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 Thackerville (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 Thackerville. 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 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 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.
Thackerville is located in Love County.
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 Love County: Carter, Jefferson, Marshall, Cooke (TX) & Montague (TX).
Below are the counties that are near Thackerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thackerville:
- Love County (The home county of Thackerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thackerville, with the one closest to Thackerville listed first.
- Marietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burneyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jimtown is located in Love County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Leon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Overbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Orr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orr is located in Love County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thackerville, with the one closest to Thackerville listed first.
- Brock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brock is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Ardmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lone Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dickson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dickson is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,256 people
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County
- Petersburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Petersburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thackerville, with the one closest to Thackerville listed first.
- Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shay is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shay
- Kingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Madill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,161 people
- McBride
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McBride is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- New Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 132 people
- Cooke County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thackerville, with the one closest to Thackerville listed first.
- Coesfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coesfield is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coesfield
- Custer City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Custer City is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
- Dexter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Callisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Callisburg is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Gainesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lindsay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 255 people
- Marysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marysville is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Myra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Kiowa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Muenster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burns City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burns City is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Hood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hood is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Denton County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thackerville, with the one closest to Thackerville listed first.
- Pilot Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sanger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bolivar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bolivar is located in Denton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Grayson County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thackerville, with the one closest to Thackerville listed first.
- Dixie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Sandusky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandusky is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Gordonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Whitesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Basin Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Basin Springs is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Springs
- Cedar Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cedar Mills is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mills
- Sadler
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Shores
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sherwood Shores is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Shores
- Collinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Locust
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Locust is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Gage
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gage is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Ethel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ethel is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Southmayd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montague County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thackerville, with the one closest to Thackerville listed first.
- Illinois Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Illinois Bend is located in Montague County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
- Saint Jo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hardy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hardy is located in Montague County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Bonita
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bonita is located in Montague County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Dye
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dye is located in Montague County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
- Forestburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Fort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Spanish Fort is located in Montague County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thackerville, see our County-by-County Page for Thackerville.
Cemeteries Near Thackerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thackerville.
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 Thackerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thackerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thackerville, with the one closest to Thackerville listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Decherds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- High Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Head Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arnoldville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Prairieview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gunter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Callisburg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Thackerville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thackerville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thackerville, with the one closest to Thackerville listed first.
- Coesfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coesfield is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coesfield
- Sivells Bend ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sivells Bend is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivells Bend
- Custer City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Custer City is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer City
- Callisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Callisburg is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callisburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Balm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Balm is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balm
- Dexter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dexter is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Lindsay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gainesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marysville is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Woodbine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbine is located in Cooke County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Sandusky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sandusky is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Red Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Red Branch is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Myra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Muenster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thackerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thackerville.
Newspapers Published in Thackerville ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thackerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thackerville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thackerville.
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 Thackerville:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Love County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Jefferson County
- Marshall County
- Cooke County
- Denton County
- Grayson County
- Montague County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
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' (or 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- Thackerville) 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 Thackerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |