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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 McLoud (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 McLoud. 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 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.

McLoud is located in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County: Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pontotoc & Seminole.

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

  • Pottawatomie County     (The home county of McLoud)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLoud, with the one closest to McLoud listed first.
    • Dale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Bethel Acres
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
    • Aydelotte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Aydelotte is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydelotte
    • Shawnee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Pink
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
    • Tecumseh
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Johnson is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
    • Brooksville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Bellemont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
    • Macomb
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Earlsboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Tribbey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Tribbey is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Cleveland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLoud, with the one closest to McLoud listed first.
    • Little Axe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
    • Franklin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Franklin is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Etowah
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Etowah is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Hall Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hall Park is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Park
    • Maguire
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Maguire is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maguire
    • Moore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Moore is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moore <1>
    • Norman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Norman is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125,762 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norman <1>
    • Noble
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Noble is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,250 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noble <1>
    • Slaughterville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Slaughterville is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughterville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
    • Lexington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLoud, with the one closest to McLoud listed first.
    • Jacktown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
    • Meeker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wellston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Ingram
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Ingram is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
    • Warwick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Warwick is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Sparks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Prague
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Fallis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Fallis is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Chandler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Carney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Davenport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • McClain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLoud, with the one closest to McLoud listed first.
    • Goldsby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Newcastle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Okfuskee County
    • Paden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Oklahoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLoud, with the one closest to McLoud listed first.
    • Newalla
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Harrah
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woods
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Woods is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Choctaw
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Nicoma Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jones is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,223 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jones <1>
    • Midwest City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Spencer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Luther
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Del City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Midway Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Midway Village is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Village
    • Forest Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Forest Park is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McLoud, with the one closest to McLoud listed first.
    • Seminole
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowlegs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near McLoud ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McLoud.

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

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

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

  • Minneha Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Dale Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • McLoud Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Abrams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jent Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Kickapoo Friends Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Paradise Vista Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ray Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (215 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • Dale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Stella
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Stella is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
  • Choctaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Shawnee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Clifton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Clifton is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Tecumseh
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Denver
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Denver is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklin is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Bellemont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
  • Etowah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Etowah is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Wellston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Warwick
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Warwick is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ingram
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Ingram is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
    • Arcadia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Moore is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moore <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of McLoud ...

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 291 newspapers that have been published in the area around McLoud.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of McLoud. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of McLoud and those printed in the larger area surrounding McLoud.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of McLoud.

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 McLoud:

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 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.
<3>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 McLoud, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- McLoud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.