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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 Lone Wolf (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 Lone Wolf. 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 doctors 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.

Lone Wolf is located in Kiowa 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 Kiowa County: Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Tillman & Washita.

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

  • Kiowa County     (The home county of Lone Wolf)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Wolf, with the one closest to Lone Wolf listed first.
    • Lugert ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lugert. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugert
      • Lugert is located in Kiowa County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lugert
      • From Lone Wolf to Lugert
    • Hobart
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Roosevelt
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roosevelt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
      • Roosevelt is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roosevelt <2>
    • Gotebo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gotebo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotebo
      • Gotebo is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gotebo <2>
    • Cooperton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
      • Mountain Park is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Park <2>
    • Snyder
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snyder have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
      • Snyder is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snyder <2>
    • Mountain View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Beckham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Wolf, with the one closest to Lone Wolf listed first.
    • Carter
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Delhi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
      • Elk City is located in Beckham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,354 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk City <2>
    • Sayre
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sayre have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
      • Sayre is located in Beckham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,435 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <2>
  • Greer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Wolf, with the one closest to Lone Wolf listed first.
    • Granite
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
      • Granite is located in Greer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,956 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite <2>
    • Willow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
      • Willow is located in Greer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willow <2>
    • Mangum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jester. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
      • Jester is located in Greer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jester
      • From Lone Wolf to Jester
    • Reed
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reed. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
      • Reed is located in Greer County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Reed
      • From Lone Wolf to Reed
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Wolf, with the one closest to Lone Wolf listed first.
    • Blair
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
      • Blair is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <2>
    • Martha
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Friendship
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Friendship is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Altus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Headrick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Victory
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Duke
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Humphreys
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • East Duke
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Duke have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Duke
      • East Duke is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
  • Washita County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Wolf, with the one closest to Lone Wolf listed first.
    • Sentinel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Rocky
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky
      • Rocky is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky <2>
    • Dill City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dill City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill City
      • Dill City is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dill City <2>
    • Burns Flat
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burns Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Flat
      • Burns Flat is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burns Flat <2>
    • New Cordell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Canute
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Bessie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bessie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
      • Bessie is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bessie <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Lone Wolf ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lone Wolf.

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

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

  • Lone Wolf Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Wolf Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Wolf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Granite Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Granite Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Granite Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quartz Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quartz Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quartz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hobart Rose Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hobart Rose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hobart Rose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Retrop Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Retrop Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Retrop Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huckleby Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huckleby Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huckleby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sentinel Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sentinel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sentinel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hester Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hester Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (82 more) ...
    • Warren Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warren Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warren Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Port Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Port Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Port Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Blair Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blair Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blair Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 Lone Wolf in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lone Wolf.

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

  • Mangum
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Martha
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rainy ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy
    • Rainy is located in Washita County
  • Bloomington
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Altus
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Victory
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • New Cordell
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jester
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jester. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
    • Jester is located in Greer County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Jester
    • From Lone Wolf to Jester
  • Reed
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reed. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
    • Reed is located in Greer County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Reed
    • From Lone Wolf to Reed
  • Delhi
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Duke
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cloud Chief
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloud Chief have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Chief
    • Cloud Chief is located in Washita County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lone Wolf ...

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 140 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Wolf.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lone Wolf. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lone Wolf and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lone Wolf.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Lone Wolf.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Lone Wolf:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Lone Wolf, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Lone Wolf) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lone Wolf. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9896, Longitude: -99.2468    









 

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