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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Mexhoma. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mexhoma to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mexhoma, please Contact Us.

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 Mexhoma (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 Mexhoma. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Mexhoma is historic, it would have been located within present day Cimarron 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 Cimarron County: Baca (CO), Morton (KS), Union (NM), Texas & Dallam (TX).

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

  • Cimarron County     (The home county of Mexhoma)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mexhoma, with the one closest to Mexhoma listed first.
    • Wheeless
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeless
      • Wheeless is located in Cimarron County
    • Kenton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Felt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boise City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Union County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mexhoma, with the one closest to Mexhoma listed first.
    • Moses
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
      • Moses is located in Union County (NM)
    • Seneca
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Clayton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Clayton is located in Union County (NM)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,660 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <2>
  • Dallam County (TX)
    • Texline
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Mexhoma ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mexhoma.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mexhoma, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mexhoma.

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 Mexhoma:

Cemeteries Near Mexhoma ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mexhoma.

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

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

  • Puertocito Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Puertocito Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Puertocito Cemetery
  • Moses Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moses Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moses Cemetery
  • Rinker Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rinker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rinker Cemetery
  • Atencio Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Atencio Cemetery is located 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the south of Clayton (NM).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atencio Cemetery
  • Creeds Chapel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Creeds Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Creeds Chapel Cemetery
  • Kenton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kenton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kenton Cemetery
  • Wanette Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wanette Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wanette Cemetery
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
  • Bertrand Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bertrand Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bertrand Cemetery
  • Clayton Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clayton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clayton Cemetery
  • County Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Cemetery
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Boise City Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boise City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boise City Cemetery
    • Rivera Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rivera Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rivera Cemetery
    • Padilla Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Padilla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Padilla 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.

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

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

  • Kenton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Texline
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mexhoma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mexhoma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mexhoma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7195, Longitude: -102.9845    
<4>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.




 

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