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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Dry Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dry Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dry Creek, 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 Dry Creek (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 Dry Creek. 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 Dry Creek ...
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 Dry Creek: Dry Crk. (or less commonly used: Dry Ck. or Dry Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Dry Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dry Creek.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Dry Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Searcy 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 Searcy County: Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Stone & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Dry Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dry Creek:
- Searcy County (The home county of Dry Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Blanco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Witt's Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Saint Joe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pindall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pindall is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Watts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Baker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Leslie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Harriet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cozahome
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Baxter County
- Big Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Everton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rally Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rally Hill is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
- Valley Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Valley Springs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Bellefonte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Zinc
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Zinc is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Harrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bergman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Keener ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Keener is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Elixir ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elixir is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elixir
- Batavia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Bruno
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Eros
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eros is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
- Pyatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pyatt is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Rush ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Yellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Summit is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Dodd City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dodd City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
- Rea Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rea Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Mount Judea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Judea is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
- Vendor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vendor is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vendor
- Hasty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hasty is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Western Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Western Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Jasper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Parthenon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Limestone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Limestone is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Murray
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Swain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Swain is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Compton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Mossville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mossville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Tilly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tilly is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
- Laurel ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Laurel is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Hector
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stone County
- Alco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Copeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Rumley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Alread
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Dennard
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rex
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rex is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Crabtree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Scotland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dry Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Dry Creek.
Cemeteries Near Dry Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dry Creek.
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 Dry Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dry Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Hendrix Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cash Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast of Jasper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56499 <4>
- Snowball Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Curtis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hensley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McDaniel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whisenant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Slay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Abbey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Ben's Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dodson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Dodson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Dry Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dry Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dry Creek, with the one closest to Dry Creek listed first.
- Snowball
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Snowball is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowball
- Cave Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Point Peter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Point Peter is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peter
- Blanco
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Mount Hersey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Hersey is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hersey
- Bear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Witt's Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Mount Judea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Judea is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
- Duff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Duff is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Saint Joe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yardelle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yardelle is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardelle
- Wells Creek ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wells Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Red Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Red Rock is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Western Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Western Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Watts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dry Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dry Creek.
Newspapers Published in Dry Creek ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dry Creek, 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 Dry Creek.
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 Dry Creek:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Searcy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baxter County
- Boone County
- Marion County
- Newton County
- Pope County
- Stone County
- Van Buren 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 Dry Creek, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dry Creek) 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. |