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 Aetna (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 Aetna. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Aetna is located in Craighead 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 Craighead County: Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett & Dunklin (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Aetna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Aetna:
- Craighead County (The home county of Aetna)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- Brookland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Red Onion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Black Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Bono
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Caraway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Obear ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- Peach Orchard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Knobel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Rector
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- Finch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Pine Knot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Paragould
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walcott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Crowley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Oak Grove Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Bard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Light
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Beech Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Lafe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Marmaduke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- Sedgwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hoxie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- College City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Minturn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Alicia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Alicia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Portia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- Leachville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Arkmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Manila
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Etowah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- West Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Carroll's Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Athelstan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Stark City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Dell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Dyess
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- Trumann
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hatchie Coon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Rivervale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Greenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lepanto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Alto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Marked Tree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weiner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- O'Kean
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Serene
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Serene is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
- Skaggs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Skaggs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Manson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Manson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- Red Onion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cockrum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Cardwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arkmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Arbyrd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Rington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Hornersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Senath
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Cotton Plant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Caruth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Aetna, see our County-by-County Page for Aetna.
Cemeteries Near Aetna ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aetna.
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 Aetna - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Aetna covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- Sims Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sweet Moments Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Log Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woods Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Chapel Cemetery
- The Woods Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chapel in the Woods Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56898 <2>
- Nober Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Culberhouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- Reliford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Finch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Aetna in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aetna.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Aetna, with the one closest to Aetna listed first.
- Brookland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Finch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Nettleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nettleton is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paragould
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lorado is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorado
- Jonesboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Macey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Macey is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Walcott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Crowley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cockrum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Bono
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Aetna. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aetna.
Newspapers Published in Aetna ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aetna.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aetna, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aetna.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Aetna:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Craighead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Lawrence County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Randolph County
- Dunklin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
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 Aetna, 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- Aetna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |