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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 Muncy (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 Muncy. 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 doctors and 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.

Muncy is located in Texas 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 Texas County: Morton (KS), Seward (KS), Stevens (KS), Beaver, Cimarron, Hansford (TX), Ochiltree (TX) & Sherman (TX).

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

  • Texas County     (The home county of Muncy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Muncy, with the one closest to Muncy listed first.
    • Straight
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight
      • Straight is located in Texas County
    • Goodwell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodwell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwell
      • Goodwell is located in Texas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,264 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodwell <2>
    • Guymon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Texhoma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Optima
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Optima have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Optima
      • Optima is located in Texas County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
    • Hooker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Cimarron County
    • Keyes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keyes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyes
      • Keyes is located in Cimarron County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keyes <2>
  • Morton County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Muncy, with the one closest to Muncy listed first.
    • Elkhart
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart
      • Elkhart is located in Morton County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,727 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkhart <2>
    • Rolla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolla have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
      • Rolla is located in Morton County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
    • Richfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
      • Richfield is located in Morton County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Sherman County (TX)
    • Texhoma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texhoma
      • Texhoma is located in Sherman County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people

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

Newspapers Published in Muncy ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Muncy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Muncy, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Muncy.

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 Muncy:

Cemeteries Near Muncy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Muncy.

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

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

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Kuhn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Camp Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Cemetery
  • Cosmos Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
  • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
  • Lee Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
  • Goodwell Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodwell Cemetery
  • Barden Memorial Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hutsell Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hutsell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hutsell Cemetery
  • Prairie Flower Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Flower Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Flower Cemetery
  • Goff - Hagan Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goff - Hagan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goff - Hagan Cemetery
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Elmhurst Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmhurst Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmhurst Cemetery
    • Carter Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
    • Rolla Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rolla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rolla Cemetery

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Muncy. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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- Muncy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Muncy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8200, Longitude: -101.7627       In this case, the coordinates for Muncy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.




 

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