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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 Tip (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 Tip. 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.

Tip is located in Mayes 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 Mayes County: Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Rogers & Wagoner.

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

  • Mayes County     (The home county of Tip)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tip, with the one closest to Tip listed first.
    • Hoot Owl
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Hoot Owl is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoot Owl
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
    • Salina
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Strang
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wickliffe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wickliffe is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickliffe
    • Pump Back
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pump Back is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Back
    • Pensacola
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Pensacola is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
    • Adair
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Spavinaw
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Sportsmen Acres
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Pryor Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
      • Pryor Creek has also been known as:
      • Pryor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <1>
    • Langley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Locust Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sams Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
  • Adair County
    • Chewey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chewey is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewey
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tip, with the one closest to Tip listed first.
    • Peggs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Gideon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Gideon is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
    • Lost City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Lost City is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
    • Moodys
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Scraper
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Scraper is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scraper
    • Shady Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Hulbert
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Craig County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tip, with the one closest to Tip listed first.
    • Big Cabin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Ketchum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vinita
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tip, with the one closest to Tip listed first.
    • Old Eucha
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Old Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Eucha
    • Tagg Flats
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Tagg Flats is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagg Flats
    • Bull Hollow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
    • Eucha
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • New Eucha
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • New Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eucha
    • Leach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Leach is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
    • Cleora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cleora is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
    • Rocky Ford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Zena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Zena is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
    • Dennis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dennis is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
    • Twin Oaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brush Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Brush Creek is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Jay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jay is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
  • Nowata County
    • New Alluwe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • New Alluwe is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alluwe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
  • Ottawa County
    • Afton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rogers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tip, with the one closest to Tip listed first.
    • Bushyhead
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bushyhead is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushyhead
    • Chelsea
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Foyil
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Justice
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Justice is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
    • Sequoyah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Sequoyah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoyah
    • Tiawah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Tiawah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
    • Gregory
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Gregory is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Claremore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Inola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Verdigris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Verdigris is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdigris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
    • Jamestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jamestown is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Oologah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Valley Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Valley Park is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
  • Wagoner County
    • Wagoner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Tip ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tip.

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

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

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

  • Benge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ross Mayes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • West Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Adair Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Graham Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bryan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • County Home Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Spavinaw Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Ghormley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghormley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ghormley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Pensacola.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98500 <3>
  • Wright Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wright Cemetery is located
    • The Wright Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wright Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #945048 <3>
  • Alberty Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (136 more) ...
    • Sixkiller Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hogan Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Little Rock Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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 Tip in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tip.

  • Keith
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Keith is located in Rogers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith

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

Newspapers Published in Tip ...

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 Tip.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tip, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tip.

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 helpful 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 Tip:

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- Tip) 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 Tip, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.