A visit to the Newsom Cometery ...
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 Newsom Cometery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Newsom Cometery:
33.6871, -94.0088
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Newsom Cometery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Newsom Cometery is located in Little River County<2>.
The county seat for Little River County is located in Ashdown. Ashdown lies just to the west of the Newsom Cometery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Newsom Cometery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Newsom Cometery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Newsom Cometery, with the nearest first.
- Dowden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dowden Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowden Cemetery
- Peytonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Peytonville Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonville Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Ashdown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- Hominy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hominy Cemetery is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Saratoga Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Saratoga Cemetery is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Cemetery
- Brownstown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Brownstown Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown Cemetery
- Wilton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilton Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Cemetery
- Rhodes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Rhodes Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Cemetery
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- High Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The High Hill Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Cemetery
- Mills Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Mills Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- Richmond Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Richmond Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Cemetery
- Shirley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Shirley Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Cemetery
- Ben Lomond Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Ben Lomond Cemetery is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Lomond Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Clear Lake Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Clear Lake Cemetery is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake Cemetery
- Paup Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
- Whitehouse Cemetery
- Crofton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Crofton Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crofton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Newsom Cometery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Newsom Cometery, with the nearest first:
- Millwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Yarborough Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Ashdown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ogden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Saratoga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paraloma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Wilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McNab
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McNab is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNab
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Richmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Richmond is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Ben Lomond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tollette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Fulton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Range
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Mineral Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alleene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Alleene is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
- Red Lick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Lick is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Texarkana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Texarkana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rondo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rondo is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Sheppard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sheppard is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard
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 Newsom Cometery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Little River County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Newsom Cometery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashdown
- Ogden
- Ogden lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Newsom Cometery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ogden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Ozan
- Ozan lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Newsom Cometery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ozan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Richmond
- Texarkana
- Washington
- Wilton
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 Newsom Cometery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Little River 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 Newsom Cometery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #77848 (Newsom Cometery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #77848 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: Little River
- Est. Elev: 101 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ashdown East
- Location given for Newsom Cometery:
- Lat: 33.6870649 Lon: -94.008801
- 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 Little River, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Newsom Cometery) 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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