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 Bellair (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 Bellair. 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 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.
Bellair is located in Hempstead 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 Hempstead County: Clark, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Bellair. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bellair:
- Hempstead County (The home county of Bellair)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellair, with the one closest to Bellair listed first.
- Clow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Doyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Ozan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- McCaskill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McCaskill is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Tokio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tokio is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blevins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blevins is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Oakhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- McNab
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- McNab is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNab
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun County
- Unco
(30 miles [48.3 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 Bellair, with the one closest to Bellair listed first.
- Okolona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Amity
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellair, with the one closest to Bellair listed first.
- Nashville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Range
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Tollette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Mineral Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Blue Bayou
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Bayou is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bayou
- Saratoga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Dierks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Athens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Umpire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Umpire is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
- Little River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellair, with the one closest to Bellair listed first.
- Yarborough Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Millwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Wilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ashdown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Alleene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Alleene is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
- Richmond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellair, with the one closest to Bellair listed first.
- Emmet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Prescott
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boughton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Laneburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellair, with the one closest to Bellair listed first.
- Roy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Kimberley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kimberley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberley
- Murfreesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Billstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Nathan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Pisgah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pisgah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Mount Moriah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Bowen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Delight
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Pike City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bellair, with the one closest to Bellair listed first.
- Paraloma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Ben Lomond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lockesburg
(23 miles [37 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 Bellair, see our County-by-County Page for Bellair.
Cemeteries Near Bellair ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bellair.
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 Bellair - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bellair covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bellair, with the one closest to Bellair listed first.
- Cummings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gamble Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Belk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Range Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Young Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Section Sixteen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Temperanceville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Mounds Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Roy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bellair in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bellair.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bellair, with the one closest to Bellair listed first.
- Clow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Compton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Doyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Ozan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Buck Range
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Nashville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tollette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Roy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Allbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allbrook is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allbrook
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Saratoga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Murfreesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Perkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Perkins is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bellair. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bellair.
Newspapers Published in Bellair ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bellair.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bellair, 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 Bellair.
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 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 Bellair:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Hempstead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clark County
- Howard County
- Little River County
- Nevada County
- Pike County
- Sevier 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> | 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 Bellair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bellair) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |