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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Caney. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Caney to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Caney, 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 Caney (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 Caney. 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 doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Caney is historic, it would have been located within present day Nevada 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 Nevada County: Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Ouachita & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Caney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Caney:
- Nevada County (The home county of Caney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Caney, with the one closest to Caney listed first.
- Zama ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zama is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
- Cale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Rosston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rosston is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Bluff City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Willisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willisville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Laneburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Bodcaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Boughton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Emmet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Prescott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caney, with the one closest to Caney listed first.
- Whelen Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Whelen Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelen Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Beirne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Gurdon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vaden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vaden is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaden
- Curtis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Okolona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caney, with the one closest to Caney listed first.
- College Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- College Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Milner ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Milner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- McNeil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Waldo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Village is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
- Calhoun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Philadelphia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Philadelphia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Macedonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Macedonia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Dallas County
- Sparkman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sparkman is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Hempstead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caney, with the one closest to Caney listed first.
- Centerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Shover Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Shover Springs is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shover Springs
- Perrytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Patmos
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Patmos is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oakhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caney, with the one closest to Caney listed first.
- Buckner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Buckner is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Stamps
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Lewisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McKamie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McKamie is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKamie
- Ouachita County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caney, with the one closest to Caney listed first.
- Lufra ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lufra is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
- Bragg City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bragg City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Chidester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chidester is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chidester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Reader
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Reader is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader
- Stephens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wyloe ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wyloe is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyloe
- Camden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cullendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cullendale is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullendale
- Pace City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pace City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace City
- Vanduzer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Vanduzer is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduzer
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- East Camden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Camden is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Camden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Caney, with the one closest to Caney listed first.
- Mount Holly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Smackover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Land
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Land is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Land
- White County
- Holly Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Caney, see our County-by-County Page for Caney.
Cemeteries Near Caney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caney.
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 Caney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Caney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Caney, with the one closest to Caney listed first.
- White Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Christopher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barksdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Adams Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gulley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Round Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holleman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McKinney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.
Caney itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Caney, with the one closest to Caney listed first.
- Zama ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zama is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
- Woodlawn ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Rosston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rosston is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Willisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Willisville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Lufra ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lufra is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
- Bluff City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chidester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chidester is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chidester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Barham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barham is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barham
- Mount Moriah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Moriah is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Delta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delta is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lackland ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lackland is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackland
- Sayre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sayre is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Brisbane ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Brisbane is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Caney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Caney.
Newspapers Published in Caney ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Caney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caney, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Caney.
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 websites either 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 Caney:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Nevada County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Columbia County
- Dallas County
- Hempstead County
- Lafayette County
- Ouachita County
- Union 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 Caney, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Caney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |