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Online Gazetteers

• FamilySearch Places
• USGenWeb Archives by County
• Ghost Towns of Oklahoma John Wesley Morris. Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma Press, c1977. Digital Publisher FamilySearch International
• Town and Place Locations Ralph Hicks and John Kidd, Oklahoma Dept of Highways. Town and Place Locations. Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by FamilySearch International, 2018
• R.L. Polk & Co.'s Oklahoma and Indian Territory gazetteer and business directory R L Polk. R.L. Polk & Co.'s Oklahoma and Indian Territory Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1902-03. Detroit : R.L. Polk & Co. 1903
• Gazetteer of Indian Territory Henry Gannett. Gazetteer of Indian Territory. Geological Survey (U.S.) 1905
• 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census OKHistory.org - Search the 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census

Print Only Gazetteers

• Oklahoma Place Names George H. Shirk. Oklahoma Place Names. Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma Press, [1965]
• Geographical information, 1885 reprint, Oklahoma Mrs. Leister E. Presley. Geographical information, 1885 reprint, Oklahoma. Searcy, Arkansas : Mrs. Presley, 1978
• Boundaries of Oklahoma John W. Morris. Boundaries of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma : Oklahoma Historical Society, c1980
• Historical Atlas of Oklahoma John Wesley Morris, Charles R. Goins, and Edwin C. McReynolds. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma. Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma Press, c1986
• Town and Place Locations Oklahoma Dept of Transportation. Town and Place Locations. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma : Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 1991

Why Use Gazetteers

A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a state with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents

Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:

• Different religious denominations
• Schools, colleges, and universities
• Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
• The population size.
• Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
• Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
• Longitude and latitude.
• Distances and direction from other from cities.
• Schools, colleges, and universities.
• Denominations and number of churches.
• Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)

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