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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 Stanley (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 Stanley. 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 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.

Stanley is located in Pushmataha 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 Pushmataha County: Atoka, Choctaw, Latimer, Le Flore, McCurtain & Pittsburg.

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

  • Pushmataha County     (The home county of Stanley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
    • Clayton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Adel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
      • Adel is located in Pushmataha County
    • Snow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Eubanks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eubanks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks
      • Eubanks is located in Pushmataha County
    • Tuskahoma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Finley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Nashoba
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Nolia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolia
      • Nolia is located in Pushmataha County
    • Moyers
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloudy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudy
      • Cloudy is located in Pushmataha County
    • Ethel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Ethel is located in Pushmataha County
    • Albion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Albion is located in Pushmataha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
  • Atoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
    • Daisy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Farris
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Choctaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
    • Apple
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
      • Apple is located in Choctaw County
    • Spencerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Latimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
    • Damon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
      • Damon is located in Latimer County
    • Gowen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Wilburton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Degnan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degnan
      • Degnan is located in Latimer County
    • Bengal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal
      • Bengal is located in Latimer County
    • Panola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Le Flore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
    • Talihina
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Honobia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • McCurtain County
  • Pittsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stanley, with the one closest to Stanley listed first.
    • Arch
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
      • Arch is located in Pittsburg County
    • Hartshorne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Haileyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Blanco
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pittsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Alderson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alderson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderson
      • Alderson is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alderson <1>
    • Kiowa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
      • Kiowa is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
    • Savanna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chambers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
      • Chambers is located in Pittsburg County
    • Krebs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Krebs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
      • Krebs is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,000 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krebs <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Stanley ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stanley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stanley, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stanley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Stanley:

Cemeteries Near Stanley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stanley.

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 Stanley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Stanley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanley Cemetery
  • Reynolds Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reynolds Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reynolds Cemetery
  • Clayton Old Town Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clayton Old Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clayton Old Town Cemetery
  • Borden Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Borden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Borden Cemetery
  • Sardis Church Grave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sardis Church Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sardis Church Grave
  • Baker Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Cemetery
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sardis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sardis Cemetery
  • Bond Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bond Cemetery
  • A.L. Stephens Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the A.L. Stephens Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the A.L. Stephens Memorial Park
  • Nace Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nace Cemetery
  • Burris Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burris Cemetery
  • Continue List   (95 more) ...
    • Smith Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Clay Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clay Cemetery
    • Black Fork Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Fork Cemetery

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stanley. 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Stanley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stanley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5405, Longitude: -95.4693       In this case, the coordinates for Stanley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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