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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 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 doctors and hospitals 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 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)
    • Cimarron City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cimarron City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
      • Cimarron City is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Cedar Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
      • Cedar Valley is located in Logan County
      • 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)
    • Meridian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in Logan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <1>
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
      • Douglas is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglas <1>
    • Covington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Covington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
      • Covington is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Covington <1>
    • Hayward
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
      • Hayward is located in Garfield County
    • Fairmont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
      • Fairmont is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairmont <1>
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garber have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
      • Garber is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 804 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garber <1>
    • Breckenridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
      • Breckenridge is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Enid
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <1>
    • Drummond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drummond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
      • Drummond is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drummond <1>
    • North Enid
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Enid have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
      • North Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Hunter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
      • Hunter is located in Garfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunter <1>
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wandel
      • Wandel is located in Kingfisher County
    • Dover
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Kingfisher County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
      • Lacey is located in Kingfisher County
    • Kingfisher
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingfisher have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfisher
      • Kingfisher is located in Kingfisher County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,891 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingfisher <1>
    • Loyal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
      • Loyal is located in Kingfisher County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Billings have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billings
      • Billings is located in Noble County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Billings <1>
    • Petes Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Corner
      • Petes Corner is located in Noble County
  • Payne County
    • Cimarron City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cimarron City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
      • Cimarron City is located in Payne County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marshall, see our County-by-County Page for 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]<4> of Marshall.

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 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.

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 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Marshall IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Marshall IOOF Cemetery
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Sheridan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheridan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheridan Cemetery
  • Bocox Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bocox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bocox Cemetery
  • Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Victor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Victor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Victor Cemetery
  • German Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Cemetery
  • Lyon Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyon Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyon Valley Cemetery
  • Oak View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak View Cemetery
  • Covington Community Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Covington Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Covington Community Cemetery
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
  • Continue List   (129 more) ...
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Hayward Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hayward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hayward Cemetery
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley 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>

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
    • Zion is located in Kingfisher County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
    • Lawrie is located in Logan County
  • Waukomis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Kingfisher County
    • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wandel
    • Wandel is located in Kingfisher County
  • Garber
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garber have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
    • Garber is located in Garfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 804 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garber <1>
  • Perry
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Enid
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
    • Enid is located in Garfield County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cato have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
      • Cato is located in Kingfisher County
    • Marena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marena
      • Marena is located in Payne County

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.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Marshall. 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>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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marshall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1554, Longitude: -97.6257       In this case, the coordinates for Marshall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Marshall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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