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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Askew. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Askew to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Askew, 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 Askew (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 Askew. 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 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 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 Askew is historic, it would have been located within present day Lee 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 Lee County: Crittenden, Monroe, Phillips, Saint Francis & Tunica (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Askew. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Askew:
- Lee County (The home county of Askew)
- The following are listed by their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Peters
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peters is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Brickeys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Winona ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Winona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Bledsoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Phillips Bayou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- Marianna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- LaGrange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Felton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Felton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
- Haynes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Rondo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rondo is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Vineyard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vineyard is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Aubrey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Aubrey is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Horseshoe Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Seyppel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Pinckney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Anthonyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Proctor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Edmondson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Jennette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Amanca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Phillips County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- West Helena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lexa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helena - West Helena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
- Helena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Huma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Huma is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
- Latour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Latour is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Barton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barton is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- North Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Creek is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Tyner ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Poplar Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Turkey Scratch
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey Scratch is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Scratch
- Marvell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Rawlinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Hughes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bonair
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Widener
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forrest City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Heth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Palestine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Caldwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Colt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Goodwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwin is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Coahoma County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Powell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Powell is located in Coahoma County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Lula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lula is located in Coahoma County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lula <2>
- Rich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rich is located in Coahoma County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- Coahoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Friars Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Friars Point is located in Coahoma County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lake Cormorant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Norfolk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Cub Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Eudora
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Glover
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Walls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <2>
- Lynchburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Southhaven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Panola County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Askew
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Askew is located in Panola County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Crenshaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown is located in Panola County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Quitman County (MS)
- Sledge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sledge is located in Quitman County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Tate County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Arkabutla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Goode
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goode is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Tunica County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- North Tunica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Tunica is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
- Peyton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peyton is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
- Tunica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Banks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Askew, see our County-by-County Page for Askew.
Cemeteries Near Askew ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Askew.
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 Askew - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Askew covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Terrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jersalem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greater Jerusalem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jackson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ward Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Farm Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ward Farm Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Marianna and Winona. The cemetery lies 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the southwest of Winona.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56706 <5>
- Shepherd Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gassett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jeffersonville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Soudan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.
Askew itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 62 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Askew, with the one closest to Askew listed first.
- Park Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Park Place is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Place
- Peters
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peters is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Bledsoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Rawlinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Phillips Bayou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Commerce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Commerce is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Tunica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hollywood is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Marianna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bowdre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bowdre is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdre
- LaGrange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Evansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Robinsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Robinsonville is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Southland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Southland is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Askew. See our List of 1890's Communities around Askew.
Newspapers Published in Askew ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Askew.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Askew, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Askew.
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 Askew:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Lee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crittenden County
- Phillips County
- Saint Francis County
- Coahoma County
- DeSoto County
- Panola County
- Quitman County
- Tate County
- Tunica 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 Askew, 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Marianna and Winona. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <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- Askew) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |