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Introduction ...

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

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

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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/parishes 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties/parishes, 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 Era is historic, it would have been located within present day Miller 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 Miller County: Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Bossier (LA), Caddo (LA), Bowie (TX) & Cass (TX).

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

  • Miller County     (The home county of Era)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Era, with the one closest to Era listed first.
    • Capps City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Capps City is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
    • Doddridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fouke
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Roberts ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Roberts is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Genoa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Genoa is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
    • Garland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Garland is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
    • Rondo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Rondo is located in Miller County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
    • Texarkana
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Era, with the one closest to Era listed first.
    • Taylor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Welcome
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Welcome is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Era, with the one closest to Era listed first.
    • Gin City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Gin City is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
    • Walnut Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Bradley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Kress City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Kress City is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kress City
  • Bossier Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Era, with the one closest to Era listed first.
    • Plain Dealing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Alden Bridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
    • Benton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Benton is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,092 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benton <2>
  • Caddo Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Era, with the one closest to Era listed first.
    • Zylks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Zylks is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylks
    • Frog Level ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
    • Rodessa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ida
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ida is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Garfield ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Garfield is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Missionary
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Missionary is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
    • Vivian
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Vivian is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vivian <2>
    • Hosston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
    • Gilliam
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oil City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Belcher
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Webster Parish (LA)
    • Springhill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Bowie County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Era, with the one closest to Era listed first.
    • Sulphur
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Sulphur is located in Bowie County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
    • Redwater
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Texarkana
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Wake Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Nash
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Nash is located in Bowie County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,781 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nash <2>
    • Maud
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Maud is located in Bowie County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <2>
  • Cass County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Era, with the one closest to Era listed first.
    • Bloomburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • McLeod
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Huffins
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Huffins is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
    • Atlanta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Queen City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bivins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Springdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Springdale is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Kildare
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Domino
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Domino is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Linden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Linden is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,888 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linden <2>
    • Douglassville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Red Hill is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Harrison County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Era, with the one closest to Era listed first.
    • Uncertain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Baldwin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Baldwin is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Karnack
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Pope City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pope City is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope City
  • Marion County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Era, with the one closest to Era listed first.
    • Lodi
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kellyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kellyville is located in Marion County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville

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

Cemeteries Near Era ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Era.

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

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

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

  • Slaughter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Slaughter Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Rodessa (LA).
    • The Slaughter Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rodessa Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68985 <4>
  • Brown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sulphur Fork Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Josey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Good Exchange Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chapelwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Stevens Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Blanton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Beech Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (148 more) ...
    • Salem Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Atlanta (TX).
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6664 <4>
    • Watson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Baugass Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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.

Era itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Frog Level ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
  • Huffins
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Huffins is located in Cass County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
  • Garfield ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Garfield is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Missionary
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Missionary is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
  • Atlanta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Queen City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bivins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
  • Lanark
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lanark is located in Cass County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
  • Boggy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Boggy is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy
  • Kildare
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Springdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Springdale is located in Cass County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fouke
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Smithland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Smithland is located in Marion County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
    • Collinsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Collinsburg is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsburg

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

Newspapers Published in Era ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Era.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Era, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Era.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Era:

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 Era, 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 '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- Era) 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.