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 Nescatunga (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 Nescatunga. 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 and hospitals 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.
Nescatunga is located in Alfalfa 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 Alfalfa County: Barber (KS), Harper (KS), Garfield, Grant, Major & Woods.
Below are the counties that are near Nescatunga. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nescatunga:
- Alfalfa County (The home county of Nescatunga)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nescatunga, with the one closest to Nescatunga listed first.
- Vining
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vining is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Jet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cherokee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Byron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Byron is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Ingersoll
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ingersoll is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingersoll
- Amorita
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goltry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lambert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lambert is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Yewed
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Yewed is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yewed
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carmen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aline
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nescatunga, with the one closest to Nescatunga listed first.
- Hillsdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Former name for Hillsdale:
- Coldwater
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsdale <1>
- Carrier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kremlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lahoma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Enid
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Enid is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Enid
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nescatunga, with the one closest to Nescatunga listed first.
- Nash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Creek is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Wakita
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jefferson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
- Pond Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Medford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Renfrow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Renfrow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Major County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nescatunga, with the one closest to Nescatunga listed first.
- Meno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ringwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cleo Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woods County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nescatunga, with the one closest to Nescatunga listed first.
- Dacoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Capron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Capron is located in Woods County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
- Alva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hopeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barber County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nescatunga, with the one closest to Nescatunga listed first.
- Kiowa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kiowa is located in Barber County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Kiowa has also been known as:
- Kiowa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
- Hazelton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelton is located in Barber County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Stubbs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stubbs is located in Barber County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
- Harper County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nescatunga, with the one closest to Nescatunga listed first.
- Waldron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waldron is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
- Ruella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ruella is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Bluff City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Anthony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Crisfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Crisfield is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nescatunga, see our County-by-County Page for Nescatunga.
Cemeteries Near Nescatunga ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nescatunga.
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 Nescatunga - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nescatunga covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nescatunga, with the one closest to Nescatunga listed first.
- Thrawl Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ware Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ware Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Cherokee.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99749 <2>
- Dunkard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hawley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milan Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stella Friends Academy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Timberlake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cherokee Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Cherokee.
- The Cherokee Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cherokee Memorial Park
- Cherokee Municipal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1962635 <2>
- Continue List (96 more) ...
- Friends Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located between<4> the communities of Nash and Pond Creek. The cemetery lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the east of Nash.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99032 <2>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Nescatunga in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nescatunga.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nescatunga, with the one closest to Nescatunga listed first.
- Jet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cherokee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Driftwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Driftwood is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wakita
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
- Carwile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Carwile is located in Alfalfa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carwile
- Kremlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ruella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ruella is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruella
- Aline
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Medford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Corwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Corwin is located in Harper County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwin
- Kiowa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kiowa is located in Barber County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
- Kiowa has also been known as:
- Kiowa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
- North Enid
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Enid is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nescatunga. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nescatunga.
Newspapers Published in Nescatunga ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nescatunga.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nescatunga, 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 Nescatunga.
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 Nescatunga:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Alfalfa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Garfield County
- Grant County
- Major County
- Woods County
- Barber County
- Harper 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nescatunga) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Nash and Pond Creek. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <5> | 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 Nescatunga, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |