A visit to the Babbs Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Babbs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Babbs Cemetery:
33.1560, -92.9788
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Babbs Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Babbs Cemetery is located in Union County<2>.
The county seat for Union County is located in El Dorado. El Dorado lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Babbs Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Babbs Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Babbs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Babbs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Fredonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Fredonia Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia Cemetery
- Marysville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Marysville Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Mt. Renia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Renia Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Renia Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Big Hickory Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Big Hickory Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hickory Cemetery
- McClendon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The McClendon Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClendon Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is located 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the southwest of El Dorado.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55336 <5>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Beech Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Beech Hill Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Hill Cemetery
- Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
- The Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- St. Marks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Cemetery
- Jolly Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Jolly Chapel Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Chapel Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Three Creeks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Three Creeks Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creeks Cemetery
- El Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The El Bethel Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Bethel Cemetery
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Curtis Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Curtis Grove Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Willie Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Willie Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Willie Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Willie Baptist Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of El Dorado.
- The Mt. Willie Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Willie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55243 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Babbs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Babbs Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Village is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
- Dodge City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dodge City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Mount Holly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lisbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Calhoun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Gordon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Emerson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Emerson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Dumas City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dumas City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas City
- Haynesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scotland is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Horsehead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Horsehead is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
- Magnolia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Junction City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Pace City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pace City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace City
- Summerfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Summerfield is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Wards Mill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wards Mill is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wards Mill
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Junction City is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- El Dorado
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Milner ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Milner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- McNeil
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Macedonia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Stephens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Louann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Louann is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Philadelphia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Babbs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Union County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Babbs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- El Dorado
- Emerson
- Haynesville
- Junction City
- Magnolia
- Stephens
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Babbs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Union County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Babbs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #76218 (Babbs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #76218 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Union
- Est. Elev: 88 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Marysville
- Location given for Babbs Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.1559664 Lon: -92.9787737
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Babbs Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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. |
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