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 West Seneca (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 West Seneca. 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.
Name Variations for West Seneca ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Seneca: W. Seneca
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Seneca. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Seneca.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
West Seneca is located in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County: Cherokee (KS), McDonald (MO), Newton (MO), Craig & Delaware.
Below are the counties that are near West Seneca. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Seneca:
- Ottawa County (The home county of West Seneca)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- Peoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peoria is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Kellyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Wyandotte
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ottawa is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Lincolnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lincolnville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Quapaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hockerville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hockerville is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockerville
- Fairland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Miami
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cardin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Picher ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Miami
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Miami is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Miami
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Craig County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- Bluejacket
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Welch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- Cayuga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cayuga is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Copeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Copeland is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Dodge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dodge is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bernice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dennis is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Cleora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cleora is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- Zena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Brush Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brush Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Jay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Sycamore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Benton County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- Sulphur Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Gravette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rome City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rome City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome City
- Cherokee County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- Commonwealth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Commonwealth is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Baxter Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter Junction is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter Junction
- Baxter Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- South Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Galena
- East Galena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Galena is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galena
- Galena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Treece
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Treece is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treece
- Estimated population in 2012: 136 people
- Empire City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Riverton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cravensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cravensville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravensville
- Neutral
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Neutral is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neutral
- Neutral has also been known as:
- Neutral City
- Keelville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keelville is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keelville
- Labette County (KS)
- Chetopa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- Iron Gates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Central City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- West Joplin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Joplin is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Joplin
- Rex City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rex City is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex City
- Joplin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Duquesne
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Duquesne is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
- East Joplin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Joplin is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Joplin
- Lone Elm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Oakland Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakland Park is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Park
- Duenweg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Airport Drive
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Airport Drive is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Klondike
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Klondike is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Thoms
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Thoms is located in Jasper County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thoms
- McDonald County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- May
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- May is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Tiff City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Goodman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Erie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Erie is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lanagan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ginger Blue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Wylie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wylie is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Noel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Noel is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <1>
- South West City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pineville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jane is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jane <1>
- Powell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Powell is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Newton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- Seneca
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Racine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Racine is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Loma Linda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Loma Linda is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Spring City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring City is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
- Redings Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redings Mill is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redings Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Neosho
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Grand Falls Plaza
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grand Falls Plaza is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Falls Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Shoal Creek Drive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shoal Creek Drive is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Cliff Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cliff Village is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
- Shoal Creek Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shoal Creek Estates is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Dennis Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis Acres is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Leawood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leawood is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Saginaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Seneca, see our County-by-County Page for West Seneca.
Cemeteries Near West Seneca ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Seneca.
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 West Seneca - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Seneca covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- Seneca Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sparling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyandotte Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graves Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buzzard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rinehart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Regan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burkhart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (207 more) ...
- Bland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Price Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
While we didn't find West Seneca in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Seneca.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Seneca, with the one closest to West Seneca listed first.
- Seneca
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hart is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Racine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Racine is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
- Belfast
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belfast is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Hornet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hornet is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Spurgeon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spurgeon is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Tiff City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Splitlog
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Splitlog is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splitlog
- McElhany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McElhany is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElhany
- Coy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coy is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Baxter Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Neosho
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Tipton Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton Ford is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Ford
- Lowell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell has also been known as:
- Lowell Station
- Saginaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saginaw is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Seneca. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Seneca.
Newspapers Published in West Seneca ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Seneca.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Seneca, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Seneca.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 West Seneca:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Ottawa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craig County
- Delaware County
- Benton County
- Cherokee County
- Labette County
- Jasper County
- McDonald County
- Newton 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> | 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 West Seneca, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Seneca) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |