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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Buzzard Roost. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Buzzard Roost to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Buzzard Roost, 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 Buzzard Roost (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 Buzzard Roost. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Buzzard Roost is historic, it would have been located within present day Van Buren 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 Van Buren County: Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Searcy & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Buzzard Roost. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buzzard Roost:
- Van Buren County (The home county of Buzzard Roost)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buzzard Roost, with the one closest to Buzzard Roost listed first.
- Clinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crabtree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Choctaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Scotland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Formosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- Green Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Copeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Bee Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Alread
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Eglantine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Rex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rex is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Dennard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Baxter County
- Big Flat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buzzard Roost, with the one closest to Buzzard Roost listed first.
- Edgemont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Higden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greers Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Quitman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Miller ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Pearson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pearson is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Prim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Heber Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <2>
- Yuba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Tumbling Shoals
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buzzard Roost, with the one closest to Buzzard Roost listed first.
- Austin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Center Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cleveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Jerusalem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Solgohachia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Old Hickory
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Hattieville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Menifee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Plumerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buzzard Roost, with the one closest to Buzzard Roost listed first.
- Twin Groves
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Guy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Enders
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Greenbrier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Wooster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buzzard Roost, with the one closest to Buzzard Roost listed first.
- Tilly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tilly is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
- Appleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Hector
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Caglesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caglesville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caglesville
- Economy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Economy is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Laurel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Moreland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moreland is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buzzard Roost, with the one closest to Buzzard Roost listed first.
- Leslie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Watts
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Baker
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Marshall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Witt's Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Lone Pine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Harriet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Blanco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Gilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buzzard Roost, with the one closest to Buzzard Roost listed first.
- Fox
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Alco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Timbo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Onia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Mountain View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- White County
- Rose Bud
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buzzard Roost, see our County-by-County Page for Buzzard Roost.
Cemeteries Near Buzzard Roost ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buzzard Roost.
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 Buzzard Roost - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buzzard Roost covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buzzard Roost, with the one closest to Buzzard Roost listed first.
- Bradley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Evans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crowell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hunter - Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bluffton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Foster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pee Dee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gardner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Low Gap Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Quattlebaum Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Burke Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woolverton Mtn. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Halbrooks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Buzzard Roost in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buzzard Roost.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buzzard Roost, with the one closest to Buzzard Roost listed first.
- Clinton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Choctaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Scotland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Edge is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
- Claude
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Claude is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
- Copeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Bee Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Alread
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Latham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Latham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Eglantine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Morganton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Settlement ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Settlement is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlement
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dennard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Springs is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Springs
- Oak Flat ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Flat is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buzzard Roost. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buzzard Roost.
Newspapers Published in Buzzard Roost ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buzzard Roost.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buzzard Roost, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buzzard Roost.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Buzzard Roost:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Van Buren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baxter County
- Cleburne County
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Pope County
- Searcy County
- Stone County
- White 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 Buzzard Roost, 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 from Point A (ie- Buzzard Roost) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |