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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Etta. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Etta to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Etta, 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 Etta (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 Etta. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Etta is historic, it would have been located within present day Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County: Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Montgomery & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Etta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Etta:
- Hot Spring County (The home county of Etta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Etta, with the one closest to Etta listed first.
- Social Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Saginaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Donaldson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Midway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Malvern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Rockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Butterfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Magnet Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Rolla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rolla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
- Lono
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lono is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lono
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etta, with the one closest to Etta listed first.
- Joan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Joan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joan
- Caddo Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Arkadelphia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Griffithtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Griffithtown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithtown
- Gum Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Curtis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Vaden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Vaden is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaden
- Alpine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Gurdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etta, with the one closest to Etta listed first.
- Dalark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dalark is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalark
- Manning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Manning is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Carthage
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Sparkman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sparkman is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Bunn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bunn is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etta, with the one closest to Etta listed first.
- Price
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Lake Hamilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lonsdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rockwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
- Piney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Piney is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Fountain Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Mountain Pine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pearcy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hot Springs Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blue Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etta, with the one closest to Etta listed first.
- Poyen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Poyen is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Prattsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dogwood is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Tull
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Turin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Turin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
- Cherry Grove ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Sheridan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Slabtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Slabtown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Etta, with the one closest to Etta listed first.
- Traskwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Traskwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traskwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Fairplay ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairplay is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Haskell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rubicon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rubicon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Shaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Bauxite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bauxite is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Congo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Etta, see our County-by-County Page for Etta.
Cemeteries Near Etta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Etta.
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 Etta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Etta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Etta, with the one closest to Etta listed first.
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spencer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Cemetery
- The Spencer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Borland Cemetery
- Ouachita Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manning Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Neighbors Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lone Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ward Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cunningham 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.
Etta itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Etta, with the one closest to Etta listed first.
- Elmore ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Elmore is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Social Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Donaldson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Malvern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Gifford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gifford is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Sanders ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sanders is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
- Witherspoon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Witherspoon is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witherspoon
- Butterfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Cove Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cove Creek is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- De Roche
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- De Roche is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Roche
- Lono
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lono is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lono
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Joan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Joan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joan
- Willow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Willow is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Daleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daleville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Etta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Etta.
Newspapers Published in Etta ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Etta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Etta, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Etta.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Etta:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Hot Spring County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Dallas County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Saline 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 Etta, 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Etta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |