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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Picher. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Picher to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Picher, please Contact Us.

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 Picher (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 Picher. 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 hospitals and 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.

Although our information shows that the city of Picher is historic, it would have been located within present day Ottawa 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 Ottawa County: Cherokee (KS), McDonald (MO), Newton (MO), Craig & Delaware.

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

  • Ottawa County     (The home county of Picher)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Picher, with the one closest to Picher listed first.
    • Cardin
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hockerville ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Quapaw
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Commerce
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincolnville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • North Miami
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • North Miami is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
    • Miami
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ottawa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Dotyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Dotyville is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
    • Peoria
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Peoria is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Narcissa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Narcissa is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcissa
    • Wyandotte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Craig County
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Picher, with the one closest to Picher listed first.
    • Copeland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Copeland is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
    • Cayuga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bernice
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Cleora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Cleora is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
    • Dodge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Dodge is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
  • Cherokee County (KS)
  • Crawford County (KS)
  • Labette County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Picher, with the one closest to Picher listed first.
    • Chetopa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Oswego
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bartlett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bartlett is located in Labette County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Labette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Labette is located in Labette County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Labette has also been known as:
      • Labette City
    • Strauss
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Altamont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Edna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Edna is located in Labette County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <2>
  • Jasper County (MO)
  • McDonald County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Picher, with the one closest to Picher listed first.
    • May
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Tiff City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
    • Goodman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Goodman is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodman <2>
  • Newton County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Picher, with the one closest to Picher listed first.
    • Loma Linda
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Loma Linda is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
    • Grand Falls Plaza
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Spring City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Spring City is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
    • Seneca
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Seneca is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,394 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seneca <2>
    • Cliff Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Cliff Village is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
    • Racine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Racine is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
    • Redings Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Redings Mill is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Shoal Creek Drive
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Dennis Acres
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Dennis Acres is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Leawood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Leawood is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Shoal Creek Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Saginaw
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
    • Silver Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Silver Creek is located in Newton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
      • Estimated population in 2012: 631 people

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

Cemeteries Near Picher ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Picher.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Picher ...

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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Picher.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Picher. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Picher and those printed in the larger area surrounding Picher.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4> of Picher.

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 Picher:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Picher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Picher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.