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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 Bodcaw (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 Bodcaw. 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 doctors and 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.

Bodcaw is located in Nevada 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 Nevada County: Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Ouachita & Pike.

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

  • Nevada County     (The home county of Bodcaw)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bodcaw, with the one closest to Bodcaw listed first.
    • Rosston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Willisville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Willisville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
    • Laneburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cale is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
    • Emmet
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Emmet is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
    • Zama ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Zama is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
    • Prescott
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Bluff City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Boughton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Clark County
  • Columbia County
  • Hempstead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bodcaw, with the one closest to Bodcaw listed first.
    • Centerville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Shover Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Patmos
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Patmos is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Perrytown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
    • Hope
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakhaven
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Sheppard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Washington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Blevins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Fulton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • McNab
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • McNab is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNab
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
    • Ozan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ozan is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
    • Columbus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bodcaw, with the one closest to Bodcaw listed first.
    • Buckner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Buckner is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
    • Stamps
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Old Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Town is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Lewisville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • McKamie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Kress City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kress City is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kress City
  • Miller County
    • Garland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ouachita County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bodcaw, with the one closest to Bodcaw listed first.
    • Reader
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stephens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lufra ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Lufra is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
    • Chidester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Chidester is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chidester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
    • Bragg City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bragg City is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
    • Wyloe ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wyloe is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyloe
    • Pace City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Pace City is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace City
  • Pike County

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

Cemeteries Near Bodcaw ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bodcaw.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bodcaw, with the one closest to Bodcaw 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bodcaw had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Bodcaw had a population of 126 people.

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

  • Brisbane ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brisbane is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
  • Clayton ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clayton is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Falcon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Falcon is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
  • Willisville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Willisville is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
  • Rosston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mount Moriah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Moriah is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
  • Shover Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sardis ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sardis is located in Hempstead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
  • Delta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Laneburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Emmet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Emmet is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
  • Hope
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Glenville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Glenville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
    • Stamps
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Lumber
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Lumber is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber

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

Newspapers Published in Bodcaw ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bodcaw.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bodcaw, 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 Bodcaw.

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 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 Bodcaw:

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 Bodcaw, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bodcaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.