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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Tahlequah (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 Tahlequah. 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 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.

Tahlequah is located in Cherokee County and is the County Seat.

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 Cherokee County: Adair, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah & Wagoner.

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

  • Cherokee County     (The home county of Tahlequah)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tahlequah, with the one closest to Tahlequah listed first.
    • Park Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Tsa La Gi Indian Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Welling
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Briggs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Briggs is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
    • Eldon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Moodys
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Gideon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodall is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
    • Shady Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Keys
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Keys is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
    • Zeb
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Zeb is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
    • Carters Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hulbert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Adair County
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tahlequah, with the one closest to Tahlequah listed first.
    • Oaks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Rocky Ford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Leach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Leach is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
    • Twin Oaks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Flint Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Flint Creek is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
    • Kansas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Beckwith
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dripping Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
    • Cloud Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bull Hollow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
    • West Siloam Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Colcord
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Eucha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Old Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Eucha
  • Mayes County
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tahlequah, with the one closest to Tahlequah listed first.
    • Fort Gibson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Braggs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wybark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Sour John
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sour John is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
    • Bacone
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • River Bottom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
    • Muskogee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Webbers Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Summit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Summit is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Sequoyah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tahlequah, with the one closest to Tahlequah listed first.
    • Evening Shade
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Flute Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
    • Box
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Marble City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Redbird Smith
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
    • Dwight Mission
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pinhook Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
    • Gore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Gore is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gore <1>
    • Marble City Community
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Marble City Community is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City Community
    • Brushy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
    • Stoney Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
    • Carlisle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Wagoner County
  • Benton County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tahlequah, with the one closest to Tahlequah listed first.
    • Hico
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hico is located in Benton County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
    • Siloam Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Trident
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Washington County (AR)

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

Cemeteries Near Tahlequah ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tahlequah.

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

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

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

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.<4>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Tahlequah ...

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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tahlequah.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Tahlequah. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Tahlequah and those printed in the larger area surrounding Tahlequah.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> of Tahlequah.

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 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 Tahlequah:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Tahlequah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Tahlequah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.