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 Box Springs (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 Box Springs. 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.
Name Variations for Box Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Box Springs: Box Spgs. (or less commonly used: Box Spngs. or Box Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Box Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Box Springs.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Box Springs is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Lafayette, Nevada, Ouachita, Union, Claiborne (LA) & Webster (LA).
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Box Springs. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Box Springs:
- Columbia County (The home county of Box Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Philadelphia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waldo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- McNeil
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Horsehead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Horsehead is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
- Taylor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- College Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- College Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Western
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Western is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Milner ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Emerson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emerson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Hempstead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Patmos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patmos is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Shover Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shover Springs is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shover Springs
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Buckner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buckner is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- McKamie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McKamie is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKamie
- Stamps
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kress City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kress City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kress City
- Old Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Bradley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Gin City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gin City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Garland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Fouke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Roberts ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Willisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Willisville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Bodcaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Rosston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rosston is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Cale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Laneburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Zama ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Zama is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
- Ouachita County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Stephens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pace City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pace City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace City
- Lufra ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lufra is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Mount Holly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dodge City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dodge City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Claiborne Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Haynesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dykesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dykesville is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykesville
- Gordon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Blackburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blackburn is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Webster Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Springhill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cullen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shongaloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sarepta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Box Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Box Springs.
Cemeteries Near Box Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Box Springs.
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 Box Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Box Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Frazier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rudd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barlow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Waldo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Strong Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sharman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dickson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Box Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Box Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Box Springs, with the one closest to Box Springs listed first.
- Sharman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharman
- Lumber
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lumber is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber
- Macedonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waldo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McNeil
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stamps
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horsehead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Horsehead is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
- Calhoun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Brister
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brister is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brister
- Lewisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Falcon is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- College Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- College Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Plainfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Plainfield is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Milner ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Box Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Box Springs.
Newspapers Published in Box Springs ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Box Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Box Springs, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Box Springs.
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 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 Box Springs:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hempstead County
- Lafayette County
- Miller County
- Nevada County
- Ouachita County
- Union County
- Claiborne Parish
- Webster Parish
- 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> | 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 Box Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Box Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |