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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 Pruitt City (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 Pruitt City. 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 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.

Pruitt City is located in Carter 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 Carter County: Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray & Stephens.

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

  • Carter County     (The home county of Pruitt City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pruitt City, with the one closest to Pruitt City listed first.
    • Ratliff City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Countyline
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pike City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Pike City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
    • Tatums
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clemscott
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Clemscott is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemscott
    • Pooleville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tussy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Graham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Milo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oil City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Oil City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Healdton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Garvin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pruitt City, with the one closest to Pruitt City listed first.
    • Pernell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hennepin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Satterwhite
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Satterwhite is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satterwhite
    • Foster
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Katie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Katie is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
    • Elmore City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Antioch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Antioch is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Wallville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Wallville is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallville
    • Wynnewood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitebead
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitebead is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitebead
      • Whitebead has also been known as:
      • White Bead
    • Erin Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Erin Springs is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Springs
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 87 people
    • Pauls Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Grady County
    • Cox City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Cox City is located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox City
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pruitt City, with the one closest to Pruitt City listed first.
    • Ringling
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cornish
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Cornish is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Grady
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Grady is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Addington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Love County
    • Orr
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Orr is located in Love County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pruitt City, with the one closest to Pruitt City listed first.
    • Davis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Village is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
    • Washita
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Washita is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
    • Dougherty
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Crusher
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Crusher is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crusher
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pruitt City, with the one closest to Pruitt City listed first.
    • Velma
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Loco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Loco is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco <1>
    • Bray
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bray is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bray <1>
    • Duncan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Duncan is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <1>
    • Meridian
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Meridian is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Comanche
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Marlow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Pruitt City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pruitt City.

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 Pruitt City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Old Monk Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Ratliff City Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Tatus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Alma Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Tussy Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pooleville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dripping Springs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Graham Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oil Spring Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Claude Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Jackson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jackson Cemetery
    • The Old Jackson Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Scott Cemetery
  • Oil Springs Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (114 more) ...
    • New Velma Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Velma Cemetery
      • The New Velma Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Velma Cemetery
    • Robberson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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 Pruitt City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pruitt City.

  • Woodford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodford is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford

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

Newspapers Published in Pruitt City ...

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 Pruitt City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pruitt City, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pruitt City.

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 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 Pruitt City:

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 Pruitt City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Pruitt City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.