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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 Old Scott (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 Old Scott. 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 doctors 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.

Old Scott is located in Carter 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 Carter County: Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray & Stephens.

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

  • Carter County     (The home county of Old Scott)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Scott, with the one closest to Old Scott listed first.
    • Graham
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Clemscott
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Clemscott is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemscott
    • Fox
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pike City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Pike City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
    • Pooleville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pruitt City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pruitt City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitt City
    • Milo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Oil City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Oil City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Ratliff City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Woodford is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
    • Tatums
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Countyline
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Garvin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Scott, with the one closest to Old Scott listed first.
    • Hennepin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pernell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Satterwhite
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Satterwhite is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satterwhite
    • Foster
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Katie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Katie is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
    • Elmore City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Antioch
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Antioch is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Wynnewood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Wallville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Wallville is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallville
    • Whitebead
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Whitebead is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitebead
      • Whitebead has also been known as:
      • White Bead
    • Pauls Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grady County
    • Cox City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cox City is located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox City
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Scott, with the one closest to Old Scott listed first.
    • Ringling
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cornish
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cornish is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Grady
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Grady is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Petersburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Petersburg is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Love County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Scott, with the one closest to Old Scott listed first.
    • Orr
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Orr is located in Love County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Overbrook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Scott, with the one closest to Old Scott listed first.
    • Davis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Village is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
    • Washita
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Washita is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
    • Dougherty
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Crusher
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Crusher is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crusher
    • Sulphur
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Scott, with the one closest to Old Scott listed first.
    • Loco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Loco is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco <1>
    • Velma
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bray
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bray is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bray <1>
    • Comanche
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Duncan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Duncan is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <1>
  • Montague County (TX)
    • Spanish Fort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Spanish Fort is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort

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

Cemeteries Near Old Scott ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Scott.

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 Old Scott - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Graham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Oil Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pooleville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Milo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Tatus Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jehovah Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Old Monk Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ratliff City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodford Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Keller Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (119 more) ...
    • Pruitt Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Oil Spring Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dixie Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

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

  • Woodford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Woodford is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford

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

Newspapers Published in Old Scott ...

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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Scott.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Scott, 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 Old Scott.

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 Old Scott:

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