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 Coal Hill (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 Coal Hill. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Coal Hill is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Franklin, Logan, Madison, Newton, Pope & Yell.
Below are the counties that are near Coal Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coal Hill:
- Johnson County (The home county of Coal Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Hartman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hartman is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Smeadley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smeadley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeadley
- Union City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Spadra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spadra is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Clarksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Pine is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Batson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Batson is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Linville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Linville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Ludwig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ludwig is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig
- Lamar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Knoxville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Oark
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Mulberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dyer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bidville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bidville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidville
- Locke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Locke is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Alix
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alix is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alix
- Altus
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Denning
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Denning is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Wiederkehr Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wiederkehr Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiederkehr Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Ozark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Webb City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Webb City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
- Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Mountain Top
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mountain Top is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Felkner Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Felkner Town is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felkner Town
- Watalula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watalula is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watalula
- White Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Cecil
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cecil is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Cravens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cravens is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Cotton Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Morrison Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Bluff is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Scranton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scranton is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Subiaco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sand Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Ridge is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Carbon City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon City
- Caulksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caulksville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caulksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Corley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Corley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Ratcliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Blaine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Blue Mountain is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Magazine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Magazine is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Brashears
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brashears is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashears
- Dutton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dutton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Pettigrew
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Combs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newton County
- Walnut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Ross
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Augsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Augsburg is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augsburg
- London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Silex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Silex is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
- Sebastian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Ursula
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ursula is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursula
- Bloomer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Lavaca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Havana
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marvinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marvinville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvinville
- Belleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chickalah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
- Corinth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Danville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coal Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Coal Hill.
Cemeteries Near Coal Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coal Hill.
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 Coal Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coal Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Huddleston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Srygley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coal Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hess Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hartman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Possum Walk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Burnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Houston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hardgraves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Hardgraves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Philips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Coal Hill had a population of 802 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Coal Hill had a population of 1,003 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coal Hill, with the one closest to Coal Hill listed first.
- Hartman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hartman is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Smeadley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smeadley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeadley
- Altus
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Montana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Montana is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Hunt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Roseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Morrison Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morrison Bluff is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Spadra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spadra is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Ozark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Webb City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Webb City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
- Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Prairie View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie View is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Ellsworth ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coal Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coal Hill.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Coal Hill ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coal Hill.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Coal Hill. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Coal Hill and those printed in the larger area surrounding Coal Hill.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Coal Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Coal Hill:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Johnson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Pope County
- Sebastian 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> | 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 Coal Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coal Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |