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 Pettit (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 Pettit. 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.
Pettit 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 Pettit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pettit:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Pettit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Pettit Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pettit Bay is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Bay
- Keys
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Keys is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
- Caney Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Caney Ridge is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Ridge
- Carters Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Landing is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Landing
- Cookson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barber
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Dry Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Park Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tenkiller
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
- Zeb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zeb is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
- Tsa La Gi Indian Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woodall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodall is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
- Welling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- 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
- Wauhillau
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wauhillau is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauhillau
- Bunch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Greasy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greasy is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
- Proctor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Tree
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cherry Tree is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Marietta
(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
- Stilwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fairfield is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Christie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Christie is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
- West Peavine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Peavine is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peavine
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Oaks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Leach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leach is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
- Haskell County
- Tamaha
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tamaha is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Mayes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Iron Post
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Iron Post is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
- Ballou
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ballou is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Cedar Crest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Snake Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Murphy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Pin Oaks Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
- Muskogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Sour John
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Braggs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Gibson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- River Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Webbers Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wybark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wybark is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
- Bacone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bacone is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
- Muskogee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Warner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Simms
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Simms is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
- Sequoyah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Evening Shade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Box
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Paradise Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Flute Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
- Redbird Smith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
- Marble City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
- Dwight Mission
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight Mission is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Mission
- Marble City Community
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carlisle is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Vian
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brushy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Wagoner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Mallard Bay
(18 miles [29 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tullahassee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
- Crawford County (AR)
- Barcelona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Washington County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Evansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Dutch Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Morrow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morrow is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Summers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summers is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pettit, see our County-by-County Page for Pettit.
Cemeteries Near Pettit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pettit.
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 Pettit - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pettit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Pettit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- White Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cookson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Park Hill Mission Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sellers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Park Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Barber Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Worcester Mission Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Hendricks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lowrey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Philipps Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Pettit in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pettit.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pettit, with the one closest to Pettit listed first.
- Lyons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Martin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Seven Oaks
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Sexton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sexton is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pettit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pettit.
Newspapers Published in Pettit ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pettit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pettit, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pettit.
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 helpful 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 Pettit:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Delaware County
- Haskell County
- Mayes County
- Muskogee County
- Sequoyah County
- Wagoner County
- Crawford 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pettit) 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 Pettit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |