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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 Tiner (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 Tiner. 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.

Tiner is located in McCurtain 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 McCurtain County: Little River (AR), Polk (AR), Sevier (AR), Choctaw, Le Flore, Pushmataha, Bowie (TX) & Red River (TX).

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

  • McCurtain County     (The home county of Tiner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tiner, with the one closest to Tiner listed first.
    • Eagletown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Broken Bow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hochatown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Holly Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Holly Creek is located in McCurtain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
    • Haworth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Idabel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Idabel is located in McCurtain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <1>
    • Golden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Garvin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Wright City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Millerton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bethel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Valliant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Little River County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tiner, with the one closest to Tiner listed first.
    • Cerrogordo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cerrogordo is located in Little River County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
    • Winthrop
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Winthrop is located in Little River County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winthrop <1>
    • Foreman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Foreman is located in Little River County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foreman <1>
    • Alleene
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Alleene is located in Little River County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
  • Polk County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tiner, with the one closest to Tiner listed first.
    • Grannis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Grannis is located in Polk County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grannis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
    • Bog Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bog Springs is located in Polk County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bog Springs
    • Wickes
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hatton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hatton is located in Polk County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Vandervoort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Vandervoort is located in Polk County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandervoort
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
    • Cove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cove is located in Polk County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cove <1>
  • Sevier County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tiner, with the one closest to Tiner listed first.
    • Process City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Process City is located in Sevier County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Process City
    • De Queen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Horatio
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Horatio is located in Sevier County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,011 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horatio <1>
    • Norwoodville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Norwoodville is located in Sevier County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwoodville
    • Gillham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gillham is located in Sevier County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
    • Lockesburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Lockesburg is located in Sevier County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Red River County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tiner, with the one closest to Tiner listed first.
    • Acworth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Acworth is located in Red River County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
    • Greenwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenwood is located in Red River County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Albion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Albion is located in Red River County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
    • Silver City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver City is located in Red River County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City

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

Cemeteries Near Tiner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tiner.

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

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

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

  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagletown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Tonka Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Crown Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Philadelphia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sweet Home Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lukfata Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Redland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • West Line Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ultima Thule Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Cane Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Hochatown Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (100 more) ...
    • Watsons Memorial Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cerrogordo Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • West Otis Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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 Tiner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tiner.

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

  • Cerrogordo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cerrogordo is located in Little River County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
  • Chapel Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Sevier County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Norwoodville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Norwoodville is located in Sevier County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwoodville
  • Albion
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Albion is located in Red River County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
  • Rocky Comfort
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocky Comfort is located in Little River County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
  • Lockesburg
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Lockesburg is located in Sevier County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Antimony ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Antimony is located in Howard County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antimony
  • Duckett
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Duckett is located in Howard County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckett

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

Newspapers Published in Tiner ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tiner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tiner, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tiner.

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 websites either 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 Tiner:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tiner) 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 Tiner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.