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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Delhi. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Delhi to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Delhi, please Contact Us.
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 Delhi (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 Delhi. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Delhi is historic, it would have been located within present day Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Bradley, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Delhi. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delhi:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Delhi)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Hampton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Harrell is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Harlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Harlow is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
- Tinsman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tinsman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Hopeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hopeville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Thornton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Thornton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Jersey
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lanark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lanark is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Moro Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moro Bay is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro Bay
- Banks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Banks is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Gravelridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gravelridge is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelridge
- Farmville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Farmville is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Hermitage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ingalls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ingalls is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
- Sturgis ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sturgis is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
- Cleveland County
- New Edinburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Edinburg is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Edinburg
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Village is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
- Milner ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Milner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Fordyce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ivan is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
- Ouachita County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Joyce City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Joyce City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce City
- East Camden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Camden is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Camden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Cullendale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cullendale is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullendale
- Louann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Louann is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Camden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vanduzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vanduzer is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduzer
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Millville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Millville is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Bearden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pace City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pace City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace City
- Lufra ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lufra is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
- Bragg City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bragg City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Smackover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norphlet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Norphlet is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norphlet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Sandy Land
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy Land is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Land
- Calion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Calion is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
- Crain City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crain City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crain City
- Perdue City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Perdue City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue City
- Dumas City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dumas City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas City
- Lisbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- El Dorado
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lawson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lawson is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Mount Holly
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Urbana is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- White County
- Holly Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delhi, see our County-by-County Page for Delhi.
Cemeteries Near Delhi ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delhi.
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 Delhi - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delhi covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Plunkett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Primm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Furr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Bay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moses Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dunn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pickett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Means Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Means Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Hampton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55044 <4>
- Evans Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.
While we didn't find Delhi in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Delhi.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delhi, with the one closest to Delhi listed first.
- Little Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Bay is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bay
- Locust Bayou
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Bayou is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Bayou
- Frenchport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frenchport is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchport
- Hampton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elliott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elliott is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Eagle Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eagle Mills is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Lilley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lilley is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilley
- Vanduzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vanduzer is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduzer
- Camden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Champagnolle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Champagnolle is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champagnolle
- Millville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Millville is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Summerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Summerville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Bearden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Harlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Harlow is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delhi. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delhi.
Newspapers Published in Delhi ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delhi.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delhi, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Delhi.
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 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 Delhi:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradley County
- Cleveland County
- Columbia County
- Dallas County
- Ouachita County
- Union County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Delhi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Delhi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |