does anyone know why the town of smithville isnt listed in the mccurtain county 1920 census? or am i looking in the wrong place? my family came from there. john f. sharp married to lula coulston. thanks.

I don't have direct answer, but maybe a brief history of the town might explain it in part.

The town of Smithville, as we now know it, wasn't platted until 7 Dec 1912 ... a short distance south of it's previous location of Hatobi.

By 1919, it had a population of an estimated 1000 people, 8 stores, 2 hotels, 2 restaurants, 2 lawyers, and 2 blacksmiths. But, there wasn't a city goverment until April of 1922.

It continued to be very rural and isolated until past the 1930's. The "McCurtain County: A Pictorial History" (from which I get this data) states that for residents to travel to Idabel, they had to go to Cove, Arkansas and then take a train to Ashdown, Arkansas, then across to the community of Frisco, Oklahoma then to Idabel.

The book I cite is available from the McCurtain County Historical Society, 302 SE Adams, Idabel, OK 74745.

Further, there are several "locations" cited in the 1920 and1930 census for the county that no longer exist, and in many cases, people now-a-days don't even know where they were.

I think that could be MOUNTAIN district

I found a John F Sharp in that district

Eagle • Kirk • White
• Fowler • Mountain • Wilson
• Frisco • Sulphur
these are the districts for the 1920 census
of McCurtain Co

Old age must do something to us ... I plain forgot about the use of census districts back then (Thanks to Elaine, I remembered).

There is an entry (but no image for John Francis Sharp, age 36 (born 1873 in TN) in the 1-Twp, McCurtain County, Oklahoma for 1910.

In 1920, the following information was found for the Mountain District, McCurtain County, Oklahoma:

SHARP, John F. 46 TN (Head)
Lula Ann 41 TN (wife)
Willie Amos 18 OK (son)
Francis Martin 16 OK (son)
Odie Reid 13 OK (son) [first name may be wrong, can't read it]
Howard Taft 11 OK (son)
Clarence Lee 7 OK (son)
Charles W. 5 OK (son)
John LeRoy 3 10/12 (son)
Anna Belle 1 1/12 (dau)

thanks so much to everyone who helped me with this. yes, if i had just kept looking through mccurtain, i would have found them in mountain. genealogy people are so great. for those of you interested in this kind of thing, the francis sharp and annabelle sharp listed are my parents, strangely enough. my mom wasnt john and lula's daughter but an orphan they had taken in. no blood relation. it does make for an interesting family circle, i mean, tree. lol thanks again. you guys are wonderful.

I need Sulphur... for Arnetts.
Please ! E-mail me.
Seeking a William (Andrew or Anderson) Arnett .
~Walter

William Arnett Al S C Ga
Ofelia 45 years Ms Ms Ms
Age: 62 years
Estimated birth year: 1857
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Home in 1920: Sulphur, McCurtain, Oklahoma
Home owned: View Image
Sex: View Image
Marital status: View Image
Year of immigration: View Image
Able to read & write: View Image
Roll: T625_1469
Page: 11B
ED: 152
Image: 0342

Elaine ... do you know where I can find a map of the county that shows the districts for the 1910 thru 1930 census periods?

Most of the family I have been researching within the county are in the Sulphur district, which I pretty much have figured out to be the Wright City/Valliant area. But I am interested in seeing the extent of coverage for not only it, but the others as well. The "Eagle" district I assume to be in the Eagletown area, the "White" district I would guess to be the Broken Bow area, and the "Frisco" district I would assume to be in the area of Haworth to Tom. I'm not able to conjure up locations/boundaries for the Kirk, Fowler, or Wilson districts.

District 134
Eagle township (part of), excluding Broken Bow town. All of townships 5 and 6 S. Ranges 26 and 27 E., and that part of township 7 S. Ranges 26 and 27 lying north of Little River.

