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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 Oscar (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 Oscar. 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 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.

Oscar is located in Jefferson County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson County: Carter, Cotton, Love, Stephens, Clay (TX) & Montague (TX).

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Oscar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Grady
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fleetwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fleetwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
      • Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fleetwood
      • From Oscar to Fleetwood
    • Petersburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Petersburg
      • From Oscar to Petersburg
    • Ryan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
      • Ryan is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <3>
    • Terral
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terral
      • Terral is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terral <3>
    • Sugden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
      • Sugden is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Cornish
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornish have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
      • Cornish is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Ringling
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ringling have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringling
      • Ringling is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ringling <3>
    • Waurika
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Addington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hastings
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Carter County
  • Love County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Orr
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Leon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Love County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <3>
    • Jimtown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Burneyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Loco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Loco is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco <3>
    • Comanche
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
      • Comanche is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comanche <3>
  • Clay County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Byers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
      • Byers is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byers <3>
    • Henrietta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Petrolia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petrolia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
      • Petrolia is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petrolia <3>
    • Bellevue
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
      • Bellevue is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <3>
  • Cooke County (TX)
  • Montague County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oscar, with the one closest to Oscar listed first.
    • Rowland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hynds City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hynds City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City
      • Hynds City is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Spanish Fort
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Belcherville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belcherville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
      • Belcherville is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Nocona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Ringgold
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Illinois Bend
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonita
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
      • Bonita is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bonita
      • From Oscar to Bonita
    • Montague
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Saint Jo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Jo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jo
      • Saint Jo is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Jo <3>
    • Dye
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dye. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
      • Dye is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dye
      • From Oscar to Dye
    • Bowie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
      • Bowie is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <3>
    • Salona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Oscar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oscar.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Oscar Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oscar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oscar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grady Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grady Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grady Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spanish Fort Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fleetwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fleetwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fleetwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Red River Station Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red River Station Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red River Station Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eagle Point Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eagle Point Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eagle Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Keck Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Liberty Chapel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Petersburg Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Petersburg Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Petersburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Atlee Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atlee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atlee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ryan Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ryan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ryan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Terral Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Terral Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Terral Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (87 more) ...
    • Molsbee Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Molsbee Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Molsbee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mayfield Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayfield Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mayfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Spanish Fort
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Belcherville ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belcherville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
    • Belcherville is located in Montague County (TX)
  • Nocona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Illinois Bend
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonita
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
    • Bonita is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bonita
    • From Oscar to Bonita
  • Montague
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Saint Jo
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Jo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jo
    • Saint Jo is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Jo <3>
  • Hurnville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurnville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurnville
    • Hurnville is located in Clay County (TX)
  • Dye
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dye. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
    • Dye is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Dye
    • From Oscar to Dye
  • Henrietta
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellevue
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Bellevue is located in Clay County (TX)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <3>
  • Marysville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bowie
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Bowie is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Oscar ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oscar.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oscar, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oscar.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Oscar:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oscar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Oscar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Oscar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oscar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9840, Longitude: -97.7529    









 

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