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 Fawn Park (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 Fawn Park. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Fawn Park is located in Baxter 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 Baxter County: Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone & Ozark (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Fawn Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fawn Park:
- Baxter County (The home county of Fawn Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Mountain Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clarkridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clarkridge is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkridge
- Midway
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Custer ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Custer is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Henderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gamaliel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Briarcliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Wake ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wake is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
- Gassville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Amos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Amos is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Lead Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Lead Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Lead Hill is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Gepp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gepp is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
- Elizabeth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ott is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
- Viola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bexar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sturkie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sturkie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturkie
- Moko
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moko
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Izard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Dolph
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dolph is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
- Iuka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Pineville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calico Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wideman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Brockwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brockwell is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockwell
- Newburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Bull Shoals
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Price Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Price Place is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Place
- Flippin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rea Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rea Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
- Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Rush ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Yellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dodd City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dodd City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
- Monarch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monarch is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Bruno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Cozahome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Harriet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stone County
- Fifty-Six
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Howell County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Ott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ott is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
- Caulfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moody
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moody is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Lebo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lebo is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebo
- Pottersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pottersville is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville
- South Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Fork is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Ozark County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Udall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Udall is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udall
- Hardenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tecumseh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bakersfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bakersfield is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Gainesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pontiac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elijah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elijah is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elijah
- Isabella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sundown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sundown is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Zanoni ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Zanoni is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zanoni
- Theodosia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Theodosia is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theodosia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Romance
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Romance is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Taney County (MO)
- Protem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fawn Park, see our County-by-County Page for Fawn Park.
Cemeteries Near Fawn Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fawn Park.
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 Fawn Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fawn Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Quality Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Oakland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thacker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Conley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maynard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Douglas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Fawn Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fawn Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fawn Park, with the one closest to Fawn Park listed first.
- Mountain Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Henderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prestonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prestonia is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia
- Independence ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Gassville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Buford is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Wake ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wake is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
- Bennett's ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett's is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett's
- Udall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Udall is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udall
- Amos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Amos is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
- Ruth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Vidette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vidette is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidette
- Lone Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Bakersfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bakersfield is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fawn Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fawn Park.
Newspapers Published in Fawn Park ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fawn Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fawn Park, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fawn Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Fawn Park:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Baxter County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fulton County
- Izard County
- Marion County
- Searcy County
- Stone County
- Howell County
- Ozark County
- Taney 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Fawn Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Fawn Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |