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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 Mountain Park (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 Mountain Park. 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.

Name Variations for Mountain Park ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Mountain Park: Mtn. Park

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mountain Park. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain Park.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Mountain Park is located in Kiowa 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 Kiowa County: Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Tillman & Washita.

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

  • Kiowa County     (The home county of Mountain Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Park, with the one closest to Mountain Park listed first.
    • Snyder
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Roosevelt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cooperton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Cooperton is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
    • Lugert ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lugert is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugert
    • Hobart
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Gotebo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lone Wolf
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Caddo County
    • Alden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Alden is located in Caddo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Park, with the one closest to Mountain Park listed first.
    • Indiahoma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cache
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Cache is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cache <1>
    • The Holy City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • The Holy City is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Holy City
    • Meers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Medicine Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Chattanooga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Faxon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Artillery Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Artillery Village is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artillery Village
  • Greer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Park, with the one closest to Mountain Park listed first.
    • Hester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hester is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Granite
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Park, with the one closest to Mountain Park listed first.
    • Headrick
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Friendship
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Friendship is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Humphreys
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Humphreys is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
    • Altus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Altus is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altus <1>
    • Blair
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hess
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hess is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
    • Martha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Elmer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Victory
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Victory is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Olustee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Tillman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Park, with the one closest to Mountain Park listed first.
    • Manitou
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Tipton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Frederick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hollister
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Loveland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Mountain Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain Park.

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 Mountain Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mountain Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Fairlawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Otter Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Springhill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • North Deep Red Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Headrick Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Roosevelt Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Navajo Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Indiahoma IOOF Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (58 more) ...
    • Centerview Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Centerview Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Tipton.
      • The Centerview Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Center View Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #565562 <2>
    • Manitou Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Altus
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Altus is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altus <1>
  • Hess
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hess is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
  • Martha
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Victory
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Victory is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
  • Doans
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Doans is located in Wilbarger County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doans

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mountain Park ...

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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain Park.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Mountain Park:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Mountain Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.