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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 Marshall (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 Marshall. 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 hospitals and 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.

Marshall is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Noble, Oklahoma & Payne.

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

  • Logan County     (The home county of Marshall)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
    • Orlando
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Mulhall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Crescent
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Lawrie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lawrie is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
    • Cimarron City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Cimarron City is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Cedar Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Valley is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
    • Guthrie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Coyle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Langston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeview is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Meridian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
    • Douglas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Covington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hayward
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hayward is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
    • Fairmont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Waukomis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Garber
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Breckenridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Breckenridge is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Enid
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <1>
    • North Enid
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • North Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Drummond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Kingfisher County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
    • Hennessey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Wandel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Wandel is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wandel
    • Dover
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Dover is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
    • Cashion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Lacey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Lacey is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Reeding
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Reeding is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeding
    • Kingfisher
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oneida
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Oneida is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Loyal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Loyal is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loyal <1>
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall, with the one closest to Marshall listed first.
    • Lucien
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Perry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Billings
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Petes Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Petes Corner is located in Noble County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Corner
  • Payne County
    • Cimarron City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cimarron City is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City

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

Cemeteries Near Marshall ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marshall.

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

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

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

  • North Marshall IOOF Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sheridan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bocox Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Victor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • German Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lyon Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Oak View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Covington Community Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (129 more) ...
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hayward Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Marshall had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Marshall had a population of 305 people.

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

  • Zion ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Zion is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Mulhall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Orlando
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Crescent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hennessey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lawrie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawrie is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
  • Waukomis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Dover is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
  • Wandel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Wandel is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wandel
  • Garber
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Perry
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Enid
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Enid is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <1>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Guthrie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cato
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Cato is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
    • Marena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Marena is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marena

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Marshall ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marshall.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Marshall. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Marshall and those printed in the larger area surrounding Marshall.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Marshall.

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 Marshall:

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 Marshall, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marshall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.