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 Yonkers (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 Yonkers. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Yonkers is located in Wagoner 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 Wagoner County: Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers & Tulsa.
Below are the counties that are near Yonkers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yonkers:
- Wagoner County (The home county of Yonkers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yonkers, with the one closest to Yonkers listed first.
- Wagoner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gibson is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Mallard Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
- Okay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Anchor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anchor is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Tullahassee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
- Porter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Redbird
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coweta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stones Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stones Corner is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Corner
- Choska ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Choska is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choska
- Choska has also been known as:
- Chooska Bottoms
- Choska Bottoms
- Fair Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fair Oaks is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yonkers, with the one closest to Yonkers listed first.
- Chewey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chewey is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewey
- Proctor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wauhillau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wauhillau is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauhillau
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yonkers, with the one closest to Yonkers listed first.
- Lost City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Peggs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hulbert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Gideon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gideon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
- Moodys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tahlequah
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Woodall
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Woodall is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
- Zeb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zeb is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
- Park Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tsa La Gi Indian Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Briggs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Briggs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Scraper
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scraper is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scraper
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yonkers, with the one closest to Yonkers listed first.
- Leach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leach is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
- Rocky Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Oaks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Twin Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
- Old Eucha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Eucha is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Eucha
- Kansas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tagg Flats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tagg Flats is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagg Flats
- Flint Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Flint Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
- Mayes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yonkers, with the one closest to Yonkers listed first.
- Cedar Crest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Pin Oaks Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
- Murphy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Murphy is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Ballou
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ballou is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Mazie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Post
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Post is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
- Sams Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
- Chouteau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snake Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Sportsmen Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Pryor Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Pump Back
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pump Back is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Back
- Muskogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yonkers, with the one closest to Yonkers listed first.
- Wybark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wybark is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
- Fort Gibson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bacone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bacone is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
- Muskogee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Taft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Braggs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- River Bottom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Haskell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beland is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beland
- Jamesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jamesville is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Sour John
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Rogers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yonkers, with the one closest to Yonkers listed first.
- Inola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gregory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Tiawah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tiawah is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
- Justice
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Justice is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Claremore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Verdigris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Verdigris is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdigris
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
- Sequoyah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sequoyah is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoyah
- Catoosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Foyil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Park is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Tulsa County
- Broken Arrow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yonkers, see our County-by-County Page for Yonkers.
Cemeteries Near Yonkers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yonkers.
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 Yonkers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yonkers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yonkers, with the one closest to Yonkers listed first.
- Downing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Downing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hare Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Mission Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lower Ray Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keener Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Wagoner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98357 <2>
- Lost City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (173 more) ...
- New Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Calvalier Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Yonkers in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yonkers.
- Keith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- 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 Yonkers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yonkers.
Newspapers Published in Yonkers ...
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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yonkers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yonkers, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yonkers.
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 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 Yonkers:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Wagoner County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Cherokee County
- Delaware County
- Mayes County
- Muskogee County
- Rogers County
- Tulsa 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> | 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 Yonkers, 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- Yonkers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |