A visit to the Happy Bend 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 Happy Bend Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Happy Bend Cemetery:
35.2490, -92.8541
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Happy Bend Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Happy Bend Cemetery is located in Conway County<2>.
The county seat for Conway County is located in Morrilton. Morrilton lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Happy Bend Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Happy Bend Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Happy Bend Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Happy Bend Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Cooks Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Cemetery
- Wiedower Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wiedower Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiedower Cemetery
- Beeson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Beeson Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeson Cemetery
- Childers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Childers Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childers Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Atkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Atkins Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins Cemetery
- Atkins Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Byerly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Byerly Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byerly Cemetery
- St. Joe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Joe Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joe Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Haskin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Haskin Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskin Cemetery
- Bells Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Darr Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Darr Cemetery is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darr Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- St. Vincent Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Vincent Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincent Cemetery
- The St. Vincent Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56102 <5>
- Cleaver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Cleaver Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaver Cemetery
- Boltman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Boltman Cemetery is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltman Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Happy Bend Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Happy Bend Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hattieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Economy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Atkins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wilson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Hickory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Winrock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winrock is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winrock
- Morrilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Solgohachia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Jerusalem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pottsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
- Former names for Pottsville:
- Pott's Inn
- Pott's Station
- Oppelo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oppelo is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Caglesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caglesville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caglesville
- Moreland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Holla Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- Pontoon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pontoon is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon
- Appleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Plumerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Cotton Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Adona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Adona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Perry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cleveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Center Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Center Valley is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Russellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bernice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bernice is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
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 Happy Bend Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Conway County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Happy Bend Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atkins
- Morrilton
- Plumerville
- Russellville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Happy Bend Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Conway 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 Happy Bend Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #49831 (Happy Bend Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #49831 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: Conway
- Est. Elev: 94 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Morrilton West
- Location given for Happy Bend Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.2489712 Lon: -92.854056
- 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 Conway, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Happy Bend 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |