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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Drab. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Drab to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Drab, 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 Drab (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 Drab. 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 hospitals and doctors 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 Drab is historic, it would have been located within present day Hempstead 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 Hempstead County: Clark, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Drab. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Drab:
- Hempstead County (The home county of Drab)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drab, with the one closest to Drab listed first.
- Blevins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blevins is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- McCaskill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McCaskill is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Oakhaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Perrytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ozan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Doyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Shover Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shover Springs is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shover Springs
- Tokio
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tokio is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Columbus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drab, with the one closest to Drab listed first.
- Okolona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beirne
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Gurdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Whelen Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Whelen Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelen Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Curtis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Alpine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Gum Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Amity
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drab, with the one closest to Drab listed first.
- Buck Range
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Nashville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tollette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Corinth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Saratoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blue Bayou
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blue Bayou is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bayou
- Center Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Little River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drab, with the one closest to Drab listed first.
- Millwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Yarborough Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drab, with the one closest to Drab listed first.
- Prescott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Emmet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Boughton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Laneburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Bodcaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Cale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Rosston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosston is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Bluff City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Zama ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Zama is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
- Willisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willisville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Ouachita County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drab, with the one closest to Drab listed first.
- Reader
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reader is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader
- Chidester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chidester is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chidester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drab, with the one closest to Drab listed first.
- Bowen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Billstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Piney Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Pisgah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Delight
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Antoine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Roy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Kimberley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kimberley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberley
- Pike City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Murfreesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Mount Moriah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Nathan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Sevier County
- Paraloma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Drab, see our County-by-County Page for Drab.
Cemeteries Near Drab ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drab.
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 Drab - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Drab covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Drab, with the one closest to Drab listed first.
- Shorter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beards Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blevins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Midway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Midway Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Prescott.
- The Midway Cemetery has also been known as:
- Midway UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979011 <4>
- New Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (211 more) ...
- Artesian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Ann Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Drab in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Drab.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Drab, with the one closest to Drab listed first.
- Garlandville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garlandville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandville
- Wallaceburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wallaceburg is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceburg
- Arcadia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Arcadia is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- De Ann
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- De Ann is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Ann
- Emmet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Prescott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bowen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boughton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Ozan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Laneburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Antoine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Clow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Shover Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shover Springs is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shover Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drab. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drab.
Newspapers Published in Drab ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drab.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drab, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Drab.
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 either 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 Drab:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Hempstead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Howard County
- Little River County
- Nevada County
- Ouachita County
- Pike County
- Sevier 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 Drab, 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 '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- Drab) 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. |