
- North Enid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Enid is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Hillsdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Former name for Hillsdale:
- Coldwater
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsdale <1>
- Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Breckenridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Breckenridge is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Enid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Carrier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lahoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waukomis
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Drummond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alfalfa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kremlin, with the one closest to Kremlin listed first.
- Goltry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vining
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Vining is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kremlin, with the one closest to Kremlin listed first.
- Pond Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
- Salt Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Fork is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Fork
- Nash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Medford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lamont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Wakita
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Renfrow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Renfrow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Kay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kremlin, with the one closest to Kremlin listed first.
- Nardin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tonkawa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kingfisher County
- Hennessey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Logan County
- Marshall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Major County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kremlin, with the one closest to Kremlin listed first.
- Meno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ringwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ames
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kremlin, with the one closest to Kremlin listed first.
- Billings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lucien
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kremlin, see our County-by-County Page for Kremlin.
Cemeteries Near Kremlin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kremlin.
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 Kremlin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kremlin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kremlin, with the one closest to Kremlin listed first.
- Kremlin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Valley Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mennonite Brethren of Enid Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Enid Cemetery
- Enid Memorial Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98942 <2>
- Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- White Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Goldsmith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (101 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Nash and Pond Creek. The cemetery lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the east of Nash.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99032 <2>
- Paradise Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Paradise Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the east of Enid.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99197 <2>
- Jefferson Park Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kremlin had no post office or railroad service. In 2020, Kremlin had a population of 257 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kremlin, with the one closest to Kremlin listed first.
- North Enid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- North Enid is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Pond Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Enid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
- Garber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waukomis
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lamont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Medford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wakita
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carwile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carwile is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carwile
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Renfrow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Renfrow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Cato
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cato is located in Kingfisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Marshall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kremlin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kremlin.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Kremlin ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kremlin.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Kremlin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Kremlin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Kremlin.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Kremlin.
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 Kremlin:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Garfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alfalfa County
- Grant County
- Kay County
- Kingfisher County
- Logan County
- Major County
- Noble 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Nash and Pond Creek. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | 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- Kremlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Kremlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |