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 Dripping Springs (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 Dripping Springs. 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 Dripping Springs ...
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 Dripping Springs: Dripping Spgs. (or less commonly used: Dripping Spngs. or Dripping Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Dripping Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dripping Springs.
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 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.
Dripping Springs is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington, Adair (OK), Le Flore (OK) & Sequoyah (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Dripping Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dripping Springs:
- Crawford County (The home county of Dripping Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Cedarville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Van Buren
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barcelona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Rudy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rudy is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Natural Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Lee Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
- Wright Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wright Town is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Town
- Kibler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kibler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- New Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Charleston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cecil is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Dahoma ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dahoma is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahoma
- Cravens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cravens is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens
- Donald ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Felkner Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Felkner Town is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felkner Town
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Leon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Sebastian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Fort Smith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Barling
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Buell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Buell is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
- Central City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central City is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
- Lavaca
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bonanza
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bonanza is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
- Jenny Lind
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Bloomer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Ursula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ursula is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursula
- Greenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
- Hackett
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Evansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Evansville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Skylight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Skylight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylight
- Strickler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Strickler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickler
- Morrow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Morrow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Onda
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Onda is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onda
- Winslow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dutch Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dutch Mills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Canehill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Lincoln
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Fork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adair County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Bell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bell is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Cherry Tree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Greasy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greasy is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
- Zion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Bunch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Stilwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Marietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peavine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine
- Rocky Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
- Cherokee County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Barber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Dry Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Le Flore County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Arkoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Braden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Braden is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Fort Coffee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Coffee is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Coffee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Pocola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Skullyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Skullyville is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullyville
- Spiro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Spiro is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiro <1>
- Rock Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Island is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
- Cowlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowlington is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Cameron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Panama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sequoyah County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Short
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Short is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Belfonte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belfonte is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfonte
- Remy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Remy is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Moffett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Roland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Long is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Muldrow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Akins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Akins is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akins
- Brushy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brushy is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Gans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gans is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gans <1>
- Seven Oaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dripping Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Dripping Springs.
Cemeteries Near Dripping Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dripping Springs.
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 Dripping Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dripping Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Woods Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sarah Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spears Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peevyhouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oliver Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Czarnikow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Stevenson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Winfrey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find Dripping Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dripping Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dripping Springs, with the one closest to Dripping Springs listed first.
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Dora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dora is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Van Buren
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barcelona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Rudy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rudy is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Natural Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lancaster is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Lee Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
- Fort Smith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Catcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Catcher is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catcher
- Belmont ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Belmont is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Massard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Massard is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massard
- Haroldton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haroldton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haroldton
- Dyer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dripping Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dripping Springs.
Newspapers Published in Dripping Springs ...
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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dripping Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dripping Springs, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dripping Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dripping Springs:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Sebastian County
- Washington County
- Adair County
- Cherokee County
- Le Flore County
- Sequoyah 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> | 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 Dripping Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Dripping Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |