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 Midwest City (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 Midwest City. 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.
Midwest City is located in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma County: Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan & Pottawatomie.
Below are the counties that are near Midwest City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Midwest City:
- Oklahoma County (The home county of Midwest City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- Spencer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nicoma Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Del City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Midway Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Midway Village is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Village
- Smith Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smith Village is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Choctaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
- Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woods is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Lake Aluma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Aluma is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Aluma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Valley Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Brook is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Oklahoma City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Capitol Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Capitol Hill is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol Hill
- Canadian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- Mustang
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yukon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Canadian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Piedmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- Moore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Hall Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hall Park is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Park
- Norman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Little Axe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
- Noble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maguire
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Maguire is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maguire
- Slaughterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Slaughterville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
- Etowah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- Bridge Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bridge Creek is located in Grady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Tuttle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kingfisher County
- Cashion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- Jacktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Ingram
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ingram is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Wellston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fallis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fallis is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Warwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Warwick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Meeker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- Lakeview
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Meridian
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Guthrie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Valley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- McClain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- Newcastle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsby
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blanchard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cole
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cole is located in McClain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Washington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pottawatomie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- McLoud
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Bethel Acres
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Pink
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
- Aydelotte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aydelotte is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydelotte
- Shawnee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brooksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Tecumseh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Macomb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tribbey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tribbey is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Johnson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Johnson is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Midwest City, see our County-by-County Page for Midwest City.
Cemeteries Near Midwest City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Midwest City.
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 Midwest City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Midwest City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- Kuhlman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kolb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clearsprings Mishak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Arlington Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Lane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Lane Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunny Lane Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Del City.
- The Sunny Lane Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sunnylane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99612 <2>
- St. Martins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Worley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riverside Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wright's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Southview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Trice Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Schwartz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Midwest City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Midwest City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Midwest City, with the one closest to Midwest City listed first.
- Choctaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oklahoma City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Moore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Britton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Britton is located in Oklahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Stella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Edmond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Denver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Denver is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Norman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Newcastle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Waterloo is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Noble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wellston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Midwest City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Midwest City.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Midwest City ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Midwest City.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Midwest City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Midwest City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Midwest City.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Midwest City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Midwest City:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Oklahoma County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Canadian County
- Cleveland County
- Grady County
- Kingfisher County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- McClain County
- Pottawatomie County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
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 Midwest City, 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 from Point A (ie- Midwest City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |