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 Campbell (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 Campbell. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Campbell is located in Searcy 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 Searcy County: Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Stone & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Campbell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Campbell:
- Searcy County (The home county of Campbell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
- Leslie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Baker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Harriet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Watts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Cozahome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Gilbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Saint Joe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Witt's Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Pindall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pindall is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Baxter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
- Big Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Buffalo City is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Culp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Lone Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Norfork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Norfork Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
- Cotter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Gassville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Salesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Briarcliff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Jordan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Colfax is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
- Prim
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Edgemont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Higden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greers Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Conway County
- Austin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Izard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
- Calico Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pineville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Guion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Guion is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Jumbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
- Rush ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rea Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rea Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
- Bruno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Yellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flippin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Eros
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eros is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
- Pope County
- Tilly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tilly is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
- Alco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Onia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Timbo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fox
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Fifty-Six
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
- Rumley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Dennard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Copeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Crabtree
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Shirley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Alread
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Fairfield Bay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eglantine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Rex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rex is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Choctaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Green Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Scotland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Campbell, see our County-by-County Page for Campbell.
Cemeteries Near Campbell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campbell.
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 Campbell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Campbell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
- Mabrey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Scribner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kuykendall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elberta Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Passmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alco Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Landis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Watts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Baldwin Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wallace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wallace Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Big Flat.
- Continue List (218 more) ...
- Cypert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Campbell had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
- Leslie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Oak Flat ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Flat is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
- Dennard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Timbo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Watts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Big Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rushing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rushing is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing
- Copeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Bear Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Rush ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Settlement ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Settlement is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlement
- Tomahawk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Duff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Duff is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Campbell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Campbell.
Newspapers Published in Campbell ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campbell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campbell, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campbell.
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 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 Campbell:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Searcy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baxter County
- Cleburne County
- Conway County
- Izard County
- Marion County
- Pope County
- Stone County
- Van Buren 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 '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- Campbell) 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 Campbell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |