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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 Spring Creek (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 Spring Creek. 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.

Name Variations for Spring Creek ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Spring Creek: Spring Crk. (or less commonly used: Spring Ck. or Spring Cr.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 and 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.

Spring Creek is located in Caddo County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Caddo County: Blaine, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Grady, Kiowa & Washita.

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

  • Caddo County     (The home county of Spring Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
    • Gracemont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Binger
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Binger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binger
      • Binger is located in Caddo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Binger <1>
    • Lookeba
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Anadarko
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Albert
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Washita
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian City
      • Indian City is located in Caddo County
    • Sickles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sickles. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sickles
      • Sickles is located in Caddo County
    • Hinton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hinton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
      • Hinton is located in Caddo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,219 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hinton <1>
    • Fort Cobb
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Swan Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
      • Swan Lake is located in Caddo County
    • Eakly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bridgeport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Bridgeport is located in Caddo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
  • Blaine County
    • Geary
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geary have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
      • Geary is located in Blaine County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,272 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geary <1>
  • Canadian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
    • Powers
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
      • Powers is located in Canadian County
    • Union City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
      • Union City is located in Canadian County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,209 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <1>
    • El Reno
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Calumet
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calumet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
      • Calumet is located in Canadian County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calumet <1>
    • Concho
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mustang
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mustang have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
      • Mustang is located in Canadian County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,049 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mustang <1>
    • Yukon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yukon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
      • Yukon is located in Canadian County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,793 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yukon <1>
    • Richland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Richland is located in Canadian County
  • Comanche County
    • Fletcher
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Grady County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Creek, with the one closest to Spring Creek listed first.
    • Minco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minco
      • Minco is located in Grady County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minco <1>
    • Pocasset
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pocasset have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
      • Pocasset is located in Grady County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocasset <1>
    • Verden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verden
      • Verden is located in Grady County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Verden <1>
    • Amber
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Chickasha
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuttle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Norge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norge
      • Norge is located in Grady County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • East Ninnekah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Ninnekah came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ninnekah
      • East Ninnekah is located in Grady County
    • Ninnekah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ninnekah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninnekah
      • Ninnekah is located in Grady County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,042 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ninnekah <1>
    • Bridge Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridge Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge Creek
      • Bridge Creek is located in Grady County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
    • Tabler
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabler
      • Tabler is located in Grady County
    • Agawam
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Agawam. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam
      • Agawam is located in Grady County
  • McClain County
    • Blanchard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanchard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
      • Blanchard is located in McClain County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,114 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanchard <1>
  • Washita County
    • Colony
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
      • Colony is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colony <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Spring Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Creek.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gracemont Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gracemont Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gracemont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scott Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Binger Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Binger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Binger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rock Springs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Center View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kiowa Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kiowa Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kiowa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Albert Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Albert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Albert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Niles Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Niles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Niles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Half Moon Ranch Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Half Moon Ranch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Half Moon Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (88 more) ...
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Verden Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Verden Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Verden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lookeba Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lookeba Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lookeba Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

  • Anadarko
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • El Reno
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Calumet
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calumet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
    • Calumet is located in Canadian County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calumet <1>
  • Geary
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geary have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
    • Geary is located in Blaine County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,272 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geary <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Spring Creek ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Creek, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Creek.

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 Spring Creek:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spring Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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 Spring Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2617, Longitude: -98.1834       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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