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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 Blytheville (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 Blytheville. 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.

Blytheville is located in Mississippi County and is the County Seat.

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 Mississippi County: Craighead, Crittenden, Poinsett, Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer (TN), Lauderdale (TN) & Tipton (TN).

Below are the counties that are near Blytheville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blytheville:

  • Mississippi County     (The home county of Blytheville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blytheville, with the one closest to Blytheville listed first.
    • Gosnell
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
    • Armorel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Armorel is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
    • Barfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Burdette
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Stark City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Stark City is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
    • Dell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Luxora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Luxora is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
    • Victoria
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Victoria is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Manila
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Osceola
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Rington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Arkmo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blytheville, with the one closest to Blytheville listed first.
    • Bell City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bell City is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
    • Nimmons
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Nimmons is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
  • Craighead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blytheville, with the one closest to Blytheville listed first.
    • Monette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Red Onion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Caraway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Oak
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Black Oak is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Lake View
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lake View is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Greene County
  • Poinsett County
    • Rivervale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
  • Dunklin County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blytheville, with the one closest to Blytheville listed first.
    • Rives
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Hornersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
    • Cotton Plant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Caruth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tinkerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Arkmo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Arbyrd
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Senath
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kennett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Cardwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Cockrum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Pemiscot County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blytheville, with the one closest to Blytheville listed first.
    • Holland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Cooter
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cooter is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooter <1>
    • Steele
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Steele is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,853 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steele <1>
    • Gobler
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
    • Braggadocio
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
    • Deering
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
    • Mid City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
    • Hayti Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
    • Hayti
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Caruthersville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bragg City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
    • Pascola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Dyer County (TN)
  • Haywood County (TN)
  • Lake County (TN)
    • Powells Ferry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Powells Ferry is located in Lake County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
  • Lauderdale County (TN)
  • Tipton County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blytheville, with the one closest to Blytheville listed first.
    • Detroit
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Garland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Walnut Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Bride
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Burlison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Gilt Edge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Randolph
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Covington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Blytheville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blytheville.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blytheville, with the one closest to Blytheville 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.<3>

While we didn't find Blytheville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blytheville.

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

  • Clear Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • Barfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cooter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooter is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooter <1>
  • Tyler
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tyler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
  • Covington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Covington is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
  • Ashport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Golddust
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
  • Cottonwood Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
  • Hornersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
  • Osceola
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Hales Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hales Point is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Point
  • Cotton Plant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Braggadocio
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
    • Caruth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Nesbit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Blytheville ...

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 Blytheville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Blytheville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Blytheville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Blytheville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> of Blytheville.

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 Blytheville:

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 Blytheville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Blytheville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.