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 East End (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 East End. 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 East End ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East End: E. End
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East End. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East End.
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 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.
East End is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Perry & Pulaski.
Below are the counties that are near East End. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East End:
- Saline County (The home county of East End)
- The following are listed by their distance from East End, with the one closest to East End listed first.
- Shannon Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bauxite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bauxite is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Shaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Benton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Congo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Avilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avilla is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Haskell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kentucky
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Fairplay ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fairplay is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Traskwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Traskwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traskwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Faulkner County
- Mayflower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Garland County
- Lonsdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from East End, with the one closest to East End listed first.
- Ico ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ico is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ico
- Ebb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ebb is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Tull
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Center Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Center Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Sheridan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Slabtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Slabtown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Prattsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turin ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
- Cherry Grove ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cherry Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Poyen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Poyen is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Dogwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Grapevine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Grapevine is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Hot Spring County
- The following are listed by their distance from East End, with the one closest to East End listed first.
- Perla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Butterfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Rockport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Malvern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Magnet Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East End, with the one closest to East End listed first.
- Redfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Plum Bayou ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Plum Bayou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bayou
- Wright
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wright is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Pastoria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pastoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
- Tucker
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tucker is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- White Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Sulphur Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Pine Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from East End, with the one closest to East End listed first.
- Cobbs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Keo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- England
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coy is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Bayou Meto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Lonoke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seaton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Seaton is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Perry County
- Little Italy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Italy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from East End, with the one closest to East End listed first.
- Landmark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Landmark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Landmark has also been known as:
- Parkers - Iron Springs
- Bingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bingham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Woodson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
- Mabelvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alexander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hensley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Windamere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Windamere is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windamere
- Wrightsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
- Wakefield Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wakefield Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Village
- Sweet Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- College Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East End, see our County-by-County Page for East End.
Cemeteries Near East End ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East End.
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 East End - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East End covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East End, with the one closest to East End listed first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Upchurch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McPherson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Landmark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wood Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wood Family Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the south of Little Rock.
- The Wood Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pinkerton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185013 <2>
- Hicks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Butler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- China Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Orion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Birden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kuykendall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find East End in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East End.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East End, with the one closest to East End listed first.
- Altharp ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Altharp is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altharp
- Hurricane ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hurricane is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Ico ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ico is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ico
- Mabelvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orion is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Alexander
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wrightsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
- Obin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Obin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obin
- Collegeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Collegeville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Shaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Belfast
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belfast is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Redfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bluff ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bluff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East End. See our List of 1890's Communities around East End.
Newspapers Published in East End ...
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 238 newspapers that have been published in the area around East End.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East End, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East End.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 East End:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Faulkner County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Hot Spring County
- Jefferson County
- Lonoke County
- Perry County
- Pulaski 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- East End) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East End, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |