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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about East Mountain. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added East Mountain to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with East Mountain, 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 East Mountain (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 Mountain. 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 Mountain ...
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 East Mountain: E. Mountain
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Mountain. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Mountain.
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 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 East Mountain is historic, it would have been located within present day Van Buren 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 Van Buren County: Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Searcy & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near East Mountain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Mountain:
- Van Buren County (The home county of East Mountain)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Green Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Bee Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Morganton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Choctaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Eglantine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Gravesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Formosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairfield Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Higden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quitman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edgemont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greers Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Miller ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Pearson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pearson is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Heber Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <2>
- Prim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yuba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Tumbling Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Drasco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Drasco is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Center Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cleveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Solgohachia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Menifee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hattieville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Old Hickory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Plumerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Guy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Twin Groves
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Enders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Greenbrier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wooster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Enola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enola is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Mount Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Conway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hamlet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Beryl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Beryl is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Perry County
- Toad Suck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Toad Suck is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Suck
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Appleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Tilly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tilly is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Leslie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Watts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Fox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Timbo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Onia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Mountain View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Rose Bud
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Romance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- El Paso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Mountain, see our County-by-County Page for East Mountain.
Cemeteries Near East Mountain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Mountain.
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 Mountain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Mountain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Quattlebaum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hardin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Blackwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter - Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pee Dee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Central Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Higden McLehaney Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higden McLehaney Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Higden McLehaney Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Higden.
- The Higden McLehaney Cemetery has also been known as:
- McLehaney Higden Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2163555 <4>
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Eglantine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Halbrooks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Flat Rock Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west of Heber Springs.
- The Flat Rock Cemetery has also been known as:
- Flat Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
- Flat Rock Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983588 <4>
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 East Mountain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Mountain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Mountain, with the one closest to East Mountain listed first.
- Bee Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Morganton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Choctaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Eglantine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pinnacle Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pinnacle Springs is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Springs
- Guy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Quitman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Settlement ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Settlement is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlement
- Martinville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Martinville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Claude
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Claude is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Scotland
(13 miles [20.9 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 East Mountain. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Mountain.
Newspapers Published in East Mountain ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Mountain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Mountain, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Mountain.
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 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 Mountain:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Van Buren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleburne County
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Perry County
- Pope County
- Searcy County
- Stone County
- White 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 East Mountain, 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 '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- East Mountain) 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. |