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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 Calico Rock (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 Calico Rock. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Calico Rock is located in Izard 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 Izard County: Baxter, Fulton, Independence, Sharp & Stone.

Below are the counties that are near Calico Rock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Calico Rock:

  • Izard County     (The home county of Calico Rock)
  • Baxter County
  • Cleburne County
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calico Rock, with the one closest to Calico Rock listed first.
    • Bexar
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Elizabeth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Gepp
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Gepp is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
    • Viola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Glencoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Glencoe is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Salem
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Ott is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
    • Sturkie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Moko
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Camp
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Camp is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
  • Independence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calico Rock, with the one closest to Calico Rock listed first.
    • Cushman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethesda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calico Rock, with the one closest to Calico Rock listed first.
    • Rea Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Rush ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Flippin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bull Shoals
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Searcy County
  • Sharp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calico Rock, with the one closest to Calico Rock listed first.
    • Sidney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Sidney is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
    • Evening Shade
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ash Flat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Stone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calico Rock, with the one closest to Calico Rock listed first.
    • Fifty-Six
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain View
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Onia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Onia is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
    • Timbo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Alco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Alco is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • Fox
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Fox is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
    • Pleasant Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Marcella
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Marcella is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
  • Howell County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calico Rock, with the one closest to Calico Rock listed first.
    • Ott
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Moody
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Moody is located in Howell County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
    • Lebo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ozark County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Calico Rock, with the one closest to Calico Rock listed first.
    • Bakersfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Udall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Udall is located in Ozark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udall

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Calico Rock, see our County-by-County Page for Calico Rock.

Cemeteries Near Calico Rock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Calico Rock.

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 Calico Rock - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Calico Rock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Calico Rock, with the one closest to Calico Rock listed first.

  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Flanery Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Herd Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hall Mountain Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Katy Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Branscumb Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Staggs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Palestine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Coots Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cuff Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (240 more) ...
    • Old Optimus Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Old Whitehouse Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jones Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Calico Rock had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Calico Rock had a population of 1,688 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Calico Rock, with the one closest to Calico Rock listed first.

  • Pineville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Culp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Iuka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Optimus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Optimus is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Optimus
  • McPhearson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • McPhearson is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhearson
  • Mount Olive
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mount Olive is located in Izard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
  • Wideman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wideman is located in Izard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
  • Jumbo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Newburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Wild Cherry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wild Cherry is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Cherry
  • Lone Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Wake ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Wake is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Calico Rock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Calico Rock.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Calico Rock ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Calico Rock.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Calico Rock. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Calico Rock and those printed in the larger area surrounding Calico Rock.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> of Calico Rock.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Calico Rock:

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 Calico Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Calico Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.