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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 Last Chance (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 Last Chance. 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.

Last Chance is located in Okfuskee 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 Okfuskee County: Creek, Hughes, Lincoln, McIntosh, Okmulgee, Pottawatomie & Seminole.

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

  • Okfuskee County     (The home county of Last Chance)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Last Chance, with the one closest to Last Chance listed first.
    • Mason
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Mason is located in Okfuskee County
    • Okemah
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Castle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
      • Castle is located in Okfuskee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Ixl
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ixl have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixl
      • Ixl is located in Okfuskee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Clearview
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
      • Clearview is located in Okfuskee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • Pharoah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharoah
      • Pharoah is located in Okfuskee County
    • Boley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boley
      • Boley is located in Okfuskee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boley <1>
    • Bearden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bearden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearden
      • Bearden is located in Okfuskee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Weleetka
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Paden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Creek County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Last Chance, with the one closest to Last Chance listed first.
    • Slick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Bristow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Pulaski ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pulaski have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
      • Pulaski is located in Creek County
    • Depew
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Depew have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
      • Depew is located in Creek County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Depew <1>
    • Milfay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mounds
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mounds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
      • Mounds is located in Creek County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mounds <1>
    • Kellyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Kiefer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kiefer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiefer
      • Kiefer is located in Creek County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,042 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiefer <1>
  • Hughes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Last Chance, with the one closest to Last Chance listed first.
    • Wetumka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Dustin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dustin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
      • Dustin is located in Hughes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Yeager
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yeager have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
      • Yeager is located in Hughes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Last Chance, with the one closest to Last Chance listed first.
    • Prague
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Stroud
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Davenport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
      • Davenport is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davenport <1>
  • McIntosh County
    • Hitchita
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitchita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchita
      • Hitchita is located in McIntosh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hitchita <1>
  • Okmulgee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Last Chance, with the one closest to Last Chance listed first.
    • Henryetta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henryetta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryetta
      • Henryetta is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,503 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henryetta <1>
    • Schulter
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schulter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schulter
      • Schulter is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 494 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schulter <1>
    • Spelter City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spelter City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelter City
      • Spelter City is located in Okmulgee County
    • Beggs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beggs
      • Beggs is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beggs <1>
    • Coalton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
      • Coalton is located in Okmulgee County
    • Dewar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewar
      • Dewar is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewar <1>
    • Okmulgee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Okmulgee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okmulgee
      • Okmulgee is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,615 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okmulgee <1>
    • Preston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Salem
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Salem is located in Okmulgee County
    • Grayson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grayson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
      • Grayson is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Winchester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
      • Winchester is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
    • Hoffman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
      • Hoffman is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Last Chance, with the one closest to Last Chance listed first.
    • Cromwell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cromwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
      • Cromwell is located in Seminole County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cromwell <1>
    • Wewoka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Seminole
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seminole have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminole
      • Seminole is located in Seminole County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,035 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seminole <1>
  • Tulsa County
    • Liberty
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Liberty is located in Tulsa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people

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

Newspapers Published in Last Chance ...

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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Last Chance.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Last Chance, 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 Last Chance.

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 Last Chance:

Cemeteries Near Last Chance ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Last Chance.

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

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

  • Morse Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morse Cemetery
  • Douglas Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Douglas Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Douglas Family Cemetery
  • Nuyaka Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nuyaka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nuyaka Cemetery
  • Manwarring Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Manwarring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manwarring Cemetery
  • Buckeye Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buckeye Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckeye Cemetery
  • Okfuskee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Okfuskee Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Okfuskee Free Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Okfuskee Cemetery
  • Montezuma Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montezuma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montezuma Cemetery
  • White Rose Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Rose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Rose Cemetery
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
  • Highland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Okemah.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98641 <4>
  • Harjo Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harjo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harjo Cemetery
  • Castle Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Castle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castle Cemetery
  • Continue List   (184 more) ...
    • Prairie Springs Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Springs Cemetery
    • Tuskegee Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tuskegee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tuskegee Cemetery
    • Find Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Find Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Find Cemetery

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>

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

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

  • Morris
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Arlington
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Arlington is located in Lincoln County
  • Stroud
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bellemont
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellemont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
    • Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Last Chance) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Last Chance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5368, Longitude: -96.2644       In this case, the coordinates for Last Chance 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.
<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 Last Chance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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