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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 Poteau (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 Poteau. 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 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 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.

Poteau is located in Le Flore County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Le Flore County: Polk (AR), Scott (AR), Sebastian (AR), Haskell, Latimer, McCurtain, Pushmataha & Sequoyah.

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

  • Le Flore County     (The home county of Poteau)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poteau, with the one closest to Poteau listed first.
    • Shady Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Point
      • Shady Point is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 997 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shady Point <2>
    • Cameron
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Cameron is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron <2>
    • Howe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Monroe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Panama
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panama have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
      • Panama is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,358 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Panama <2>
    • Wister
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Heavener
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Rock Island
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
      • Rock Island is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
    • Petros
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Spiro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spiro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiro
      • Spiro is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiro <2>
    • Bokoshe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bokoshe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bokoshe
      • Bokoshe is located in Le Flore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bokoshe <2>
    • Hodgen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poteau, with the one closest to Poteau listed first.
    • McCurtain
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCurtain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCurtain
      • McCurtain is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCurtain <2>
    • Keota
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keota have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
      • Keota is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keota <2>
    • Lequire
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Sans Bois
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sans Bois. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Bois
      • Sans Bois is located in Haskell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sans Bois
      • From Poteau to Sans Bois
  • Latimer County
  • Sequoyah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poteau, with the one closest to Poteau listed first.
    • Gans
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gans have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gans
      • Gans is located in Sequoyah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gans <2>
    • Brent
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
      • Brent is located in Sequoyah County
    • Muldrow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muldrow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldrow
      • Muldrow is located in Sequoyah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muldrow <2>
    • Moffett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moffett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffett
      • Moffett is located in Sequoyah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moffett <2>
    • Roland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
      • Roland is located in Sequoyah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,020 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roland <2>
    • Remy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
      • Remy is located in Sequoyah County
    • Sallisaw
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Long
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
      • Long is located in Sequoyah County
    • Seven Oaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Seven Oaks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
      • Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Seven Oaks
      • From Poteau to Seven Oaks
  • Crawford County (AR)
    • Wright Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wright Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Town
      • Wright Town is located in Crawford County (AR)
  • Logan County (AR)
  • Polk County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poteau, with the one closest to Poteau listed first.
    • Rich Mountain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Fork
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Scott County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poteau, with the one closest to Poteau listed first.
    • Bates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
      • Bates is located in Scott County (AR)
    • Winfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sebastian County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poteau, with the one closest to Poteau listed first.
    • Hartford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
      • Hartford is located in Sebastian County (AR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartford <2>
    • Frog Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frog Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Town
      • Frog Town is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Midland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hackett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackett
      • Hackett is located in Sebastian County (AR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hackett <2>
    • Bonanza
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
      • Bonanza is located in Sebastian County (AR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
    • Huntington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
      • Huntington is located in Sebastian County (AR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
    • Mansfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mansfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
      • Mansfield is located in Sebastian County (AR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield <2>
    • Buell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
      • Buell is located in Sebastian County (AR)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Buell
      • From Poteau to Buell
    • Jenny Lind
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jenny Lind. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
      • Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County (AR)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jenny Lind
      • From Poteau to Jenny Lind
    • Greenwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Smith
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Barling
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Poteau ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poteau.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Oakland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain Home Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Home Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Springhill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springhill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Monroe Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hall Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoteyaby Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoteyaby Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoteyaby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McCurtain Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCurtain Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCurtain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • French Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the French Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the French Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Long Prairie Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Prairie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Long Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Heavener Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heavener Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heavener Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (185 more) ...
    • Brazil Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brazil Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brazil Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Fair View Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fair View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fair View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Maxey Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maxey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maxey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

  • Hartford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Hartford is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartford <2>
  • Jenson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson
    • Jenson is located in Sebastian County (AR)
  • Hackett
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackett
    • Hackett is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hackett <2>
  • Gipson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gipson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipson
    • Gipson is located in Scott County (AR)
  • Montreal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montreal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
    • Montreal is located in Sebastian County (AR)
  • Enterprise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Enterprise is located in Sebastian County (AR)
  • Cauthron
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cauthron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cauthron
    • Cauthron is located in Scott County (AR)
  • Huntington
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Huntington is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
  • Excelsior
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Excelsior have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
    • Excelsior is located in Sebastian County (AR)
  • Mansfield
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mansfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
    • Mansfield is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield <2>
  • Witcherville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Witcherville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witcherville
    • Witcherville is located in Sebastian County (AR)
  • Jenny Lind
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jenny Lind. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
    • Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Jenny Lind
    • From Poteau to Jenny Lind
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    • Crescent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
      • Crescent is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Buell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
      • Buell is located in Sebastian County (AR)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Buell
      • From Poteau to Buell
    • Cavanaugh
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cavanaugh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavanaugh
      • Cavanaugh is located in Sebastian County (AR)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Poteau ...

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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poteau.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Poteau. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Poteau and those printed in the larger area surrounding Poteau.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<6> of Poteau.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Poteau:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Poteau. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Poteau, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Poteau) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poteau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0522, Longitude: -94.6218    









 

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