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 Park Hill (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 Park Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Park Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Parkhill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Park Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Park Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Park Hill is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Adair, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah & Wagoner.
Below are the counties that are near Park Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Park Hill:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Park Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Tsa La Gi Indian Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Welling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tahlequah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Keys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Keys is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
- Carters Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carters Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Landing
- Briggs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Briggs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Pettit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pettit is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Tenkiller
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
- Zeb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zeb is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
- Woodall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodall is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
- Pettit Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pettit Bay is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Bay
- Barber
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Caney Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Ridge
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Wauhillau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wauhillau is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauhillau
- Rocky Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
- Proctor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Marietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Christie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Christie is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
- Bunch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Peavine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Peavine is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peavine
- Stilwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Zion
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Addielee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Addielee is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielee
- Chewey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chewey is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewey
- Cherry Tree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Tree is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Rocky Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leach
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leach is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
- Twin Oaks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Flint Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
- Kansas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beckwith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beckwith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Dripping Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
- Cloud Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cloud Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Creek
- West Siloam Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Iron Post
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Post is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
- Snake Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Ballou
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ballou is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Cedar Crest
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Rose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Murphy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Pin Oaks Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
- Locust Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sams Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
- Mazie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pump Back
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pump Back is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Back
- Muskogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Fort Gibson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sour John
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Braggs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wybark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wybark is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
- River Bottom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Bacone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bacone is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
- Muskogee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Webbers Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Sequoyah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Evening Shade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Paradise Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Flute Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
- Box
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Redbird Smith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
- Marble City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight Mission
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dwight Mission is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Mission
- Pinhook Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
- Gore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marble City Community
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Brushy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Stoney Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Carlisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carlisle is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Wagoner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Mallard Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
- Okay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gibson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Anchor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Anchor is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Wagoner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tullahassee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
- Washington County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Dutch Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Evansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Summers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Summers is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers
- Cincinnati
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cincinnati is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
- Morrow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morrow is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Clyde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clyde is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Lincoln
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Park Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Park Hill.
Cemeteries Near Park Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Park Hill.
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 Park Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Park Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Park Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Park Hill Mission Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Worcester Mission Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worcester Mission Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Worcester Mission Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the south of Tahlequah.
- The Worcester Mission Cemetery has also been known as:
- Park Hill Mission Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #875435 <3>
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ross Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the south of Tahlequah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99416 <3>
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hendricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tahlequah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Price Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Steeley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chambers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Manus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pettit Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grandview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Park Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Park Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Park Hill, with the one closest to Park Hill listed first.
- Lyons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Sexton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sexton is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
- Evansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Tolu
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tolu is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
- Dutch Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Summers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Summers is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers
- Cincinnati
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cincinnati is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
- Martin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Seven Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Morrow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morrow is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Park Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Park Hill.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Park Hill ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Park Hill.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Park Hill. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Park Hill and those printed in the larger area surrounding Park Hill.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of Park Hill.
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 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 Park Hill:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Delaware County
- Mayes County
- Muskogee County
- Sequoyah County
- Wagoner County
- Washington 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Park Hill) 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 Park Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |