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 Fairbanks (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 Fairbanks. 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 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Fairbanks is located in 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 Fairbanks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairbanks:
- Van Buren County (The home county of Fairbanks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairbanks, with the one closest to Fairbanks listed first.
- Morganton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Gravesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Bee Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Green Tree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Eglantine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Damascus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Choctaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Formosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- Shirley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairbanks, with the one closest to Fairbanks listed first.
- Quitman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pearson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pearson is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Higden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Miller ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Greers Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edgemont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Heber Springs
(13 miles [20.9 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 <1>
- Yuba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Tumbling Shoals
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Prim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wilburn is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
- Ida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairbanks, with the one closest to Fairbanks listed first.
- Austin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Center Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Cleveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Menifee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Solgohachia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Plumerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hattieville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Jerusalem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairbanks, with the one closest to Fairbanks listed first.
- Enders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Guy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Twin Groves
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Greenbrier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Enola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Enola is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Mount Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Holland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Wooster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beryl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beryl is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Hamlet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Vilonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Conway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Independence County
- Floral
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Floral is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Perry County
- Toad Suck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Toad Suck is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Suck
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairbanks, with the one closest to Fairbanks listed first.
- Fox
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Timbo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairbanks, with the one closest to Fairbanks listed first.
- Rose Bud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Romance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pangburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- El Paso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Letona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Letona is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Center Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Clay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairbanks, see our County-by-County Page for Fairbanks.
Cemeteries Near Fairbanks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairbanks.
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 Fairbanks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairbanks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairbanks, with the one closest to Fairbanks listed first.
- Central Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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]<2> 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 <3>
- Goodloe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodloe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodloe Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Quitman.
- The Goodloe Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goodloe Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2165533 <3>
- Quitman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Quitman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Quitman.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #152620 <3>
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hardin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- King Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Higden McLehaney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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]<2> 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 <3>
- Bee Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Mode Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mode Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mode Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55094 <3>
- Mortar Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Fairbanks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairbanks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairbanks, with the one closest to Fairbanks listed first.
- Morganton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Quitman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Bee Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Guy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Enders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Eglantine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Damascus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Pinnacle Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pinnacle Springs is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Springs
- Choctaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Barney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Barney is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rose Bud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Heber Springs
(13 miles [20.9 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 <1>
- Martinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Martinville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairbanks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairbanks.
Newspapers Published in Fairbanks ...
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 Fairbanks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairbanks, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairbanks.
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 Fairbanks:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Van Buren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleburne County
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Independence County
- Perry County
- Stone County
- White 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairbanks) 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 Fairbanks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |