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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 Taylor (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 Taylor. 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 southeast 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 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.

Taylor is located in Cotton 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 Cotton County: Comanche, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman, Clay (TX) & Wichita (TX).

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

  • Cotton County     (The home county of Taylor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
    • Randlett
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randlett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randlett
      • Randlett is located in Cotton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randlett <2>
    • Temple
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cookietown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookietown
      • Cookietown is located in Cotton County
    • Walters
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
      • Walters is located in Cotton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,357 people
      • Former name for Walters:
      • Walter
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walters <2>
    • Devol
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devol have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devol
      • Devol is located in Cotton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devol <2>
    • Hulen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulen
      • Hulen is located in Cotton County
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
    • Geronimo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geronimo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo
      • Geronimo is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geronimo <2>
    • Faxon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faxon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
      • Faxon is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faxon <2>
    • Chattanooga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chattanooga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga
      • Chattanooga is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chattanooga <2>
    • Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pumpkin Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
      • Pumpkin Center is located in Comanche County
    • Bethel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
      • Bethel is located in Comanche County
    • Lawton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Lawton is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,164 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawton <2>
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
    • Hastings
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Waurika
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Addington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Sugden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
      • Sugden is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Ryan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
      • Ryan is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <2>
    • Terral
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terral have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terral
      • Terral is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terral <2>
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
    • Comanche
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
      • Comanche is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comanche <2>
    • Gas City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gas City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas City
      • Gas City is located in Stephens County
    • Empire City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
      • Empire City is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 889 people
    • Meridian
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in Stephens County
    • Oil City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Stephens County
  • Tillman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
    • Grandfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Loveland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loveland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
      • Loveland is located in Tillman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loveland <2>
  • Archer County (TX)
    • Lakeside City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside City
      • Lakeside City is located in Archer County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,008 people
  • Clay County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
    • Thornberry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
      • Thornberry is located in Clay County (TX)
    • Byers
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
      • Byers is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byers <2>
    • Petrolia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petrolia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
      • Petrolia is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petrolia <2>
    • Dean
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
      • Dean is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Jolly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
      • Jolly is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
    • Henrietta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Wichita County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Taylor, with the one closest to Taylor listed first.
    • Cashion Community
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cashion Community have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashion Community
      • Cashion Community is located in Wichita County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
    • Burkburnett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burkburnett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkburnett
      • Burkburnett is located in Wichita County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,405 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burkburnett <2>
    • Wichita Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Clara
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
      • Clara is located in Wichita County (TX)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Pleasant Valley is located in Wichita County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
    • Iowa Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Park
      • Iowa Park is located in Wichita County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,431 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Park <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Taylor ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylor.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Taylor:

Cemeteries Near Taylor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylor.

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery of Randlett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery of Randlett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery of Randlett
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Temple Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
  • Wilkerson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  • Hastings Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hastings Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hastings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hastings Cemetery
  • Benvenue Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benvenue Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benvenue Cemetery
  • Walters Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Devol Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Devol Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Devol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Devol Cemetery
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...
    • Elm Grove Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elm Grove Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the southeast of Walters.
      • The Elm Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
      • New Salem Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elm Grove Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99075 <5>
    • Kempner Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kempner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kempner Cemetery
    • Hurnville Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurnville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurnville Cemetery

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.<6>

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

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

  • Charlie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie
    • Charlie is located in Clay County (TX)
  • Thornberry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
    • Thornberry is located in Clay County (TX)
  • Hurnville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurnville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurnville
    • Hurnville is located in Clay County (TX)
  • Wichita Falls
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jolly
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
    • Jolly is located in Clay County (TX)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
  • Iowa Park
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Park
    • Iowa Park is located in Wichita County (TX)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,431 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iowa Park <2>
  • Henrietta
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Taylor. 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Taylor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taylor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1734, Longitude: -98.3310       In this case, the coordinates for Taylor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Taylor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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