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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Casteel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Casteel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Casteel, 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 Casteel (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 Casteel. 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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Casteel is historic, it would have been located within present day Baxter 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 Baxter County: Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone & Ozark (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Casteel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Casteel:
- Baxter County (The home county of Casteel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Casteel, with the one closest to Casteel listed first.
- Culp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Norfork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Big Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Norfork Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
- Rodney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rodney is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Salesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Buffalo City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo City is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Briarcliff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Hand ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hand is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Wake ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wake is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
- Cleburne County
- Prim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casteel, with the one closest to Casteel listed first.
- Elizabeth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bexar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gepp
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gepp is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
- Viola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ott is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
- Independence County
- Cushman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cushman is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Izard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casteel, with the one closest to Casteel listed first.
- Calico Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Dolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dolph is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
- Jumbo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Wideman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
- Newburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Brockwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brockwell is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockwell
- Lunenburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lunenburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Melbourne
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Guion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Guion is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casteel, with the one closest to Casteel listed first.
- Rea Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rea Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
- Rush ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Flippin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bull Shoals
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Bruno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casteel, with the one closest to Casteel listed first.
- Cozahome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Harriet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Baker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Leslie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Watts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casteel, with the one closest to Casteel listed first.
- Fifty-Six
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Onia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Timbo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Alco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fox
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Pleasant Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Marcella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marcella is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casteel, with the one closest to Casteel listed first.
- Rumley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Dennard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shirley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Howell County (MO)
- Ott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ott is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Casteel, see our County-by-County Page for Casteel.
Cemeteries Near Casteel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Casteel.
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 Casteel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Casteel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Casteel, with the one closest to Casteel listed first.
- Casteel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rorie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Branscumb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cuff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coots Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Table Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Table Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Katy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Herd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Talley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Acklin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Flanery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Optimus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Casteel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Casteel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Casteel, with the one closest to Casteel listed first.
- Culp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- McPhearson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McPhearson is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhearson
- Optimus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Optimus is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Optimus
- Calico Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Pineville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Big Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iuka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Alco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Timbo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jumbo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wideman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
- Newburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Casteel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Casteel.
Newspapers Published in Casteel ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Casteel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Casteel, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Casteel.
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 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 Casteel:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Baxter County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleburne County
- Fulton County
- Independence County
- Izard County
- Marion County
- Searcy County
- Stone County
- Van Buren County
- Howell 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 Casteel, 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Casteel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |