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 Emmet (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 Emmet. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Emmet is primarily located in Nevada County. A portion of Emmet extends into Hempstead 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 Nevada County: Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Ouachita & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Emmet. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Emmet:
- Nevada County (The home county of Emmet)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Laneburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Prescott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boughton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Bodcaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Cale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Rosston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rosston is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Zama ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Zama is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
- Willisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willisville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Bluff City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Beirne
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Whelen Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Whelen Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelen Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Okolona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gurdon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- College Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- College Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Waldo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- McNeil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milner ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Hempstead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Perrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Shover Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shover Springs is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shover Springs
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakhaven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Blevins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blevins is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Patmos
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Patmos is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- McCaskill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McCaskill is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Ozan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Sheppard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sheppard is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard
- Columbus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Buck Range
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Saratoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tollette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Nashville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Old Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Stamps
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Buckner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Buckner is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Lewisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kress City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kress City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kress City
- Little River County
- Millwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Miller County
- Garland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garland is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Ouachita County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Reader
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Reader is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader
- Chidester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chidester is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chidester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Bragg City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bragg City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Wyloe ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wyloe is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyloe
- Lufra ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lufra is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
- Stephens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Bowen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Piney Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Billstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Pisgah
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Antoine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Delight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Roy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Kimberley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kimberley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberley
- Murfreesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pike City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Highland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Mount Moriah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Emmet, see our County-by-County Page for Emmet.
Cemeteries Near Emmet ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emmet.
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 Emmet - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Emmet covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Snell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Artesian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ayers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beards Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Phillips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Laneburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Midway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Midway Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Prescott.
- The Midway Cemetery has also been known as:
- Midway UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1979011 <3>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- De Ann Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Craven Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Robinson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Emmet had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Emmet had a population of 455 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Emmet, with the one closest to Emmet listed first.
- Clayton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- De Ann
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Ann is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Ann
- Garlandville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garlandville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandville
- Shover Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shover Springs is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shover Springs
- Laneburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Prescott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arcadia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Moriah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Moriah is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Bodcaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Brisbane ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brisbane is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbane
- Boughton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sardis ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Wallaceburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wallaceburg is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceburg
- Washington
(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 Emmet. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emmet.
Newspapers Published in Emmet ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emmet.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emmet, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emmet.
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 Emmet:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Nevada County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Columbia County
- Hempstead County
- Howard County
- Lafayette County
- Little River County
- Miller County
- Ouachita County
- Pike 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> | 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- Emmet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Emmet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |