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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 Poole (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 Poole. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Poole is located in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma County: Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan & Pottawatomie.

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

  • Oklahoma County     (The home county of Poole)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poole, with the one closest to Poole listed first.
    • Luther
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jones is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,223 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jones <1>
    • Lake Hiwassee
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Hiwassee is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hiwassee
    • Arcadia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Choctaw
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Harrah
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Nicoma Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Spencer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Woods
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Woods is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Midwest City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Aluma
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Aluma is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Aluma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
    • Forest Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Forest Park is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
    • Edmond
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Edmond is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,346 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmond <1>
  • Canadian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poole, with the one closest to Poole listed first.
    • Piedmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Yukon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Yukon is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,793 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yukon <1>
  • Cleveland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poole, with the one closest to Poole listed first.
    • Franklin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Franklin is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Moore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Moore is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moore <1>
    • Little Axe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
    • Hall Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hall Park is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Park
    • Norman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Norman is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125,762 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norman <1>
  • Kingfisher County
    • Cashion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poole, with the one closest to Poole listed first.
    • Ingram
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ingram is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
    • Wellston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fallis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fallis is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Warwick
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Warwick is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
    • Jacktown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
    • Carney
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Chandler
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Meeker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sparks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Tryon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Davenport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Parkland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkland is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
    • Agra
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Agra is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Agra <1>
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poole, with the one closest to Poole listed first.
    • Meridian
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lakeview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeview is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Guthrie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Langston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Valley is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
    • Coyle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Lawrie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lawrie is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
    • Cimarron City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cimarron City is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
  • Payne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poole, with the one closest to Poole listed first.
    • Cimarron City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Cimarron City is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
    • Vinco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Vinco is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
    • Perkins
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottingham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cottingham is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottingham
  • Pottawatomie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poole, with the one closest to Poole listed first.
    • McLoud
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • McLoud is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLoud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,800 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McLoud <1>
    • Dale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
    • Aydelotte
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Aydelotte is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydelotte
    • Bethel Acres
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
    • Johnson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Johnson is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
    • Shawnee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Shawnee is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,555 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <1>
    • Bellemont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
    • Pink
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
    • Tecumseh
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Poole ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poole.

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

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

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

  • Lillard & Woodard Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillard & Woodard Cemetery
    • The Lillard & Woodard Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lillard Cemetery
    • Lillard & Woodward Cemetery
  • St. Paul Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Luther Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jones IOOF Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Summit Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Mary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Tillman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Luke Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ewing Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sweat Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (217 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • Arcadia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Choctaw
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Wellston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ingram
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ingram is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
  • Warwick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Warwick is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
  • Edmond
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Edmond is located in Oklahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,346 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmond <1>
  • Waterloo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterloo is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Britton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Britton is located in Oklahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
  • Lakeview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Dale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Clifton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Clifton is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Oklahoma City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Seward
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Seward is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
    • Stella
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Stella is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
    • Chandler
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Poole ...

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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poole.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poole, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poole.

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 Poole:

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>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.
<3>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 Poole, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poole) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.