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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 Clarendon (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 Clarendon. 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.

Clarendon is located in Monroe County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Arkansas, Lee, Phillips, Prairie, Saint Francis & Woodruff.

Below are the counties that are near Clarendon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clarendon:

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Clarendon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clarendon, with the one closest to Clarendon listed first.
    • Roe
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
      • Roe is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Holly Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
      • Holly Grove is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
    • Monroe
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Pine City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawrenceville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brinkley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brinkley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley
      • Brinkley is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brinkley <2>
    • Palmer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Palmer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
      • Palmer is located in Monroe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Palmer
      • From Clarendon to Palmer
    • Fargo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
      • Fargo is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
  • Arkansas County
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clarendon, with the one closest to Clarendon listed first.
    • Moro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
      • Moro is located in Lee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moro <2>
    • Aubrey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aubrey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
      • Aubrey is located in Lee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Vineyard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vineyard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
      • Vineyard is located in Lee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vineyard
      • From Clarendon to Vineyard
    • Rondo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Felton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lonoke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clarendon, with the one closest to Clarendon listed first.
    • Parkers Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Carlisle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlisle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
      • Carlisle is located in Lonoke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlisle <2>
    • Humnoke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humnoke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humnoke
      • Humnoke is located in Lonoke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humnoke <2>
    • McCreanor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCreanor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
      • McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
    • Allport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allport
      • Allport is located in Lonoke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Seaton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Phillips County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clarendon, with the one closest to Clarendon listed first.
    • Turkey Scratch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Turner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Marvell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvell
      • Marvell is located in Phillips County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marvell <2>
    • Tyner ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
      • Tyner is located in Phillips County
    • Poplar Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
      • Poplar Grove is located in Phillips County
    • North Creek ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
      • North Creek is located in Phillips County
  • Prairie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clarendon, with the one closest to Clarendon listed first.
    • Biscoe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biscoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscoe
      • Biscoe is located in Prairie County
    • Brasfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • De Valls Bluff
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fredonia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredonia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
      • Fredonia is located in Prairie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
    • Ulm
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ulm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulm
      • Ulm is located in Prairie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Tollville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hazen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Fairmount
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairmount. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
      • Fairmount is located in Prairie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fairmount
      • From Clarendon to Fairmount
    • Cuneo ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuneo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
      • Cuneo is located in Prairie County
    • Little Dixie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Screeton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Des Arc
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Des Arc have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
      • Des Arc is located in Prairie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,567 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Des Arc <2>
  • Saint Francis County
  • White County
  • Woodruff County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clarendon, with the one closest to Clarendon listed first.
    • Cotton Plant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
      • Cotton Plant is located in Woodruff County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotton Plant <2>
    • Hunter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
      • Hunter is located in Woodruff County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Howell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
      • Howell is located in Woodruff County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clarendon, see our County-by-County Page for Clarendon.

Cemeteries Near Clarendon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clarendon.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clarendon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clarendon, with the one closest to Clarendon listed first.

  • Bateman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bateman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bateman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Roc Roe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roc Roe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roc Roe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Home Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Home Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Choctaw Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Choctaw Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Choctaw Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Travelers Rest Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Travelers Rest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Travelers Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Upper Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jordan Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jordan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jordan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Philadelphia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Philadelphia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Philadelphia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (184 more) ...

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Clarendon had a population of 1,060 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Clarendon had a population of 1,333 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Clarendon, with the one closest to Clarendon listed first.

  • Roe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
    • Roe is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Duncan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duncan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
    • Duncan is located in Monroe County
  • Keevil
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keevil have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keevil
    • Keevil is located in Monroe County
  • Holly Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
    • Holly Grove is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
  • De Valls Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Casscoe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casscoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casscoe
    • Casscoe is located in Arkansas County
  • Monroe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Pine City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Adams
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Adams have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Adams
    • Mount Adams is located in Arkansas County
  • Parham ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parham
    • Parham is located in Arkansas County
  • Brinkley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brinkley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley
    • Brinkley is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brinkley <2>
  • Palmer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Palmer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
    • Palmer is located in Monroe County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Palmer
    • From Clarendon to Palmer
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clarendon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clarendon.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Clarendon ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clarendon.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Clarendon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Clarendon and those printed in the larger area surrounding Clarendon.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<6> of Clarendon.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Clarendon:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clarendon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Clarendon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Clarendon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clarendon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6947, Longitude: -91.3090    









 

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