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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 Strohm (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 Strohm. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Strohm is located in Osage 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 Osage County: Chautauqua (KS), Cowley (KS), Kay, Noble, Pawnee, Tulsa & Washington.

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

  • Osage County     (The home county of Strohm)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strohm, with the one closest to Strohm listed first.
    • Little Chief
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chief
      • Little Chief is located in Osage County
    • Gray Horse
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Horse
      • Gray Horse is located in Osage County
    • Fairfax
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfax have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
      • Fairfax is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,242 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfax <2>
    • Burbank
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burbank have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
      • Burbank is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burbank <2>
    • Shidler
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shidler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shidler
      • Shidler is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shidler <2>
    • Pawhuska
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Webb City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webb City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
      • Webb City is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
    • Wynona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wynona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynona
      • Wynona is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wynona <2>
    • Pershing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pershing
      • Pershing is located in Osage County
    • Foraker
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
      • Foraker is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
    • Hominy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hominy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy
      • Hominy is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,352 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hominy <2>
    • Indian Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Osage County
    • Grainola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainola
      • Grainola is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
  • Kay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strohm, with the one closest to Strohm listed first.
    • Kaw City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cross. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
      • Cross is located in Kay County
    • Kildare
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kildare have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
      • Kildare is located in Kay County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Ponca City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • White Eagle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eagle
      • White Eagle is located in Kay County
  • Pawnee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strohm, with the one closest to Strohm listed first.
    • Ralston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ralston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
      • Ralston is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ralston <2>
    • Blackburn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
      • Blackburn is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Skedee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skedee
      • Skedee is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Cleveland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
      • Cleveland is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,114 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <2>
    • Cody
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
      • Cody is located in Pawnee County
    • Pawnee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hallett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Maramec
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Chautauqua County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strohm, with the one closest to Strohm listed first.
    • Hewins
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hewins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
      • Hewins is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
    • Osro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Osro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
      • Osro is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
      • Osro has also been known as:
      • Osrow
      • Ozro Falls
      • Ozro
      • Ozrow
    • Elgin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
      • Elgin has also been known as:
      • New Elgin
  • Cowley County (KS)
    • Maple City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
      • Maple City is located in Cowley County (KS)

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

Cemeteries Near Strohm ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strohm.

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

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

  • Gray Horse Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gray Horse Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gray Horse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairfax Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairfax Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairfax Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Haskell Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haskell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haskell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pawhuska City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pawhuska City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pawhuska City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Pawhuska.
    • The Pawhuska City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Municipal Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #151927 <4>
  • Burbank Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burbank Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burbank Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whitehorn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitehorn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitehorn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Morrel Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Drake Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Drake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ralston Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ralston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ralston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wheeler Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (58 more) ...
    • Ridge Family Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridge Family Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridge Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lookout Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lookout Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lookout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pappin Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pappin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pappin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 Strohm in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Strohm.

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

  • Gray Horse
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Horse
    • Gray Horse is located in Osage County
  • Pawhuska
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hominy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hominy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy
    • Hominy is located in Osage County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,352 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hominy <2>
  • Cleveland
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
    • Cleveland is located in Pawnee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,114 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <2>
  • Pawnee
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Wild Horse
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wild Horse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Horse
    • Wild Horse is located in Osage County
  • Hewins
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hewins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewins
    • Hewins is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
  • Elgin
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
    • Elgin has also been known as:
    • New Elgin
  • Osro
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Osro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osro
    • Osro is located in Chautauqua County (KS)
    • Osro has also been known as:
    • Osrow
    • Ozro Falls
    • Ozro
    • Ozrow
  • Kildare
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kildare have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
    • Kildare is located in Kay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Cross ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cross. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
    • Cross is located in Kay County
  • Ponca City
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Strohm ...

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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strohm.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Strohm, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Strohm.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Strohm:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<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 Strohm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Strohm) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Strohm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6431, Longitude: -96.5556       In this case, the coordinates for Strohm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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