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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Dunn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dunn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dunn, 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 Dunn (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 Dunn. 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 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 Dunn is historic, it would have been located within present day Cross 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 Cross County: Crittenden, Jackson, Poinsett, Saint Francis & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Dunn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunn:
- Cross County (The home county of Dunn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- Parkin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Twist
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Levesque
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Vanndale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Wynne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bay Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Cherry Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- Earle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Poindexter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Jennette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Crawfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Heafer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Proctor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Edmondson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Clarkedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- James Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Gilmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Anthonyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- Bledsoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Brickeys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Haynes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- Birdsong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Whitton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Frenchmans Bayou
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Bardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Dyess
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bassett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- Black Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Marked Tree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tyronza
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Hatchie Coon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lepanto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Trumann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Waldenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Weiner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- Heth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Colt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <2>
- Widener
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Caldwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forrest City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rawlinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Bonair
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- Bemis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Morton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- DeSoto County (MS)
- Norfolk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- Ramsey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Giles Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Tipton County (TN)
- Corona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunn, see our County-by-County Page for Dunn.
Cemeteries Near Dunn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunn.
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 Dunn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- McDonald Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gibson Bayou Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Russell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cloar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harefarm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walters Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Layton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Hood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Medley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Dunn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunn, with the one closest to Dunn listed first.
- Parkin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Earle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Levesque
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Wittsburg ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wittsburg is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittsburg
- Lansing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lansing is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Poindexter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Vanndale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Wynne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Newcastle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newcastle is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Bay Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Cherry Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blackfish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blackfish is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfish
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Crawfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vincent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vincent is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Colt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunn.
Newspapers Published in Dunn ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunn, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunn.
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 Dunn:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crittenden County
- Lee County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- Woodruff County
- DeSoto County
- Shelby County
- Tipton 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 Dunn, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dunn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |