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 Cabanal (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 Cabanal. 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 doctors 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.
Cabanal is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Benton, Boone, Madison, Newton, Barry (MO), Stone (MO) & Taney (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Cabanal. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cabanal:
- Carroll County (The home county of Cabanal)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Metalton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- Rudd
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rudd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Berryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Dryfork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Urbanette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Osage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Polo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Oak Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Denver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Denver is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Eureka Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Lost Bridge Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- War Eagle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Clantonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clantonville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
- Gateway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Prairie Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Brightwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brightwater is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwater
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Alpena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Batavia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Ridgeway
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Omaha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Myrtle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Bellefonte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Bergman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Keener ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Keener is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Lowry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lowry is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Conway County
- Grandview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Marble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Kingston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hindsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitener
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Witter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Witter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Japton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Wesley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Boston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Compton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ponca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boxley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Jasper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Murray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Mossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mossville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Parthenon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Spring Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Mayfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- War Eagle Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- Blue Springs Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sonora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Golden
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Chain-O-Lakes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Emerald Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Eagle Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Knob
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hill City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Seligman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Stone County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Blue Eye
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lampe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coney Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Marmaros
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Kimberling City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Dollar City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Branson West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Branson West is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Ridgedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Table Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Melva ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Melva is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Branson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollister
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollister is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cabanal, see our County-by-County Page for Cabanal.
Cemeteries Near Cabanal ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cabanal.
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 Cabanal - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cabanal covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Farmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Briley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rule Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pension Mtn. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dean Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rush Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McClain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- Burris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merl Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gobbler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Cabanal in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cabanal.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cabanal, with the one closest to Cabanal listed first.
- Rule
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rule is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Berryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Dryfork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Osage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Marble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Coin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Maple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Maple is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Dinsmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dinsmore is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
- Carrollton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Yocum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yocum is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
- Forum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forum is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forum
- Oak Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cabanal. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cabanal.
Newspapers Published in Cabanal ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cabanal.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cabanal, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cabanal.
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 helpful 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 Cabanal:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Washington County
- Barry County
- Stone County
- Taney 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cabanal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Cabanal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |