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 Belcher (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 Belcher. 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.
Belcher is located in White 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 White County: Cleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Jackson, Lonoke, Prairie & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Belcher. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belcher:
- White County (The home county of Belcher)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher, with the one closest to Belcher listed first.
- Griffithville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Griffithville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Walker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walker is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Georgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- West Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Point is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Higginson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Higginson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Kensett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Garner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McRae
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McRae is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
- Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
- Judsonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Searcy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bald Knob
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beebe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Center Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Cleburne County
- Rainbow Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rainbow Island is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Island
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher, with the one closest to Belcher listed first.
- Grand Glaise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grand Glaise is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Glaise
- Tupelo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher, with the one closest to Belcher listed first.
- Oak Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Carlisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Austin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Austin is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,504 people
- McCreanor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
- Sisemore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
- Cabot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Parnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parnell is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Lonoke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Meto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Parkers Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Parkers Corner is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corner
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher, with the one closest to Belcher listed first.
- Fargo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fargo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Brinkley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher, with the one closest to Belcher listed first.
- Des Arc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Plains is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Plains
- Sand Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Little Dixie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Little Dixie is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
- Cuneo ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cuneo is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
- Hazen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Screeton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Screeton is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
- Biscoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Biscoe is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscoe
- Brasfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brasfield is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasfield
- Fredonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- De Valls Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tollville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tollville is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollville
- Saint Francis County
- Wheatley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher, with the one closest to Belcher listed first.
- Gregory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gregory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Flynn ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Flynn is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
- Augusta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Howell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Howell is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Colona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Colona is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
- Patterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- DeView
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
- McCrory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Hunter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Bemis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belcher, see our County-by-County Page for Belcher.
Cemeteries Near Belcher ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belcher.
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 Belcher - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belcher covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belcher, with the one closest to Belcher listed first.
- Griffin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Belcher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dogwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dogwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Welcome Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Home Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Welcome Home Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the north of Des Arc.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1126701 <3>
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Goodman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nelson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cheek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Belcher in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belcher.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belcher, with the one closest to Belcher listed first.
- Egbert ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Egbert is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egbert
- Walker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walker is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- West Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Point is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Hickory Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Plains is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Plains
- Des Arc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Higginson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Higginson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Kensett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Garner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McRae
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McRae is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
- Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
- Searcy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Judsonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Butlerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Butlerville is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlerville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Barrettsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Barrettsville is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Gregory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gregory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Bald Knob
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belcher. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belcher.
Newspapers Published in Belcher ...
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 Belcher.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belcher, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belcher.
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 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 Belcher:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleburne County
- Jackson County
- Lonoke County
- Monroe County
- Prairie County
- Saint Francis County
- Woodruff County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Belcher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Belcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |