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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 Cushman (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 Cushman. 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.

Cushman is located in Independence 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 Independence County: Cleburne, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp, Stone & White.

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

  • Independence County     (The home county of Cushman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cushman, with the one closest to Cushman listed first.
    • Denieville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Denieville is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denieville
    • Sandtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bethesda
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pfeiffer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Batesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Locust Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Locust Grove is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Desha
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cave City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Moorefield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Moorefield is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Southside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Southside is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
    • Salado
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Salado is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
    • Sulphur Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
  • Baxter County
  • Cleburne County
  • Fulton County
    • Glencoe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Glencoe is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
  • Izard County
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cushman, with the one closest to Cushman listed first.
    • Elgin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Elgin is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Jacksonport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Kenyon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lawrence County
  • Sharp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cushman, with the one closest to Cushman listed first.
    • Sidney
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sidney is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
    • Maxville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grange
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Evening Shade
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Poughkeepsie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ash Flat
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Highland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Highland is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
  • Stone County
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cushman, with the one closest to Cushman listed first.
    • Davenport ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Davenport is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
    • Sunnydale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Cushman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cushman.

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 Cushman - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cushman had a population of 75 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Cushman had a population of 457 people.

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

  • Alvis ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Alvis is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvis
  • Denieville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Denieville is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denieville
  • Bethesda
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sandtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint James
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Saint James is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
  • Marcella
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marcella is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
  • Batesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gid
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gid is located in Izard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gid
  • Desha
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sidney
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sidney is located in Sharp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
  • Hickory Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Valley is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
  • Almond
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sage
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jamestown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jamestown is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Moorefield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Moorefield is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people

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

Newspapers Published in Cushman ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cushman.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cushman, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cushman.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cushman:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cushman) 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 Cushman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.