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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 Little (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 Little. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Little is located in Seminole 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 Seminole County: Hughes, Okfuskee, Pontotoc & Pottawatomie.

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

  • Seminole County     (The home county of Little)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little, with the one closest to Little listed first.
    • Seminole
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cromwell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lima
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Lima is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Bowlegs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Wewoka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Konawa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Sasakwa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Creek County
  • Hughes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little, with the one closest to Little listed first.
    • Yeager
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Yeager is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Holdenville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Wetumka
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Spaulding
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Spaulding is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
    • Horntown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Horntown is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horntown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little, with the one closest to Little listed first.
    • Prague
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Meeker
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacktown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
    • Davenport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Stroud
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Chandler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Warwick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Warwick is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Kendrick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Kendrick is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
  • Okfuskee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little, with the one closest to Little listed first.
    • Paden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Boley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Boley is located in Okfuskee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boley <1>
    • Bearden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Bearden is located in Okfuskee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Castle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Castle is located in Okfuskee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Ixl
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ixl is located in Okfuskee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixl
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Okemah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Mason
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Mason is located in Okfuskee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Clearview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Clearview is located in Okfuskee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • Weleetka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Okfuskee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Okfuskee is located in Okfuskee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okfuskee
  • Oklahoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little, with the one closest to Little listed first.
    • Newalla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Harrah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Pottawatomie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little, with the one closest to Little listed first.
    • Bellemont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
    • Earlsboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Johnson is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
    • Shawnee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Shawnee is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,555 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <1>
    • Aydelotte
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Aydelotte is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydelotte
    • Tecumseh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Maud
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Maud is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,059 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <1>
    • Brooksville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Bethel Acres
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
    • Saint Louis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Macomb
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Macomb is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macomb <1>
    • McLoud
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • McLoud is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLoud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,800 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McLoud <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Little ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little.

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 Little - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Payne Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Bruner Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Harjo Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Snake Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Plenty Faith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Keokuk Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Neal Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • McKosato Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Giles Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dalton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Kinnelworth Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (235 more) ...
    • Czech National Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Garden Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<2>

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

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

  • Bellemont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
  • Shawnee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Shawnee is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,555 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <1>
  • Tecumseh
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Arlington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Arlington is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Clifton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifton is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Romulus
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Romulus is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romulus
  • Dale
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Davenport
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Anderson
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Anderson is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Sacred Heart
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Sacred Heart is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart
  • Chandler
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Stroud
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Warwick
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Warwick is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people

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

Newspapers Published in Little ...

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 148 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Little:

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>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 Little, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Little) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.