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A visit to the Memorial Gardens ...


The location of the Memorial Gardens has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Memorial Gardens ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Memorial Gardens can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Memorial Gardens

Lat:   35.2420°   (35° 14' 31")

Lon:   -91.6893°   (-91° 41' 21")

The Memorial Gardens is located in White County<2>.

The county seat for White County is located in Searcy. Searcy lies just to the west of the Memorial Gardens .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Memorial Gardens:

  • Pages specific to Arkansas:
  • Pages specific to White County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Memorial Gardens itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Memorial Gardens.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.

    • Kensett
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Searcy
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searcy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy
      • Searcy is located in White County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,543 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Searcy <4>
    • Higginson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Higginson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginson
      • Higginson is located in White County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
    • Judsonia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judsonia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judsonia
      • Judsonia is located in White County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,992 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Judsonia <4>
    • West Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
      • West Point is located in White County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
    • Garner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
      • Garner is located in White County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garner <4>
    • Walker
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Walker is located in White County
    • Griffithville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Griffithville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithville
      • Griffithville is located in White County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Bald Knob
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • McRae
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McRae have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
      • McRae is located in White County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
    • Letona
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Letona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letona
      • Letona is located in White County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Center Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
      • Center Hill is located in White County
    • Continue List   (7 more) ...
      • Clay
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
        • Clay is located in White County
      • Russell
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnydale
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
        • Sunnydale is located in White County
      • Georgetown
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
        • Georgetown is located in White County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
      • Pangburn
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pangburn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pangburn
        • Pangburn is located in White County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pangburn <4>
      • Floyd
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
        • Floyd is located in White County
      • Beebe
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beebe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
        • Beebe is located in White County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,205 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beebe <4>

    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 Memorial Gardens. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in White County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memorial Gardens.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Memorial Gardens.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.

    • Knox Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Knox Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Cemetery
    • Knox Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Knox Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Cemetery
    • Oaklawn Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oaklawn Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Cemetery
    • Oakgrove Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakgrove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oakgrove Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakgrove Cemetery
    • Lessenbery Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lessenbery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lessenbery Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lessenbery Cemetery
    • Crow Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Crow Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crow Cemetery
    • Gum Springs Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gum Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gum Springs Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gum Springs Cemetery
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Riverside Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Holly Springs Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holly Springs Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Springs Cemetery
    • Searcy Faith Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Searcy Faith Cemetery is located in White County
      • The Searcy Faith Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Faith Assembly Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Searcy Faith Cemetery
    • Goodman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goodman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Goodman Cemetery is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodman Cemetery
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • New Hope Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The New Hope Cemetery is located in White County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
      • Liberty Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Liberty Cemetery is located in White County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
      • Walker Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Walker Cemetery is located in White County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
      • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in White County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
      • Shady Grove Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in White County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shady Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Bald Knob.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56214 <6>
      • St. Pauls Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in White County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
      • Bolden Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bolden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Bolden Cemetery is located in White County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bolden Cemetery
      • Prince Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Memorial Gardens:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #77644  (Memorial Gardens Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #77644 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Kensett
      • County: White         Elev: 72
      • Location given for GNIS #77644 (Memorial Gardens Cemetery)

    The official website for White County: www.whitecountyar.org/

    The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

    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 White, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Memorial Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2420, Longitude: -91.6893       In this case, the coordinates for the Memorial Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>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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