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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 Verden (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 Verden. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Verden is located in Grady 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 Grady County: Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, McClain & Stephens.

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

  • Grady County     (The home county of Verden)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Verden, with the one closest to Verden listed first.
    • Chickasha
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Norge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Norge is also located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Pocasset
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • East Ninnekah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Ninnekah is also located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ninnekah
    • Ninnekah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Amber
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Amber is also located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 494 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amber <1>
    • Tabler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Tabler is also located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabler
    • Agawam
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Agawam is also located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam
    • Minco
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Minco is also located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minco <1>
    • Alex
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Alex is also located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alex <1>
    • Tuttle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tuttle is also located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuttle <1>
    • Bridge Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridge Creek is also located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
    • Rush Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Caddo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Verden, with the one closest to Verden listed first.
    • Indian City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian City is located in Caddo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian City
    • Anadarko
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cement
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Gracemont
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cyril
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Washita
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cogar
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Cogar is located in Caddo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogar
    • Fort Cobb
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Apache
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Albert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Binger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lookeba
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Swan Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Swan Lake is located in Caddo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
  • Canadian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Verden, with the one closest to Verden listed first.
    • Union City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Powers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Powers is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
    • Mustang
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Verden, with the one closest to Verden listed first.
    • Fletcher
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sterling
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Elgin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Elgin is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <1>
    • Lakeside Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeside Village is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
    • Richards Spur ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Richards Spur was located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Spur
  • McClain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Verden, with the one closest to Verden listed first.
    • Blanchard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Dibble
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Cole
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cole is located in McClain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
    • Newcastle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Criner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Criner is located in McClain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criner
  • Stephens County
    • Marlow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Verden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Verden.

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

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

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

  • Verden Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Plainview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Half Moon Ranch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Roach Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Laverty Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fair Lawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kiowa Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Memory Lane Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (80 more) ...
    • Rock Springs Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pocasset Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cement Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Anadarko
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Newcastle
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Verden ...

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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Verden.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Verden. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Verden and those printed in the larger area surrounding Verden.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Verden.

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 Verden:

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>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.
<3>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 Verden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Verden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.