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 Narcissa (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 Narcissa. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Narcissa is located in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County: Cherokee (KS), McDonald (MO), Newton (MO), Craig & Delaware.
Below are the counties that are near Narcissa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Narcissa:
- Ottawa County (The home county of Narcissa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Dotyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dotyville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Miami
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Afton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Miami
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Ottawa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Commerce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wyandotte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kellyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Cardin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Picher ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lincolnville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Quapaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Bluejacket
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Welch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vinita
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ketchum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hollow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hollow is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Big Cabin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Copeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Copeland is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Bernice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cleora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cleora is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Dennis
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Zena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Zena is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Dodge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dodge is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Jay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jay is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Brush Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brush Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- New Eucha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Eucha is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eucha
- Eucha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sycamore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Mayes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Grand Lake Towne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grand Lake Towne is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Towne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Disney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Langley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pensacola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pensacola is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Spavinaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Strang
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nowata County
- Sanders
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sanders is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Treece
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Treece is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treece
- Estimated population in 2012: 136 people
- Keelville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Keelville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelville
- Mill Rose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mill Rose is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rose
- Cravensville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cravensville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravensville
- Commonwealth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Commonwealth is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Baxter Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Baxter Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Faulkner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Faulkner is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Neutral
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Neutral is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neutral
- Neutral has also been known as:
- Neutral City
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Riverton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Galena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Galena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Labette County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Chetopa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Labette County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Oswego
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Edna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edna is located in Labette County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <1>
- Jasper County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Central City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Central City is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Iron Gates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Klondike
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Klondike is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- West Joplin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Joplin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Elm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Rex City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rex City is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex City
- McDonald County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Tiff City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- May
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- May is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- South West City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Goodman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ginger Blue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Lanagan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Noel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Noel is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <1>
- Newton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Seneca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Loma Linda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Racine
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Racine is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Spring City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring City is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Grand Falls Plaza
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Cliff Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Redings Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Dennis Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Leawood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leawood is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Saginaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Silver Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Estimated population in 2012: 631 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Narcissa, see our County-by-County Page for Narcissa.
Cemeteries Near Narcissa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Narcissa.
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 Narcissa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Narcissa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Nidiffer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hudson Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coal Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Abbey Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- GAR Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for GAR Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the GAR Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Miami.
- The GAR Cemetery has also been known as:
- GAR Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98534 <2>
- Bluejacket Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sixkiller Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Bend Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- Peery Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ballard Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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 Narcissa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Narcissa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Narcissa, with the one closest to Narcissa listed first.
- Keelville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Keelville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelville
- Mill Rose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mill Rose is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Rose
- Rogers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Seneca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hart
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hart is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Chetopa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tiff City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Faulkner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Faulkner is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Neutral
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Neutral is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neutral
- Neutral has also been known as:
- Neutral City
- Coy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Coy is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Racine
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Racine is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Hornet
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hornet is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Bartlett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett is located in Labette County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Narcissa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Narcissa.
Newspapers Published in Narcissa ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Narcissa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Narcissa, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Narcissa.
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 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 Narcissa:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Ottawa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craig County
- Delaware County
- Mayes County
- Nowata County
- Cherokee County
- Labette County
- Jasper County
- McDonald County
- Newton 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 Narcissa, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Narcissa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |