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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ball. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ball to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ball, 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 Ball (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 Ball. 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 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 Ball is historic, it would have been located within present day Pike 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 Pike County: Clark, Hempstead, Howard, Montgomery, Nevada & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Ball. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ball:
- Pike County (The home county of Ball)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Roy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Kimberley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kimberley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberley
- Murfreesboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Mount Moriah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Billstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Nathan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pisgah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Pike City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Delight
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bowen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Piney Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Calhoun County
- Unco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Unco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unco
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Okolona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Amity
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Beirne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Hempstead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Tokio
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tokio is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Doyle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- McCaskill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McCaskill is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Clow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Ozan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Blevins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blevins is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Columbus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oakhaven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Perrytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Hope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McNab
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McNab is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNab
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Buck Range
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Center Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Blue Bayou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blue Bayou is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bayou
- Mineral Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tollette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Dierks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Euclid
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Athens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mineola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineola is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
- Little River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Yarborough Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Millwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Caddo Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Manfred
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Manfred is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
- Ophir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Prescott
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Boughton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Emmet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Laneburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Paraloma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Ben Lomond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lockesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ball, see our County-by-County Page for Ball.
Cemeteries Near Ball ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ball.
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 Ball - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ball covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Roy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Japany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japany Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Japany Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Murfreesboro.
- Murfreesboro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Valley Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Murfreesboro.
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- College Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Young Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Bluff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cummings Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Billstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (232 more) ...
- Nash Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brocktown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Home 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 Ball in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ball.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ball, with the one closest to Ball listed first.
- Roy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Doyle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Murfreesboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Compton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Compton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Brocktown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brocktown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brocktown
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Arp ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Arp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Nathan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Perkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Ozan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wallaceburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wallaceburg is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceburg
- Bowen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Buck Range
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ball. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ball.
Newspapers Published in Ball ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ball.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ball, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ball.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ball:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clark County
- Hempstead County
- Howard County
- Little River County
- Montgomery County
- Nevada County
- Sevier 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 Ball, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ball) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |