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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 Bidville (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 Bidville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Bidville 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 Bidville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bidville:

  • Crawford County     (The home county of Bidville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidville, with the one closest to Bidville listed first.
    • Locke
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Winfrey
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Chester
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Mountainburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mulberry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Anna ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Anna is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Dyer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rudy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rudy is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Lee Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
    • Alma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Cedarville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Natural Dam
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Concord
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Concord is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidville, with the one closest to Bidville listed first.
    • Cass
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cravens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Felkner Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Felkner Town is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felkner Town
    • Watalula
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • White Oak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Top
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ozark
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cecil
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cecil is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
    • Webb City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Webb City is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
    • Wiederkehr Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wiederkehr Village is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiederkehr Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Altus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Alix
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Alix is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alix
    • Denning
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Denning is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidville, with the one closest to Bidville listed first.
    • Linville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Linville is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
    • Batson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Batson is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
    • Oark
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Smeadley ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Smeadley is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeadley
    • Coal Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Harmony
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Pine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Union City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Union City is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Ozone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidville, with the one closest to Bidville listed first.
    • Caulksville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Caulksville is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caulksville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Ratcliff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Madison County
  • Sebastian County
  • Washington County
  • Sequoyah County (OK)
    • Short
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Short is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short

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

Cemeteries Near Bidville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bidville.

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

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bidville had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Sunset
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sunset is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Fern
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fern is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
  • Delaney
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hazel Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cass
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Patrick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Patrick is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
  • Winslow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • White Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • White Rock is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
  • Combs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Crosses
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Brentwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Chester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Arnett
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Arnett is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
    • Thompson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Armada ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Armada is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada

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

Newspapers Published in Bidville ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bidville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bidville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bidville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Bidville:

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 '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- Bidville) 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 Bidville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.