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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 Barcelona (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 Barcelona. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Barcelona is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington, Adair (OK), Le Flore (OK) & Sequoyah (OK).

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

  • Crawford County     (The home county of Barcelona)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barcelona, with the one closest to Barcelona listed first.
    • Uniontown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Uniontown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Natural Dam
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedarville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lee Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
    • Stop ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Stop is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
    • Anna ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Anna is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Rudy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rudy is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Van Buren
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chester
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mountainburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Alma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Alma is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
    • Concord
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Concord is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Wright Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wright Town is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Town
  • Franklin County
  • Sebastian County
  • Washington County
  • Adair County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barcelona, with the one closest to Barcelona listed first.
    • Bell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Salem
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Salem is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Cherry Tree
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Greasy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Greasy is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
    • Zion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Zion is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
    • Stilwell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lyons
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bunch
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Fairfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Marietta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Peavine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine
    • Rocky Mountain
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
    • West Peavine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peavine
  • Cherokee County (OK)
  • Le Flore County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barcelona, with the one closest to Barcelona listed first.
    • Arkoma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Braden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Fort Coffee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Fort Coffee is located in Le Flore County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Coffee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
    • Pocola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Pocola is located in Le Flore County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocola <1>
    • Skullyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Spiro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Cowlington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cowlington is located in Le Flore County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Rock Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Rock Island is located in Le Flore County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
  • Sequoyah County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barcelona, with the one closest to Barcelona listed first.
    • Short
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Short is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
    • Belfonte
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Belfonte is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfonte
    • Long
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Long is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
    • Stoney Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
    • Remy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Remy is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
    • Roland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Roland is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,020 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roland <1>
    • Moffett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Moffett is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moffett <1>
    • Akins
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Akins is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akins
    • Brushy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Brushy is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
    • Muldrow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Muldrow is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldrow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muldrow <1>
    • Seven Oaks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Flute Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
    • Marble City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Barcelona ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barcelona.

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

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

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

  • Morton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Spears Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Spencer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • John Seabolt Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Seabolt Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bateman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Woods Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kimbler Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (292 more) ...
    • Allison Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sarah Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oliver Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Barcelona had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Uniontown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Uniontown is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
  • Natural Dam
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
  • Stop ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Stop is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
  • Dora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Dora is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
  • Anna ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Anna is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
  • Evansville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Van Buren
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rudy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rudy is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Lancaster
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Lancaster is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Tolu
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Tolu is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
  • Alma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Alma is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Barcelona ...

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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barcelona.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barcelona, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barcelona.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Barcelona:

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 Barcelona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Barcelona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.