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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 Lebanon (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 Lebanon. 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 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.

Lebanon is located in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Bryan, Carter, Johnston, Love & Grayson (TX).

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

  • Marshall County     (The home county of Lebanon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Shay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Madill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Oakland is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,161 people
    • Kingston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Kingston is located in Marshall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston <1>
    • New Woodville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • McBride
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McBride have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
      • McBride is located in Marshall County
    • Cumberland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Little City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
      • Little City is located in Marshall County
  • Bryan County
  • Carter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Dickson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson
      • Dickson is located in Carter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,256 people
    • Ardmore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Brock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gene Autry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lone Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Springer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer
      • Springer is located in Carter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 698 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springer <1>
  • Johnston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Mannsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mannsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville
      • Mannsville is located in Johnston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mannsville <1>
    • Ravia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tishomingo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tishomingo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tishomingo
      • Tishomingo is located in Johnston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,997 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tishomingo <1>
    • Milburn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milburn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
      • Milburn is located in Johnston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milburn <1>
    • Reagan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mill Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
      • Mill Creek is located in Johnston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mill Creek <1>
  • Love County
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Crusher
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crusher. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crusher
      • Crusher is located in Murray County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Crusher
      • From Lebanon to Crusher
    • Dougherty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dougherty have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougherty
      • Dougherty is located in Murray County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dougherty <1>
  • Cooke County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Dexter
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Coesfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coesfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coesfield
      • Coesfield is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Coesfield
      • From Lebanon to Coesfield
    • Callisburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Callisburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callisburg
      • Callisburg is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Callisburg
      • From Lebanon to Callisburg
    • Custer City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custer City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
      • Custer City is located in Cooke County (TX)
    • Oak Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
      • Oak Ridge is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
    • Gainesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
      • Gainesville is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,876 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gainesville <1>
    • Lake Kiowa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Kiowa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kiowa
      • Lake Kiowa is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Kiowa <1>
    • Marysville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lindsay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grayson County (TX)

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

Cemeteries Near Lebanon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lebanon.

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

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

  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Powell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Powell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Powell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Keel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Enville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Graveyard Bluff Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graveyard Bluff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graveyard Bluff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • I. Hunter Pickens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the I. Hunter Pickens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the I. Hunter Pickens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pickens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pickens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McMillan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMillan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMillan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Legate Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Legate Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Legate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (213 more) ...
    • Willis Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Shay Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shay Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Lebanon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lebanon.

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

  • Dexter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Red Branch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
    • Red Branch is located in Grayson County (TX)
  • Cedar Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coesfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coesfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coesfield
    • Coesfield is located in Cooke County (TX)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Coesfield
    • From Lebanon to Coesfield
  • Gordonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Sandusky
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandusky. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
    • Sandusky is located in Grayson County (TX)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sandusky
    • From Lebanon to Sandusky
  • Balm
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balm
    • Balm is located in Cooke County (TX)
  • Preston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Basin Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Sivells Bend ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sivells Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivells Bend
    • Sivells Bend is located in Cooke County (TX)
  • Callisburg
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Callisburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callisburg
    • Callisburg is located in Cooke County (TX)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Callisburg
    • From Lebanon to Callisburg
  • Sadler
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Steedham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steedham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedham
      • Steedham is located in Grayson County (TX)
    • Custer City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Custer City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
      • Custer City is located in Cooke County (TX)
    • Whitesboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Lebanon ...

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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lebanon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lebanon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lebanon.

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 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 Lebanon:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lebanon. 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Lebanon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Lebanon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lebanon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9837, Longitude: -96.9103    









 

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