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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 Wanette (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 Wanette. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Wanette is located in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County: Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pontotoc & Seminole.

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

  • Pottawatomie County     (The home county of Wanette)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanette, with the one closest to Wanette listed first.
    • Asher
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Asher is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Asher <1>
    • Tribbey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Tribbey is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
    • Sacred Heart
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Macomb
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Macomb is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macomb <1>
    • Saint Louis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooksville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Pink
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
    • Maud
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Tecumseh
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Bethel Acres
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
    • Earlsboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Shawnee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Dale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Cleveland County
  • Garvin County
  • McClain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanette, with the one closest to Wanette listed first.
    • Byars
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rosedale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Rosedale is located in McClain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Wayne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Purcell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Washington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Goldsby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Payne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Criner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanette, with the one closest to Wanette listed first.
    • Hickory
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hickory is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • Washita
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Pontotoc County
  • Seminole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wanette, with the one closest to Wanette listed first.
    • Konawa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bowlegs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sasakwa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lima
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lima is located in Seminole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Seminole
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Wanette ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wanette.

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

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

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

  • Wanette Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • New Johnsonville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cook Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Avoca Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Martin Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Byars Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Box Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Old Moral Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rosedale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Dixon Chapel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Metcalf Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (176 more) ...
    • Cropper Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Branch Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Eason
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Eason is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eason
  • Anderson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Anderson is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Sacred Heart
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Romulus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Romulus is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romulus
  • Etowah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Etowah is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Lexington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Tecumseh
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Denver
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Denver is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
  • Noble
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Wanette ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wanette.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Wanette. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Wanette and those printed in the larger area surrounding Wanette.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Wanette.

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 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 Wanette:

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>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 Wanette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wanette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.