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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 Neodesha (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 Neodesha. 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.

Neodesha is located in Wagoner 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 Wagoner County: Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers & Tulsa.

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

  • Wagoner County     (The home county of Neodesha)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neodesha, with the one closest to Neodesha listed first.
    • Wagoner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gibson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Gibson is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Porter
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Coweta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Redbird
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Anchor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Anchor is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
    • Tullahassee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
    • Clarksville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Clarksville is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Mallard Bay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
    • Okay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Okay is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okay <1>
    • Stones Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Stones Corner is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Corner
    • Choska ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Choska is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choska
      • Choska has also been known as:
      • Chooska Bottoms
      • Choska Bottoms
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neodesha, with the one closest to Neodesha listed first.
    • Lost City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Lost City is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
    • Peggs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hulbert
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Gideon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Gideon is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
    • Woodall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodall is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
    • Moodys
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Zeb
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Zeb is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
    • Tahlequah
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Park Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tsa La Gi Indian Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neodesha, with the one closest to Neodesha listed first.
    • Leach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Leach is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
    • Rocky Ford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
  • Mayes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neodesha, with the one closest to Neodesha listed first.
    • Mazie
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pin Oaks Acres
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
    • Chouteau
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Crest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
    • Murphy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Murphy is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Ballou
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ballou is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
    • Sams Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
    • Sportsmen Acres
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Iron Post
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Iron Post is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
    • Locust Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pryor Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
      • Pryor Creek has also been known as:
      • Pryor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <1>
    • Snake Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neodesha, with the one closest to Neodesha listed first.
    • Wybark
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wybark is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
    • Bacone
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Bacone is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
    • Muskogee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Taft
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Taft is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <1>
    • Haskell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Gibson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jamesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamesville is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
    • Beland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Beland is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beland
    • Summit
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Summit is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Braggs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • River Bottom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
    • Boynton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rogers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neodesha, with the one closest to Neodesha listed first.
    • Inola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gregory
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gregory is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Tiawah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tiawah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
    • Justice
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Justice is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
    • Catoosa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Verdigris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Verdigris is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdigris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
    • Claremore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sequoyah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Sequoyah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoyah
    • Valley Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Park is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Limestone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Limestone is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Foyil
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bushyhead
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bushyhead is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushyhead
  • Tulsa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neodesha, with the one closest to Neodesha listed first.
    • Broken Arrow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Leonard
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bixby
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Owasso
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jenks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Neodesha ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neodesha.

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 Neodesha - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Childers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Willow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wagoner.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98357 <2>
  • Fisher Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Brethren Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hawkins Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sweeten Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Mission Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Amish Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Gar Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (184 more) ...
    • Grayson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Chouteau Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bailey Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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 Neodesha in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Neodesha.

  • Keith
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Keith is located in Rogers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith

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

Newspapers Published in Neodesha ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neodesha.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neodesha, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Neodesha.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Neodesha:

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 Neodesha, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Neodesha) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.