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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 Prairie Hill (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 Prairie Hill. 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 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.

Prairie Hill is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Greer, Harmon, Kiowa, Tillman, Hardeman (TX) & Wilbarger (TX).

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Prairie Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • East Duke
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • East Duke is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Duke
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
    • Duke
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Victory
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Victory is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Olustee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Eldorado
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Martha
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Altus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Altus is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altus <1>
    • Elmer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Humphreys
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Humphreys is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
    • Blair
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hess
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hess is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
    • Friendship
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Friendship is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
    • Headrick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Greer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Hester
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hester is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Mangum
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Reed
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Reed is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
    • Granite
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Bloomington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bloomington is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Jester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jester is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
  • Harmon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Gould
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Louis ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Louis is located in Harmon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis
    • Hollis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Arnett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Arnett is located in Harmon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
    • Vinson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandy is located in Harmon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
  • Kiowa County
    • Lugert ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lugert is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugert
  • Tillman County
    • Tipton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Collingsworth County (TX)
    • Dodson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dodson is located in Collingsworth County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dodson <1>
  • Hardeman County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Chillicothe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Quanah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Quanah is located in Hardeman County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quanah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quanah <1>
    • Goodlett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Medicine Mound ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Medicine Mound is located in Hardeman County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Mound
  • Wilbarger County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Hill, with the one closest to Prairie Hill listed first.
    • Odell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • White City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • White City is located in Wilbarger County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Fargo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Fargo is located in Wilbarger County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
    • Tolbert ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Tolbert is located in Wilbarger County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert

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

Cemeteries Near Prairie Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prairie Hill.

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 Prairie Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Prairie Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Guffin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Aaron Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Duke Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Victory Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Olustee Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Odema Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Frazier Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eldorado Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (57 more) ...
    • Carmel Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Elmer Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Martha Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Duke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Victory
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Victory is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
  • Eldorado
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Martha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Altus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Altus is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altus <1>
  • Louis ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Louis is located in Harmon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis
  • Hess
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hess is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
  • Mangum
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Reed
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Reed is located in Greer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Quanah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Quanah is located in Hardeman County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quanah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quanah <1>
    • Chillicothe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Doans
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Doans is located in Wilbarger County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doans
    • Tolbert ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Tolbert is located in Wilbarger County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
    • Bloomington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bloomington is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Jester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jester is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester

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

Newspapers Published in Prairie Hill ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prairie Hill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prairie Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Prairie Hill:

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