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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 Peggs (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 Peggs. 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.

Peggs 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 Peggs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peggs:

  • Cherokee County     (The home county of Peggs)
  • Adair County
  • Craig County
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peggs, with the one closest to Peggs listed first.
    • Rocky Ford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Leach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Leach is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
    • Oaks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Oaks is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oaks <1>
    • Twin Oaks
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kansas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bull Hollow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
    • Old Eucha
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Old Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Eucha
    • Tagg Flats
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tagg Flats is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagg Flats
    • Flint Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Flint Creek is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
    • Cloud Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Beckwith
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Dripping Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
    • Eucha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Mayes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peggs, with the one closest to Peggs listed first.
    • Iron Post
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Iron Post is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
    • Snake Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
    • Ballou
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Crest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Locust Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Murphy is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Rose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sams Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pin Oaks Acres
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
    • Pump Back
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Wickliffe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Wickliffe is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickliffe
    • Sportsmen Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Mazie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peggs, with the one closest to Peggs listed first.
    • Fort Gibson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wybark
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bacone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Muskogee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Braggs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Rogers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peggs, with the one closest to Peggs listed first.
    • Inola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Gregory
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Gregory is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Tiawah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tiawah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
    • Justice
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Justice is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
  • Wagoner County

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

Cemeteries Near Peggs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peggs.

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

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

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

  • Peggs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • New Home Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Downing Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Downing Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Gray Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Keener Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Swimmer Baptist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Parris Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Blue Springs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Teresita Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • McLain Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvalier Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (164 more) ...
    • Lost City Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hare Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Houston Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

  • Keith
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Keith is located in Rogers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith

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

Newspapers Published in Peggs ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peggs.

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

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 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 Peggs:

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 Peggs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peggs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.