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 Driftwood Shores (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 Driftwood Shores. 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 Driftwood Shores ...
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 Driftwood Shores: Driftwood Shrs.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Driftwood Shores. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Driftwood Shores.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Driftwood Shores is located in Cleburne 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 Cleburne County: Faulkner, Independence, Stone, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Driftwood Shores. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Driftwood Shores:
- Cleburne County (The home county of Driftwood Shores)
- The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Shores, with the one closest to Driftwood Shores listed first.
- Pearson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pearson is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Miller ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Heber Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Yuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Tumbling Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greers Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Quitman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Higden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wilburn is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
- Edgemont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rainbow Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rainbow Island is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Island
- Ida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Shores, with the one closest to Driftwood Shores listed first.
- Austin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Center Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Shores, with the one closest to Driftwood Shores listed first.
- Enders
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Mount Vernon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Guy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Enola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Enola is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Twin Groves
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Greenbrier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Holland is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Vilonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wooster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beryl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beryl is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Hamlet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Otto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Otto is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Shores, with the one closest to Driftwood Shores listed first.
- Floral
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Floral is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Pleasant Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Locust Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Bethesda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bethesda is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Desha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Desha is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desha
- Southside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southside is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Shores, with the one closest to Driftwood Shores listed first.
- Marcella
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marcella is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Fox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Pleasant Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Mountain View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Timbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Shores, with the one closest to Driftwood Shores listed first.
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Fairfield Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morganton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Eglantine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Gravesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Bee Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Green Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Shirley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Damascus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Formosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- Crabtree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Driftwood Shores, with the one closest to Driftwood Shores listed first.
- Rose Bud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pangburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Romance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Letona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Letona is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Clay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Center Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Floyd
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Floyd is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Sunnydale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sunnydale is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
- El Paso
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Searcy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bliss is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Garner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Driftwood Shores, see our County-by-County Page for Driftwood Shores.
Cemeteries Near Driftwood Shores ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Driftwood Shores.
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 Driftwood Shores - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Driftwood Shores covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Driftwood Shores, with the one closest to Driftwood Shores listed first.
- Mt. Olive Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olive Valley Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Heber Springs.
- The Mt. Olive Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159887 <3>
- Cleburne County Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cove - Kendall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Palestine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Palestine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Pearson.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1786681 <3>
- Firstborn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heber Springs City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Crossroads Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Crossroads Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Crossroads Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the south of Heber Springs.
- The South Crossroads Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crossroads Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983981 <3>
- Aldridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Friendship Freewill Baptissst Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Apostolic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sugarloaf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sugarloaf Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Heber Springs.
- The Sugarloaf Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55267 <3>
- Continue List (207 more) ...
- Shiloh Crossroads Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Crossroads Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Crossroads Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Greers Ferry.
- The Shiloh Crossroads Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Crossroads Community Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992333 <3>
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Goodloe Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodloe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodloe Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Quitman.
- The Goodloe Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goodloe Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2165533 <3>
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 Driftwood Shores in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Driftwood Shores.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Driftwood Shores, with the one closest to Driftwood Shores listed first.
- Heber Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Yuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Quitman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Bud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Turnip ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turnip is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnip
- Enders
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Hiram
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hiram is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Ida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morganton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Pangburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Eglantine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Romance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tyler ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tyler is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Driftwood Shores. See our List of 1890's Communities around Driftwood Shores.
Newspapers Published in Driftwood Shores ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Driftwood Shores.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Driftwood Shores, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Driftwood Shores.
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 Driftwood Shores:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Independence County
- Stone County
- Van Buren County
- White 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Driftwood Shores) 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 Driftwood Shores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |