A visit to the O'Shield 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 O'Shield Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the O'Shield Cemetery:
34.5701, -90.6618
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the O'Shield Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The O'Shield Cemetery is located in Phillips County<2>.
The county seat for Phillips County is located in Helena. Helena lies just to the southeast of the O'Shield Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the O'Shield Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the O'Shield Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from O'Shield Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The New Zion Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Zion Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- St. Marks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Cemetery
- Jackson Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Spring Lake Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake Cemetery
- Oak Grove Garden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Busby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Busby Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby Cemetery
- Billingsley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Billingsley Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsley Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Polly Dots Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Polly Dots Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Dots Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Rindy Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Rindy Grove Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindy Grove Cemetery
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- Rindy Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Rindy Grove Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rindy Grove Cemetery
- Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Stephens Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Cemetery
- Magnolia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Magnolia Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Magnolia Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Helena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54888 <5>
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beth El Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Beth El Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth El Cemetery
- The Beth El Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Honor Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Honor Hill Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honor Hill Cemetery
- Gilbert Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gilbert Hill Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Hill Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Sunset Memorial Park is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the O'Shield Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from O'Shield Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- West Helena
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Huma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Huma is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
- Helena - West Helena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
- Helena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Latour
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Latour is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Phillips Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- Lexa
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barton is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- LaGrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- LaGrange is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- North Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Creek is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Powell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powell is located in Coahoma County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Oneida
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
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- Rondo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rondo is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Poplar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Peyton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peyton is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
- Tyner ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tyner is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Lakeview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Old Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Friars Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Friars Point is located in Coahoma County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Lula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lula is located in Coahoma County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lula <6>
- Austin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Vineyard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vineyard is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Marvell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wabash
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wabash is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Marianna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Turkey Scratch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Turkey Scratch is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Scratch
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 O'Shield Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Phillips County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The O'Shield Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Austin
- Friars Point
- Helena
- Marianna
- West Helena
Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the O'Shield Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Phillips 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 O'Shield Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #65532 (O'Shield Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #65532 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: Phillips
- Est. Elev: 74 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: West Helena
- Location given for O'Shield Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.5701011 Lon: -90.6617748
- 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 Phillips, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- O'Shield 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. |