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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 Russellville (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 Russellville. 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 and doctors 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.

Russellville 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 Russellville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Russellville:

  • Pittsburg County     (The home county of Russellville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Russellville, with the one closest to Russellville listed first.
    • Quinton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlton Landing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Carlton Landing is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Landing
    • Longtown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Blocker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bristow Point
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bristow Point is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow Point
    • Canadian
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Crowder
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Sams Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Sams Point is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Point
    • Bug Tussle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bug Tussle is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
    • Indianola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Haileyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Alderson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Russellville, with the one closest to Russellville listed first.
    • Enterprise
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Kinta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hoyt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitefield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sans Bois
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Sans Bois is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Bois
    • Lequire
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Stigler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • McCurtain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Keota
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Tamaha
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Russellville, with the one closest to Russellville listed first.
    • Degnan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Degnan is located in Latimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degnan
    • Wilburton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gowen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Panola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Damon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Damon is located in Latimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
    • Red Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bengal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bengal is located in Latimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Russellville, with the one closest to Russellville listed first.
    • Eufaula
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Texanna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Texanna is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
    • Carters Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Carters Corner is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Corner
    • Duchess Landing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Duchess Landing is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess Landing
    • Onapa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Onapa is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onapa
      • Onapa has also been known as:
      • Bond
    • Vivian
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Vivian is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
    • Stidham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Checotah
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Hanna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Rentiesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Richardsville
      (26 miles [41.8 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 Russellville, with the one closest to Russellville listed first.
    • Porum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Simms
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Simms is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
    • Warner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Oktaha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Webbers Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Council Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Russellville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Russellville.

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

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

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

  • West Liberty Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Enterprise Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Featherston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Enterprise Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Quinton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bower Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bower Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Longtown.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98010 <2>
  • Lona Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mountain Home Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewisville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Brooken Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Tea Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hoyt Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (149 more) ...
    • Buckner Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Asbury Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Whitlow Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

  • Martin
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Martin is located in Muskogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin

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

Newspapers Published in Russellville ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Russellville.

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

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 Russellville:

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 Russellville, 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' (or 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- Russellville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.