Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Chandler (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Chandler. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Chandler is located in Garland County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garland County: Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Saline & Yell.
Below are the counties that are near Chandler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chandler:
- Garland County (The home county of Chandler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Pearcy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Royal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meyers
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Rockwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rockwell is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
- Piney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Piney is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Lake Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mountain Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Avant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Avant is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avant
- Price
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Blue Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gladstone is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Alpine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Amity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Caddo Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Arkadelphia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Joan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Joan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joan
- Hot Spring County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Bonnerdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bismarck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Social Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Magnet Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Friendship
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Etta ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Etta is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Butterfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Donaldson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Malvern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rockport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Mazarn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Alamo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Joplin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Joplin is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Fir ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Fannie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fannie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannie
- Ophir
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Washita
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Washita is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
- Caddo Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Story
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Ida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Manfred
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Manfred is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Glenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Valley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Kirby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Antoine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Pike City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Saline County
- Rubicon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rubicon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Yell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Aly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aly is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
- Chula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chula is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chandler, see our County-by-County Page for Chandler.
Cemeteries Near Chandler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chandler.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Chandler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chandler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McDowell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lowe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oma Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Aldrich Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gibbons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cunningham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rush Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mazarn Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Fleming Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hughes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wacaster Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Chandler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chandler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
- Pearcy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oma is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oma
- Meyers
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Wayside ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wayside is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Mazarn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Point Cedar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Point Cedar is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Cedar
- Lucky ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lucky is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Elm ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elm is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Bismarck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hot Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- De Roche
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- De Roche is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Roche
- Sanders ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sanders is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mountain Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Valley is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Valley
- Plata
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Plata is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plata
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chandler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chandler.
Newspapers Published in Chandler ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chandler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chandler, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chandler.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Chandler:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Garland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Hot Spring County
- Montgomery County
- Pike County
- Saline County
- Yell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chandler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Chandler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |