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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Aberdeen. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Aberdeen to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Aberdeen, please Contact Us.
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 Aberdeen (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 Aberdeen. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Aberdeen is historic, it would have been located within present day Cross County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cross County: Crittenden, Jackson, Poinsett, Saint Francis & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Aberdeen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aberdeen:
- Cross County (The home county of Aberdeen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aberdeen, with the one closest to Aberdeen listed first.
- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Vanndale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Cherry Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wynne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Levesque
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Bay Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Parkin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Twist
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aberdeen, with the one closest to Aberdeen listed first.
- Obear ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Cash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Independence County
- Thida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thida is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thida
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aberdeen, with the one closest to Aberdeen listed first.
- Beedeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beedeville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beedeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Gourd Neck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gourd Neck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gourd Neck
- Algoa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Algoa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoa
- Balch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Balch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balch
- Tupelo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shoffner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shoffner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoffner
- Weldon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Amagon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amagon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Remmel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Remmel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
- Auvergne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auvergne is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvergne
- Grubbs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Island Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Island Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Town
- Airport Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Monroe County
- Fargo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fargo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aberdeen, with the one closest to Aberdeen listed first.
- Fisher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Waldenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Weiner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Harrisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aberdeen, with the one closest to Aberdeen listed first.
- Colt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <2>
- Caldwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Forrest City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goodwin is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Widener
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Bonair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aberdeen, with the one closest to Aberdeen listed first.
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bradford is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Russell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aberdeen, with the one closest to Aberdeen listed first.
- Morton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- McCrory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
- DeView
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
- Bemis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Patterson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Colona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colona is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
- Augusta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Howell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howell is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Hunter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Flynn ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flynn is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
- Gregory
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Cotton Plant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aberdeen, see our County-by-County Page for Aberdeen.
Cemeteries Near Aberdeen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aberdeen.
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 Aberdeen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aberdeen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aberdeen, with the one closest to Aberdeen listed first.
- Slocum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Givens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pumpkin Bend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eight Mile Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gourd Neck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hawk Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (180 more) ...
- Wyatts Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fakes Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakes Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fakes Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the north of McCrory.
- The Fakes Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fakes Cemetery
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Fakes Chapel Cemetery (located 65 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53855 <3>
- Thomas Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.
While we didn't find Aberdeen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aberdeen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aberdeen, with the one closest to Aberdeen listed first.
- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Tilton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tilton is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Morton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Hamlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlin is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Fisher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- McCrory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
- Tupelo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- DeView
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
- Vanndale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Riverside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Bemis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Cherry Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shoffner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shoffner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoffner
- Weldon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Grays
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grays is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aberdeen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aberdeen.
Newspapers Published in Aberdeen ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aberdeen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aberdeen, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aberdeen.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Aberdeen:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Independence County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- White County
- Woodruff County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Aberdeen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Aberdeen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |