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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Antrey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Antrey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Antrey, 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 Antrey (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 Antrey. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Antrey is historic, it would have been located within present day Sevier 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 Sevier County: Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Polk & McCurtain (OK).

Below are the counties that are near Antrey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Antrey:

  • Sevier County     (The home county of Antrey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antrey, with the one closest to Antrey listed first.
    • De Queen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Process City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Process City is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Process City
    • Gillham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Gillham is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
    • Horatio
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Norwoodville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Norwoodville is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwoodville
    • Lockesburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
    • Ben Lomond
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Paraloma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Paraloma is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
  • Calhoun County
    • Unco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Unco is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unco
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antrey, with the one closest to Antrey listed first.
    • Galena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Galena is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Dierks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Euclid
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Euclid is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Umpire
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Umpire is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
    • Mineola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mineola is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
    • Blue Bayou
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Blue Bayou is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bayou
    • Center Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Center Point is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
    • Athens
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Little River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antrey, with the one closest to Antrey listed first.
    • Cerrogordo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Cerrogordo is located in Little River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
    • Winthrop
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Alleene
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Alleene is located in Little River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
    • Foreman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Wilton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilton is located in Little River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <2>
  • Pike County
    • Grandfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Grandfield is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfield
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antrey, with the one closest to Antrey listed first.
    • Grannis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Grannis is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grannis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
    • Wickes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bog Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Bog Springs is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bog Springs
    • Hatton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hatton is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
    • Vandervoort
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Vandervoort is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandervoort
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
    • Cove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Hatfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • McCurtain County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Antrey, with the one closest to Antrey listed first.
    • Eagletown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Broken Bow
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hochatown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Haworth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Haworth is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haworth <2>
    • Watson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Holly Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Holly Creek is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
    • Idabel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Idabel is located in McCurtain County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idabel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,876 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idabel <2>
    • Golden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Smithville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Antrey, see our County-by-County Page for Antrey.

Cemeteries Near Antrey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antrey.

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 Antrey - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Antrey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Antrey, with the one closest to Antrey listed first.

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cane Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mill Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Ultima Thule Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Redman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Avon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Line Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Herman Direk Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sweet Home Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (150 more) ...
    • Smyrna Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Crosstrail Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Davis Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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 Antrey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Antrey.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Antrey, with the one closest to Antrey listed first.

  • Chapel Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Norwoodville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Norwoodville is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwoodville
  • Cerrogordo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Cerrogordo is located in Little River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
  • Antimony ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Antimony is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antimony
  • Lockesburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Duckett
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Duckett is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckett
  • Lebanon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Lebanon is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Galena
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Galena is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
  • Euclid
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Euclid is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
  • Hartley
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartley is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
  • Cove
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Umpire
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Umpire is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Ben Lomond
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pates ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pates is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pates
    • New Moon ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • New Moon is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Antrey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Antrey.

Newspapers Published in Antrey ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Antrey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Antrey, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Antrey.

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 either 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 Antrey:

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 Antrey, 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Antrey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.