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Introduction ...

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

We've added Begley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Begley, 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 Begley (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 Begley. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Begley is historic, it would have been located within present day Searcy 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 Searcy County: Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Stone & Van Buren.

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

  • Searcy County     (The home county of Begley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Begley, with the one closest to Begley listed first.
    • Baker
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Baker is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Leslie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lone Pine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
    • Marshall
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Harriet
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Watts
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Watts is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
    • Cozahome
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Cozahome is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
    • Gilbert
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Blanco
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Blanco is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
    • Saint Joe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Witt's Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
    • Pindall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pindall is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
  • Baxter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Begley, with the one closest to Begley listed first.
    • Big Flat
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Buffalo City is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
    • Lone Rock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
    • Culp
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Culp is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
    • Norfork Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
    • Norfork
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cotter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Gassville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Salesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Colfax
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Colfax is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
    • Briarcliff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Jordan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Begley, with the one closest to Begley listed first.
    • Everton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rally Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rally Hill is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
  • Cleburne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Begley, with the one closest to Begley listed first.
    • Edgemont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Prim
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Higden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Greers Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Conway County
  • Izard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Begley, with the one closest to Begley listed first.
    • Calico Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Iuka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Iuka is located in Izard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
    • Pineville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Begley, with the one closest to Begley listed first.
    • Rush ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Rush is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
    • Bruno
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bruno is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
    • Rea Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Rea Valley is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
    • Yellville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Summit
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Summit is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
    • Flippin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Eros
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Eros is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
    • Pyatt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pyatt is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Begley, with the one closest to Begley listed first.
    • Western Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Western Grove is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
    • Mount Judea
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Mount Judea is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
    • Hasty
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Hasty is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
    • Vendor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Vendor is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vendor
  • Pope County
    • Tilly
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tilly is located in Pope County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
  • Stone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Begley, with the one closest to Begley listed first.
    • Alco
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Alco is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • Onia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Onia is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
    • Timbo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Fox
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Fox is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
    • Fifty-Six
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Mountain View
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Van Buren County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Begley, with the one closest to Begley listed first.
    • Rumley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Rumley is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
    • Dennard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Copeland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Copeland is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
    • Crabtree
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
    • Alread
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Alread is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
    • Clinton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Shirley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rex
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rex is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
    • Eglantine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
    • Fairfield Bay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Choctaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
    • Scotland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Tree
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree

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

Cemeteries Near Begley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Begley.

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

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

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

  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Watts Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Baldwin Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Elberta Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sulphur Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leslie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mabrey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Scribner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Red Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Horn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cypert Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Kuykendall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (221 more) ...
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sanders Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • East Lawn Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Campbell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Campbell is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
  • Leslie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Marshall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Watts
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Watts is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
  • Oak Flat ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Oak Flat is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
  • Dennard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Alco
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Alco is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
  • Big Flat
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Timbo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bear Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bear Creek is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
  • Copeland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Copeland is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
  • Tomahawk
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tomahawk is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Duff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Duff is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
    • Blanco
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Blanco is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
    • Snowball
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Snowball is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowball

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

Newspapers Published in Begley ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Begley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Begley, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Begley.

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 Begley:

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 Begley, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Begley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.