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 Boynton (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 Boynton. 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 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.
Boynton is located in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County: Craighead, Crittenden, Poinsett, Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer (TN), Lauderdale (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Boynton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boynton:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Boynton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Arkmo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Leachville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Manila
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stark City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Dell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Gosnell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Carroll's Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Etowah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Victoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Blytheville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Athelstan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Burdette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Rector
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bell City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Greenway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Nimmons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Piggott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Knobel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Peach Orchard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Red Onion
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Lake View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Caraway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brookland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Jonesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Bard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Paragould
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marmaduke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Pine Knot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Lafe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Crowley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Finch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Walcott
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Beech Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Stonewall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Light
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Rivervale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Lepanto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Trumann
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchie Coon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Alto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Arkmo
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arbyrd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Cardwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cockrum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Hornersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cotton Plant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Caruth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rives
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Gobler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Holland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cooter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deering
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Braggadocio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Mid City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Pascola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Ashport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boynton, see our County-by-County Page for Boynton.
Cemeteries Near Boynton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boynton.
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 Boynton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boynton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Leachville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Leachville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Leachville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #303437 <2>
- Silverdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Box Elder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Horners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Parsell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cochran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Macy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hornersville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Senath (MO).
- The Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lulu Baptist Church Cemetery
- Lulu Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #243731 <2>
- Manila Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bone Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Parsons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Horner Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Boynton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boynton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boynton, with the one closest to Boynton listed first.
- Cockrum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Macey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macey is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Hornersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Nesbit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Bard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Cotton Plant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Caruth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Mangrum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mangrum is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangrum
- Halliday
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Halliday is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Paragould
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Marmaduke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vincit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boynton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boynton.
Newspapers Published in Boynton ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boynton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boynton, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boynton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Boynton:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Poinsett County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot County
- Lauderdale 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boynton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Boynton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |