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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Boyle. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Boyle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Boyle, please Contact Us.
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 Boyle (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 Boyle. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Boyle is historic, it would have been located within present day Stone 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 Stone County: Baxter, Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Searcy & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Boyle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boyle:
- Stone County (The home county of Boyle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Fifty-Six
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Onia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Mountain View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Timbo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Fox
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Pleasant Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Marcella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marcella is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Baxter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Culp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Big Flat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Norfork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rodney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rodney is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Norfork Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
- Salesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo City is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Briarcliff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Hand ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hand is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Wake ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wake is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
- Colfax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Prim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Edgemont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Elizabeth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bexar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gepp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gepp is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
- Viola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glencoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glencoe is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Cushman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cushman is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Bethesda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Izard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Calico Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Jumbo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Dolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dolph is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
- Newburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Wideman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
- Lunenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lunenburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Melbourne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brockwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brockwell is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockwell
- Guion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guion is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Oxford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- LaCrosse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- LaCrosse is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCrosse
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Rush ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rea Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rea Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
- Flippin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Cozahome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Harriet
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Baker
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Leslie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gilbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Watts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Sharp County
- Sidney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sidney is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Rumley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Dennard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shirley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boyle, see our County-by-County Page for Boyle.
Cemeteries Near Boyle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boyle.
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 Boyle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boyle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Rorie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cuff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Casteel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Branscumb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coots Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Optimus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Herd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Katy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stevens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Table Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Table Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- Optimus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Flanery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Boyle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boyle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boyle, with the one closest to Boyle listed first.
- Culp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Optimus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Optimus is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Optimus
- Mount Olive
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Calico Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McPhearson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McPhearson is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhearson
- Pineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Flat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Iuka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Jumbo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Lone Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Timbo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Alco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Newburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Wideman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boyle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boyle.
Newspapers Published in Boyle ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boyle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boyle, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boyle.
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 Boyle:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Stone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baxter County
- Cleburne County
- Fulton County
- Independence County
- Izard County
- Marion County
- Searcy County
- Sharp County
- Van Buren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Boyle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Boyle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |