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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 Numa (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 Numa. 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 and doctors 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.

Numa is located in Grant 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 Grant County: Harper (KS), Sumner (KS), Alfalfa, Garfield & Kay.

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

  • Grant County     (The home county of Numa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Numa, with the one closest to Numa listed first.
    • Deer Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Medford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Renfrow
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Renfrow is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
    • Lamont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Salt Fork
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Salt Fork is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Fork
    • Jefferson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jefferson is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
    • Pond Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wakita
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Sand Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Sand Creek is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
    • Nash
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Manchester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Alfalfa County
    • Vining
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Vining is located in Alfalfa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Numa, with the one closest to Numa listed first.
    • Hunter
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Kremlin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Garber
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Breckenridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Breckenridge is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Hillsdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • North Enid
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • North Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
  • Kay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Numa, with the one closest to Numa listed first.
    • Nardin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Blackwell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Braman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tonkawa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Cross ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cross is located in Kay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
    • Ponca City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Kildare
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Kildare is located in Kay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Newkirk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Numa, with the one closest to Numa listed first.
    • Billings
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Marland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Harper County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Numa, with the one closest to Numa listed first.
    • Bluff City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Bluff City is located in Harper County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Freeport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Freeport is located in Harper County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4 people
  • Sumner County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Numa, with the one closest to Numa listed first.
    • Caldwell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Drury
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Drury is located in Sumner County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
    • Hunnewell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hunnewell is located in Sumner County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
    • Doster
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Doster is located in Sumner County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
    • South Haven
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Corbin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Corbin is located in Sumner County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
    • Portland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Portland is located in Sumner County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Perth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Perth is located in Sumner County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth

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

Cemeteries Near Numa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Numa.

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

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

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

  • Darland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Czecko Slovak Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bayard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Tureck Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Medford Mennonite Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosemound Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Mary Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Calvary Cemetery
    • The St. Mary Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Cemetery
  • Lamont Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (87 more) ...
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olive Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Nardin.
      • The Mt. Olive Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Nardin Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99013 <3>
    • Richland Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Numa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Numa.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Numa, with the one closest to Numa listed first.

  • Medford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Renfrow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Renfrow is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
  • Lamont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
  • Pond Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Caldwell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Blackwell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hunnewell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunnewell is located in Sumner County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
  • Drury
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Drury is located in Sumner County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
  • Doster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Doster is located in Sumner County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
  • Tonkawa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wakita
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Metcalf
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Metcalf is located in Sumner County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
    • South Haven
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kremlin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Numa ...

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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Numa.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Numa, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Numa.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Numa:

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>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- Numa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Numa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.