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 Denton Island (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 Denton Island. 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.
Name Variations for Denton Island ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Denton Island: Denton Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Denton Island is located in Craighead 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 Craighead County: Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett & Dunklin (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Denton Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Denton Island:
- Craighead County (The home county of Denton Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Denton Island, with the one closest to Denton Island listed first.
- Cash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Egypt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Obear ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Bono
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Bay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Brookland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denton Island, with the one closest to Denton Island listed first.
- Hickory Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Bay Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Cherry Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denton Island, with the one closest to Denton Island listed first.
- Light
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Finch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Walcott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Pine Knot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denton Island, with the one closest to Denton Island listed first.
- Cord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cord is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cord
- Charlotte
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Charlotte is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Magness
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Magness is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Oil Trough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Thida
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thida is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thida
- Rosie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rosie is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosie
- Moorefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moorefield is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denton Island, with the one closest to Denton Island listed first.
- Swifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swifton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Grubbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Tuckerman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Kenyon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kenyon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
- Airport Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Campbell Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell Station is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Amagon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Amagon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Diaz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Diaz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
- Elgin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Balch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Balch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balch
- Newport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Remmel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Remmel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denton Island, with the one closest to Denton Island listed first.
- Alicia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alicia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Minturn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Sedgwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Saffell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saffell is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saffell
- Hoxie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Portia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Powhatan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Black Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- College City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Smithville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Denton Island, with the one closest to Denton Island listed first.
- Weiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Waldenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Greenfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Harrisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trumann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Randolph County
- Manson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Manson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Sharp County
- Grange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grange is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Denton Island, see our County-by-County Page for Denton Island.
Cemeteries Near Denton Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Denton Island.
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 Denton Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Denton Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Denton Island, with the one closest to Denton Island listed first.
- Denton Island Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holloway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Worley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ballew's Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walker Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Grubbs.
- Denton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Arnold Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swifton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Foust - Adams Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prysock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- Parrott Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hankins - Sullins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bandy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Denton Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Denton Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Denton Island, with the one closest to Denton Island listed first.
- Cash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Grubbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Swifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swifton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Egypt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckerman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alicia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alicia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Obear ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Weiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- McDaniel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- McDaniel is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniel
- Kenyon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kenyon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
- Strangers Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Strangers Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strangers Home
- Diaz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Diaz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elgin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Clover Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clover Bend is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Bend
- Minturn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Denton Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Denton Island.
Newspapers Published in Denton Island ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Denton Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Denton Island, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Denton Island.
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 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 Denton Island:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Craighead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cross County
- Greene County
- Independence County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Poinsett County
- Randolph County
- Sharp 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Denton Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Denton Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |