OKGenWeb Project

Genealogy Resources for Stephens County OKGenWeb Project

1909 Marriage Records

Comanche: 1901 City Directory

Stephens County extract of R. L. Polk & Co's Oklahoma State Gazetteer and Business Directory, published 1918

Stephens County Photographs

The Oklahoma Historical Society has over 400 microfilm rolls of Stephens County newspapers. These can be viewed at the Historical Society Museum and Library in Oklahoma City, OK. Alternatively, positive copies of these films can be purchased directly from the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Like all newspapers names change, papers merge, papers come and go.

Comanche Times 400 North Rodeo Drive, Comanche, OK 73529 {phone 580-439-6500}
Duncan Banner 1001 Elm St. Duncan, OK 73533
Marlow Review 316 W. Main St. , Marlow, OK 73055 {phone 580-658-6657}
Publication of the following papers has ceased in the last 10 years.

Comanche News, 1899 - 1992
Duncan Eagle, 1894 - Mar 18, 1993

Oklahoma Newspaper Links

Links to Oklahoma newspapers online. Some have free access, others require a subscription or payment for archive access, and some just describe the paper and give information for paper subscription.

Oklahoma Press Association- Business Members 

Stephens County Museums

The Stephens County Historical Museum

Located in the historic National Guard Armory at Hwy. 81 and Beech Street, the museum features displays and artifacts illustrating early land-run and settlement life in Oklahoma together with early 20th century memorabilia.

Admission is free.

Open 1:00 - 5:00 on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday.

Stephens County Historical Museum
Box 1294
Duncan, OK 73533
(580) 252-0717 or (800) 782-7167

Stephens County Genealogical Society
301 North 8th Street
Duncan, Oklahoma 73533
(580) 255-8718

The Chisholm Trail Heritage Center

Built in 1998, the center examines and celebrates the history and heritage of the old Chisholm Trail and the other Great Cattle Trails of the late19th century.


Other Regional Museums

Museum of the Great Plains
6th & Ferris, Lawton OK
580-581-3460

Fort Sill Museum
437 Quanah Road, Fort Sill
580-442-5123

Comanche National Museum & Cultural Center
701 NW Ferris Avenue
(behind McMahon Auditorium)
Lawton, OK 73507
Phone: 580-353-0404

Chickasaw Cultural Center
867 Cooper Memorial Dr.
Sulphur, OK 73086-8697
(580) 622-7130

Oklahoma Funeral Home Links