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 Black Diamond (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 Black Diamond. 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/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest 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 north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Black Diamond is located in Miller 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 Miller County: Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Bossier (LA), Caddo (LA), Bowie (TX) & Cass (TX).
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Black Diamond. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Black Diamond:
- Miller County (The home county of Black Diamond)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- Doddridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fouke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Capps City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Capps City is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
- Roberts ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Genoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Genoa is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Garland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Rondo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rondo is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Texarkana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- Taylor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Welcome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Welcome is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- Gin City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gin City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
- Walnut Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Bradley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kress City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kress City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kress City
- Lewisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- McKamie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- McKamie is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKamie
- Old Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Stamps
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bossier Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- Plain Dealing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alden Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
- Caddo Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- Ida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ida is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Frog Level ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Missionary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Missionary is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
- Zylks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zylks is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylks
- Rodessa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hosston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garfield is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Vivian
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Black Bayou ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
- Gilliam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Belcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oil City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Webster Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- Springhill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cullen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowie County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- Sulphur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Texarkana
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wake Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nash
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nash is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,781 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nash <1>
- Redwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maud is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <1>
- Red Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lick is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Leary
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leary is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Victory City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Cass County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- Bloomburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Queen City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Domino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Domino is located in Cass County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Springdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale is located in Cass County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Atlanta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Huffins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huffins is located in Cass County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
- McLeod
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bivins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kildare
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Douglassville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Red Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Red Hill is located in Cass County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Linden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marion County (TX)
- Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Black Diamond, see our County-by-County Page for Black Diamond.
Cemeteries Near Black Diamond ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Diamond.
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 Black Diamond - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Black Diamond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blanton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fouke Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Mound Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Atlanta (TX).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6664 <3>
- Slaughter Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Slaughter Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Rodessa (LA).
- The Slaughter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rodessa Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68985 <3>
- Antioch Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Phylaw Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (138 more) ...
- Beech Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Black Diamond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Black Diamond.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Black Diamond, with the one closest to Black Diamond listed first.
- Boggy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Boggy is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy
- Era ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Era is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
- Fouke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Frog Level ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Missionary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Missionary is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
- Roberts ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Roberts is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Walnut Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Queen City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bradley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sulphur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Springdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale is located in Cass County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Lanark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lanark is located in Cass County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Atlanta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Arkana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arkana is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkana
- Huffins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huffins is located in Cass County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Black Diamond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Diamond.
Newspapers Published in Black Diamond ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Diamond.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Diamond, 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 Black Diamond.
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 Black Diamond:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Miller County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Lafayette County
- Bossier Parish
- Caddo Parish
- Webster Parish
- Bowie County
- Cass County
- Marion 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Black Diamond) 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 Black Diamond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |