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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Arthur. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Arthur to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Arthur, 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 Arthur (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 Arthur. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Arthur is historic, it would have been located within present day Grant 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 Grant County: Cleveland, Dallas, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Arthur. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arthur:
- Grant County (The home county of Arthur)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Poyen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Poyen is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Dogwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dogwood is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Prattsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Leola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Turin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Turin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
- Cherry Grove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Slabtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Slabtown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Sheridan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tull
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Ebb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ebb is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Grapevine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grapevine is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Center Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Center Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Joan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Joan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joan
- Griffithtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Griffithtown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithtown
- Arkadelphia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Caddo Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Gum Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- White Oak Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak Bluff is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Bluff
- Staves
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Staves is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staves
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Carthage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carthage is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Bunn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bunn is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
- Manning
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Manning is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Dalark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dalark is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalark
- Ivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ivan is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
- Sparkman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sparkman is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Lonsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Price
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Hot Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Hot Spring County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Lono
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lono is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lono
- Rolla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rolla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
- Perla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Malvern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Etta ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Etta is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Butterfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Donaldson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Social Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Saginaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Magnet Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Sulphur Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Redfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Alexander
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hensley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Landmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Landmark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Landmark has also been known as:
- Parkers - Iron Springs
- Bingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bingham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Mabelvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Traskwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Traskwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traskwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Haskell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Fairplay ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairplay is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Benton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bauxite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bauxite is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Kentucky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Bryant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East End
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East End is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Congo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Rubicon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rubicon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- White County
- Holly Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Holly Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arthur, see our County-by-County Page for Arthur.
Cemeteries Near Arthur ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arthur.
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 Arthur - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arthur covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poyen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moores Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lono Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crowder Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ashcraft Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sardis Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Poe Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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 Arthur in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arthur.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arthur, with the one closest to Arthur listed first.
- Dogwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dogwood is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Prattsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lono
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lono is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lono
- Turin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Turin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
- Fenter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fenter is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenter
- Ivy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ivy is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Gifford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Willow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willow is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Cherry Grove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Tulip
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tulip is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Sheridan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tull
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Malvern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Traskwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Traskwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traskwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Saline ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saline is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arthur. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arthur.
Newspapers Published in Arthur ...
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 Arthur.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arthur, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arthur.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Arthur:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Cleveland County
- Dallas County
- Garland County
- Hot Spring County
- Jefferson County
- Pulaski County
- Saline County
- White 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 Arthur, 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 from Point A (ie- Arthur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |