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 Choctaw Pines (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 Choctaw Pines. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Choctaw Pines is located in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County: Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Searcy & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Choctaw Pines. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Choctaw Pines:
- Van Buren County (The home county of Choctaw Pines)
- The following are listed by their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Green Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Morganton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Eglantine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Bee Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Choctaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Fairfield Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gravesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Formosa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- Damascus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Crabtree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Higden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Edgemont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greers Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quitman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Miller ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Pearson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pearson is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Heber Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Prim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yuba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Tumbling Shoals
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Drasco
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Drasco is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Ida
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Austin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Springfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Solgohachia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Jerusalem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Menifee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hattieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Old Hickory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Plumerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Guy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Twin Groves
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Enders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Greenbrier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wooster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Enola
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Enola is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Mount Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Beryl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beryl is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Conway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hamlet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Tilly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tilly is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
- Appleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Leslie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Watts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Baker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Fox
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Timbo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Alco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Onia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Mountain View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Rose Bud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Romance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pangburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Letona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Letona is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- El Paso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Choctaw Pines, see our County-by-County Page for Choctaw Pines.
Cemeteries Near Choctaw Pines ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Choctaw Pines.
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 Choctaw Pines - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Choctaw Pines covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Hardin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quattlebaum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bee Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Higden McLehaney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higden McLehaney Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Higden McLehaney Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Higden.
- The Higden McLehaney Cemetery has also been known as:
- McLehaney Higden Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2163555 <3>
- Eglantine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hunter - Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pee Dee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Flat Rock Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west of Heber Springs.
- The Flat Rock Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flat Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
- Flat Rock Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983588 <3>
- Bailey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bailey Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Higden.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52898 <3>
- Bradford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Central Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Settlement Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lloyd Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Choctaw Pines in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Choctaw Pines.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Choctaw Pines, with the one closest to Choctaw Pines listed first.
- Morganton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Eglantine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Bee Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Choctaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Settlement ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Settlement is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlement
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Damascus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Quitman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinnacle Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pinnacle Springs is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Springs
- Guy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Claude
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Claude is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
- Enders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Martinville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martinville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Choctaw Pines. See our List of 1890's Communities around Choctaw Pines.
Newspapers Published in Choctaw Pines ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Choctaw Pines.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Choctaw Pines, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Choctaw Pines.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Choctaw Pines:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Van Buren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleburne County
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Pope County
- Searcy County
- Stone County
- White 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Choctaw Pines) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Choctaw Pines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |