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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 Porter (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 Porter. 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 hospitals 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.

Porter is located in Wagoner 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 Wagoner County: Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers & Tulsa.

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

  • Wagoner County     (The home county of Porter)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
    • Clarksville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Clarksville is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Redbird
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Stones Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Stones Corner is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Corner
    • Tullahassee
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
    • Anchor
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Anchor is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
    • Choska ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Choska is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choska
      • Choska has also been known as:
      • Chooska Bottoms
      • Choska Bottoms
    • Gibson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Gibson is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Wagoner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Coweta
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Okay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Okay is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okay <1>
    • Stonebluff
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Stonebluff is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebluff
    • Mallard Bay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
    • New Tulsa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • New Tulsa is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Tulsa
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
    • Hulbert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Lost City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lost City is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
    • Shady Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Woodall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Woodall is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
    • Zeb
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Zeb is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
    • Peggs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gideon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Gideon is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
    • Tahlequah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Creek County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
    • Kiefer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Mounds
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Mayes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
    • Mazie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pin Oaks Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
    • Cedar Crest
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
    • Chouteau
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Murphy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Murphy is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Ballou
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ballou is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
    • Sams Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
    • Iron Post
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Iron Post is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
    • Locust Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sportsmen Acres
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
    • Rentiesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Shady Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Checotah
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Hitchita
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Richardsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Richardsville is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
    • Taft
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Taft is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <1>
    • Haskell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jamesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamesville is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
    • Wybark
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Wybark is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
    • Muskogee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Beland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Beland is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beland
    • Bacone
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bacone is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
    • Summit
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Summit is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Fort Gibson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boynton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wainwright
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Oktaha
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Braggs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Okmulgee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
    • Morris
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Winchester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Winchester is located in Okmulgee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
    • Preston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Okmulgee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rogers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
    • Inola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Gregory
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Gregory is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Catoosa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tiawah
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Tiawah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
    • Verdigris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Verdigris is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdigris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
    • Justice
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Justice is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
    • Valley Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Park is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • Sequoyah County
    • Paradise Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Tulsa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Porter, with the one closest to Porter listed first.
    • Leonard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Bixby
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Broken Arrow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jenks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Liberty
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Liberty is located in Tulsa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 219 people
    • Glenpool
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Porter ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Porter.

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

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

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

  • Lincoln Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Clarksville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Gar Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Choska Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Van Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Beck Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Blackjack Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacob Morey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Gentry Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Grayson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (204 more) ...
    • Haskell Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Taft Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hawkins Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>

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

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

  • Keith
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Keith is located in Rogers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
  • Martin
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Martin is located in Muskogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Morris
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Porter ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Porter.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Porter:

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 Porter, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Porter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.