District 135
Eagle township (part of), excluding Broken Bow town. All of townships 5 and 6 S. Ranges 24 and 25 E. except sections 6,7,18,19,30, and 31 township 5 S., Range 24 E. and that part of township 7 S. Rs. 24 and 25 F. lying north of Little River and S. half of

District 136
Broken Bow town

FOWLER TOWNSHIP
District 137
Fowler township
FRISCO TOWNSHIP
District 138
Frisco township (part of) excluding Haworth town. All of township 8 S.Rs. 26 and 27 E. that part of township 7 S.R. 27 E. lying south of Little River.

District 139
Frisco township (part of) excluding Haworth town. All of township 9 S. Rs. 26 and 27 E. and Fl. township 10 S.R. 27 E.

District 140
Frisco township (part of) excluding Haworth town. All of township 9 S.R. 25 E. Fl. township 10 S. Ranges 25 and 26 F.

District 141
Frisco township (part of) excluding and Haworth town. All of township 8 S.R. 25 F. and that part of township 7 S.Rs. 25 and 26 E. south of Little River.; Haworth town should be shown separately on schedules.

KIRK TOWNSHIP
District 142
Kirk township (part of) The W. 1/2 of township 7 S. and W. 1/2 of Fl. township 8 S.R. 22 E. and that part of the W. 1/2 of township 6 S.R. 22 F. south of Little River.

District 143
Kirk township (part of) The east 1/2 of township 7 S.R. 22 E. and that part of the W. 1/2 of township 7 S.R. 23 E. lying south of Little River and that part of the E.1/2 of township 6 S.R. 22 E. lying south of Little River and part of Sections 19,30 and 3

District 144
Kirk township (part of) The E. 1/2 of F1 township 8 S.R. 22 E and the W. 1/2 of township 8 S.R. 23 E. & W. 1/2 of F1 township 8 S.R. 23 E. and Sections 4 and 9 of township 9 S.R. 23 E.
District 156
Garvin Town

MOUNTAIN TOWNSHIP
District 145
Mountain township (part of) All of township 1 S.R. 25 E. and West 1/2 of township 1 S.R, 26 E,

District 146
Mountain township (part of) The East 1/2 of township 1 S.R. 26, E. & that part of township 1 S.R. 27 E. in this township.

District 147
Mountain township (part of) All of townships 2 and 3 S.R. 25 and 26 E. and those parts of townships 2 and 3 S.R. 27 E. in this township.

District 148
Mountain township (part of) All of township 4 S.Rs. 23 and 26 E. and that part of township 4 S.R. 27 E. in this township.
SULPHUR TOWNSHIP
District 149
Sulphur township (part of) All of townships 1 and 2 S.Rs. 22, 23 and 24 E.

District 150
Sulphur township (part of) All of township 3 S.Rs. 22,23, and 24 E., and township 4 S.R. 23 E. and the N. 1/2 of township 4 S.R. 24 E.

District 151
Sulphur township (part of) That part of township 5 S.R. 23 E. lying east of Clover Creek and Sections 6,7,18,19,30,31, of township 5 S.R. 24 E. and that part of township 6 S.R. 23 E. lying east of Clover Creek and Little River and that part of township 7

District 152
Sulphur township (part of) All of township 5 S.R. 22 E. and that part of township 6 S.R. 22 E. lying north of Little River and those parts of townships 5 and 6 S. R. 23 E. lying west of Clover Creek.
WHITE TOWNSHIP
District 153
White township (part of), excluding Idabel and Garvin towns. All of township 8 S.R. 24 E. and f1. township 9 S.R. 24 F., and that part of township 7 S. R. 24 E., lying south of Little River.

District 154
White township (part of), excluding Idabel and Garvin towns. The N.E. 1/4 of township 8 S.R. 23 E., and that part of the E. 1/2 of township 7 S.R. 23 E., lying south of Little River.

District 155
White township (part of) excluding Idabel and Garvin towns. The S.E. quarter of T. 8 S.R.23 E., and of T. 9 S.R.23 E.

District 157
Idabel town,

WILSON TOWNSHIP
District 158
Wilson township, excluding Valliant town .District 159 Valliant town