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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 Moyers (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 Moyers. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Moyers is located in Pushmataha 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 Pushmataha County: Atoka, Choctaw, Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain & Pittsburg.

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

  • Pushmataha County     (The home county of Moyers)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moyers, with the one closest to Moyers listed first.
    • Antlers
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Eubanks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eubanks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks
      • Eubanks is located in Pushmataha County
    • Finley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ethel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Ethel is located in Pushmataha County
    • Snow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Belzoni
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belzoni
      • Belzoni is located in Pushmataha County
    • Rattan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Adel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
      • Adel is located in Pushmataha County
    • Stanley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in Pushmataha County
    • Oleta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleta
      • Oleta is located in Pushmataha County
    • Cloudy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudy
      • Cloudy is located in Pushmataha County
    • Corinne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinne
      • Corinne is located in Pushmataha County
    • Clayton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Atoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moyers, with the one closest to Moyers listed first.
    • Farris
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Lone Pine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
      • Lone Pine is located in Atoka County
    • Daisy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lane
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Stringtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bruno
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
      • Bruno is located in Atoka County
    • Bentley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
      • Bentley is located in Atoka County
    • Atoka
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Tushka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tushka
      • Tushka is located in Atoka County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
  • Choctaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moyers, with the one closest to Moyers listed first.
    • Apple
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
      • Apple is located in Choctaw County
    • Soper
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Spencerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hugo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
      • Hugo is located in Choctaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
    • Virgil
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
      • Virgil is located in Choctaw County
    • Boswell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Sawyer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
      • Sawyer is located in Choctaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sawyer <1>
    • Grant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Fort Towson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Towson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Towson
      • Fort Towson is located in Choctaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Towson <1>
  • Pittsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moyers, with the one closest to Moyers listed first.
    • Pittsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Arch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
      • Arch is located in Pittsburg County
    • Blanco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Kiowa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
      • Kiowa is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
  • Lamar County (TX)
    • Razor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Razor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razor
      • Razor is located in Lamar County (TX)

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

Newspapers Published in Moyers ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moyers.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moyers, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moyers.

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 Moyers:

Cemeteries Near Moyers ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moyers.

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

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

  • Moyers Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moyers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moyers Cemetery
  • Rocky Point Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Point Cemetery
  • Kosoma Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kosoma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kosoma Cemetery
  • Miller Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odd Fellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odd Fellows Cemetery
  • Zoraya Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zoraya Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zoraya Cemetery
  • Sugarloaf Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sugarloaf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sugarloaf Cemetery
  • Antlers City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antlers City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antlers City Cemetery
  • Darwin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Darwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darwin Cemetery
  • Finley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finley Cemetery
  • Edwards Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Cemetery
  • Ethel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ethel Cemetery
  • Continue List   (110 more) ...
    • Jumbo Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • White Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Church Cemetery
    • Reynolds Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reynolds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reynolds Cemetery

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Moyers. 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Moyers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Moyers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3264, Longitude: -95.6535    









 

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