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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 Quinton (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 Quinton. 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.

Quinton is located in Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg County: Atoka, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, McIntosh & Pushmataha.

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

  • Pittsburg County     (The home county of Quinton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quinton, with the one closest to Quinton listed first.
    • Carlton Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Carlton Landing is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Landing
    • Longtown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blocker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bristow Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Bristow Point is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow Point
    • Canadian
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Crowder
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Bug Tussle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Bug Tussle is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
    • Sams Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Sams Point is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Point
    • Haileyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hartshorne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Alderson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Indianola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Krebs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Krebs is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,000 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krebs <1>
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quinton, with the one closest to Quinton listed first.
    • Kinta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Enterprise
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Enterprise is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Hoyt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sans Bois
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Sans Bois is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Bois
    • Whitefield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lequire
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Stigler
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McCurtain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Keota
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Tamaha
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tamaha is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Latimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quinton, with the one closest to Quinton listed first.
    • Degnan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Degnan is located in Latimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degnan
    • Wilburton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Panola
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Damon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Damon is located in Latimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
    • Gowen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Red Oak
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bengal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bengal is located in Latimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal
  • Le Flore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quinton, with the one closest to Quinton listed first.
    • Le Flore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Le Flore is located in Le Flore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Flore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Fanshawe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quinton, with the one closest to Quinton listed first.
    • Texanna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Texanna is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
    • Eufaula
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Duchess Landing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Duchess Landing is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess Landing
    • Carters Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Carters Corner is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Corner
    • Onapa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Onapa is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onapa
      • Onapa has also been known as:
      • Bond
    • Vivian
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Vivian is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
    • Checotah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Stidham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rentiesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Hanna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Richardsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Richardsville is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quinton, with the one closest to Quinton listed first.
    • Porum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Simms
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Simms is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
    • Warner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Webbers Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Quinton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quinton.

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

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

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

  • Quinton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lona Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewisville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • West Liberty Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Enterprise Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Enterprise Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mountain Home Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Featherston Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tea Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Sans Bois Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Vance Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • Whitefield Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoyt Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Buckner Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Quinton ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quinton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Quinton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Quinton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Quinton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Quinton.

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 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 Quinton:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Quinton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.