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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 Sportsmen Acres (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 Sportsmen Acres. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes 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 Mayes County: Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Rogers & Wagoner.

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

  • Mayes County     (The home county of Sportsmen Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sportsmen Acres, with the one closest to Sportsmen Acres listed first.
    • Sams Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
    • Pryor Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
      • Pryor Creek has also been known as:
      • Pryor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <1>
    • Locust Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Salina
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Murphy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Murphy is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Chouteau
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pump Back
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Pump Back is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Back
    • Wickliffe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Wickliffe is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickliffe
    • Ballou
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Ballou is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
    • Pin Oaks Acres
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
    • Iron Post
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Iron Post is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
    • Cedar Crest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
    • Snake Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
  • Adair County
    • Chewey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Chewey is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewey
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sportsmen Acres, with the one closest to Sportsmen Acres listed first.
    • Peggs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lost City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lost City is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
    • Gideon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Gideon is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
    • Hulbert
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Moodys
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Scraper
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Scraper is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scraper
    • Tahlequah
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Woodall is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
    • Briggs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Briggs is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
    • Tsa La Gi Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Craig County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sportsmen Acres, with the one closest to Sportsmen Acres listed first.
    • Big Cabin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Ketchum
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Vinita
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sportsmen Acres, with the one closest to Sportsmen Acres listed first.
    • Leach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Leach is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
    • Old Eucha
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Old Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Eucha
    • Bull Hollow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
    • Rocky Ford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Tagg Flats
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Tagg Flats is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagg Flats
    • Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Oaks is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oaks <1>
    • Twin Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Eucha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • New Eucha
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • New Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eucha
    • Kansas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Cloud Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Cloud Creek is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Creek
    • Cleora
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cleora is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
    • Brush Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Brush Creek is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
  • Muskogee County
    • Wybark
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Wybark is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
  • Nowata County
    • New Alluwe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • New Alluwe is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alluwe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
  • Rogers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sportsmen Acres, with the one closest to Sportsmen Acres listed first.
    • Justice
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Justice is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
    • Tiawah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Tiawah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
    • Gregory
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Gregory is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Foyil
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sequoyah
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sequoyah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoyah
    • Inola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Bushyhead
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bushyhead is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushyhead
    • Claremore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Chelsea
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Verdigris
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Verdigris is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdigris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
    • Valley Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Valley Park is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Catoosa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Limestone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Limestone is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Wagoner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sportsmen Acres, with the one closest to Sportsmen Acres listed first.
    • Wagoner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Fair Oaks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Fair Oaks is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Gibson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Gibson is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Mallard Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
    • Okay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Okay is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okay <1>
    • New Tulsa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • New Tulsa is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Tulsa
    • Anchor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Anchor is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
    • Coweta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tullahassee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
    • Porter
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Sportsmen Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sportsmen Acres.

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 Sportsmen Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Alberty Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sixkiller Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wright Cemetery is located
    • The Wright Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wright Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #945048 <2>
  • Hogan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bryan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Graham Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • County Home Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chouteau Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Haner Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Calvalier Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ross Mayes Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...
    • Union Mission Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • McLain Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Rock Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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

  • Keith
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Keith is located in Rogers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith

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

Newspapers Published in Sportsmen Acres ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sportsmen Acres.

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

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 Sportsmen Acres:

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 Sportsmen Acres, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sportsmen Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.