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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Dunlap. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dunlap to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dunlap, 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 Dunlap (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 Dunlap. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Dunlap is historic, it would have been located within present day Pike 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 Pike County: Clark, Hempstead, Howard, Montgomery, Nevada & Polk.

Below are the counties that are near Dunlap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunlap:

  • Pike County     (The home county of Dunlap)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
    • Salem
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Salem is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Kirby
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lodi
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Lodi is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
    • Glenwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Caney Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Caney Valley is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
    • Daisy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Daisy is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Star of the West ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Star of the West is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star of the West
    • Pike City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Pike City is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
    • Langley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mount Moriah
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
    • Newhope
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Newhope is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhope
    • Murfreesboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Nathan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Nathan is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
  • Calhoun County
    • Unco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Unco is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unco
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
    • Amity
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Amity is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
    • Alpine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Alpine is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Okolona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Garland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
    • Meyers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Meyers is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
    • Pearcy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Royal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Avant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Avant is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avant
    • Rockwell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockwell is located in Garland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
  • Hempstead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
    • Tokio
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Tokio is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
    • Doyle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Doyle is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
    • McCaskill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • McCaskill is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaskill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
    • Blevins
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Blevins is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
    • Clow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Clow is located in Hempstead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
  • Hot Spring County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
    • Bonnerdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bismarck
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
    • Athens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Corinth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Corinth is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Mineola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Mineola is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
    • Euclid
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Euclid is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Umpire
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Umpire is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
    • Center Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Center Point is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
    • Dierks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Nashville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Galena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Galena is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Blue Bayou
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Blue Bayou is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bayou
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.
    • Caddo Gap
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Manfred
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Manfred is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
    • Hickory Station ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
    • Ophir
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Ophir is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Norman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Black Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Springs is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Mazarn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
    • Alamo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Alamo is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
    • Cox Spring
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cox Spring is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Spring
    • Mount Ida
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Joplin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Joplin is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
    • Fir ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fir is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
    • Pencil Bluff
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Polk County
    • Big Fork
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Fork is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Fork

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunlap, see our County-by-County Page for Dunlap.

Cemeteries Near Dunlap ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunlap.

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 Dunlap - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunlap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.

  • Palestine Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Powers Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Coffman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Kirby Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Redland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Valley Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Grove Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the east of Kirby.
  • Old Ebenezer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bear Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cummings Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Caney Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Steller Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (257 more) ...

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 Dunlap in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunlap.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunlap, with the one closest to Dunlap listed first.

  • Kirby
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lodi
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lodi is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
  • Rock Creek ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rock Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Hopper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopper is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper
  • Lissie ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lissie is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lissie
  • Hickory Station ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
  • Caddo Gap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Manfred
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Manfred is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
  • Amity
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Amity is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
  • Ophir
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Ophir is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Star of the West ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Star of the West is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star of the West
  • Plata
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Plata is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plata
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Arp ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Arp is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
    • Black Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Springs is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Langley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunlap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunlap.

Newspapers Published in Dunlap ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunlap.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunlap, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunlap.

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 Dunlap:

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 Dunlap, 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>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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dunlap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.