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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Belton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Belton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Belton, 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 Belton (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 Belton. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Belton is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Belton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belton:
- Hempstead County (The home county of Belton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belton, with the one closest to Belton listed first.
- McCaskill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McCaskill is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Doyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Tokio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tokio is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Clow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Ozan
(7 miles [11.3 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
(8 miles [12.9 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakhaven
(15 miles [24.1 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McNab
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- McNab is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNab
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Sheppard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sheppard is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard
- 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 Belton, with the one closest to Belton listed first.
- Okolona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Amity
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Beirne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belton, with the one closest to Belton listed first.
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Buck Range
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Mineral Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tollette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- 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
- Center Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Saratoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dierks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Athens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Belton, with the one closest to Belton listed first.
- Yarborough Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Millwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Wilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belton, with the one closest to Belton listed first.
- Emmet
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boughton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Laneburg
(27 miles [43.5 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 Belton, with the one closest to Belton listed first.
- Roy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Kimberley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kimberley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberley
- Billstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Murfreesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pisgah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bowen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Mount Moriah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Delight
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nathan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Pike City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- 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
- Antoine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belton, with the one closest to Belton listed first.
- Paraloma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Ben Lomond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lockesburg
(27 miles [43.5 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 Belton, see our County-by-County Page for Belton.
Cemeteries Near Belton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belton.
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 Belton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belton, with the one closest to Belton listed first.
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cummings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Japany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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.
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bell Bluff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Billstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Nash Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
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 Belton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belton, with the one closest to Belton listed first.
- Doyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Roy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Clow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Compton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Compton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Ozan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Murfreesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wallaceburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallaceburg is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceburg
- Brocktown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brocktown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brocktown
- Buck Range
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Bowen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arp ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Arp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nathan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belton.
Newspapers Published in Belton ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belton, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belton.
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 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 Belton:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Hempstead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clark County
- Howard County
- Little River County
- Montgomery County
- Nevada County
- Pike 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 Belton, 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 '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- Belton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |