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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 Canehill (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 Canehill. 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.

Name Variations for Canehill ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Another variation: Cane Hill.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Canehill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Canehill.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors and 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.

Canehill is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Benton, Crawford, Madison & Adair (OK).

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Canehill)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canehill, with the one closest to Canehill listed first.
    • Trident
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Logan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Siloam Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hico
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hico is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
    • Springtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Springtown is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Gentry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Highfill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Highfill is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
    • Cave Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Mason Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bethel Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bethel Heights is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,970 people
    • Lowell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherokee City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canehill, with the one closest to Canehill listed first.
    • Stop ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Stop is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
    • Anna ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Anna is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Lee Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
    • Natural Dam
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Barcelona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Chester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Winfrey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Uniontown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Uniontown is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Mountainburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Locke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bidville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canehill, with the one closest to Canehill listed first.
    • Thompson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Crosses
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Wesley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Wesley is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
    • Delaney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Adair County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canehill, with the one closest to Canehill listed first.
    • Westville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Fairfield is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Peavine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine
    • Watts Community
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Watts Community is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Community
    • Addielee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • West Peavine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • West Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peavine
    • Salem
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Salem is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Stilwell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Zion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Zion is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
    • Marietta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ballard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherokee County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canehill, with the one closest to Canehill listed first.
    • Eldon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Briggs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Briggs is located in Cherokee County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
    • Tenkiller
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
    • Scraper
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Barber
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Caney Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Welling
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Dry Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
    • Carters Landing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Delaware County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canehill, with the one closest to Canehill listed first.
    • West Siloam Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dripping Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
    • Beckwith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Flint Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Flint Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
    • Colcord
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kansas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kansas is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kansas <1>
  • Sequoyah County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canehill, with the one closest to Canehill listed first.
    • Short
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Short is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
    • Belfonte
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Belfonte is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfonte
    • Stoney Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
    • Long
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Long is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
    • Brushy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Brushy is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
    • Flute Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Canehill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Canehill.

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 Canehill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • McClellan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Kidd Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Canehill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Russell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Yates Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cheatham Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Reese Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Bean Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Drake Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bethesda Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Edmiston Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (272 more) ...
    • Cox Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bethlehem Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • English Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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 Canehill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Canehill.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Canehill ...

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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Canehill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Canehill, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Canehill.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Canehill:

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 '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- Canehill) 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 Canehill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.