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 Fitzgerald (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 Fitzgerald. 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 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 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.
Fitzgerald is located in Jackson County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Craighead, Cross, Independence, Lawrence, Poinsett, White & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Fitzgerald. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fitzgerald:
- Jackson County (The home county of Fitzgerald)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Diaz
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Jacksonport
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacksonport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
- Jacksonport is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonport <2>
- Campbell Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Station
- Campbell Station is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Newport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Newport is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,389 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <2>
- Airport Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Island Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Town
- Island Town is located in Jackson County
- Elgin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Tuckerman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerman
- Tuckerman is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,688 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuckerman <2>
- Kenyon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Auvergne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Remmel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Centerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Jackson County
- Amagon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagon
- Amagon is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Cleburne County
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Cash
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Egypt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Egypt is located in Craighead County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Egypt <2>
- Obear ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cross County
- Hickory Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Hickory Ridge
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Newark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Newark is located in Independence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,193 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <2>
- Oil Trough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil Trough have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Trough
- Oil Trough is located in Independence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oil Trough <2>
- Cord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cord
- Cord is located in Independence County
- Magness
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Thida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thida
- Thida is located in Independence County
- Sulphur Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
- Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Charlotte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Rosie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosie
- Rosie is located in Independence County
- Moorefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorefield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Moorefield is located in Independence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Salado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Southside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Pfeiffer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Pfeiffer is located in Independence County
- Pleasant Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Saffell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saffell
- Saffell is located in Lawrence County
- Alicia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Alicia is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Strawberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Lynn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Lynn is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <2>
- Minturn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Smithville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Smithville is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Waldenburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldenburg
- Waldenburg is located in Poinsett County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waldenburg <2>
- Fisher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Weiner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Sharp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Grange
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- Grange is located in Sharp County
- Maxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Russell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in White County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Russell <2>
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Davenport ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Sunnydale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
- Sunnydale is located in White County
- Bald Knob
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Bald Knob is located in White County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,868 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bald Knob <2>
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Augusta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Augusta is located in Woodruff County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,929 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Augusta <2>
- McCrory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
- Patterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Morton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - DeView
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fitzgerald, see our County-by-County Page for Fitzgerald.
Cemeteries Near Fitzgerald ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fitzgerald.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fitzgerald covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Mercy Seat Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mercy Seat Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mercy Seat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Roberts - Penix Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts - Penix Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts - Penix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Stennick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stennick Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stennick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Williamson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williamson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williamson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holloway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holloway Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holloway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Burgess Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burgess Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burgess Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Surrounded Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Surrounded Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Surrounded Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- Moss Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moss Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Leachville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leachville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leachville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Greenhaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenhaw Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenhaw Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Moss Cemetery
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 Fitzgerald in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fitzgerald.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fitzgerald, with the one closest to Fitzgerald listed first.
- Jacksonport
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacksonport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonport
- Jacksonport is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonport <2>
- Diaz
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Newport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Newport is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,389 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <2>
- Paroquet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Elmo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Elgin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Tuckerman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerman
- Tuckerman is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,688 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuckerman <2>
- Newark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Newark is located in Independence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,193 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <2>
- Akron ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Oil Trough
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil Trough have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Trough
- Oil Trough is located in Independence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oil Trough <2>
- Olyphant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Auvergne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Remmel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Kenyon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Cord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cord
- Cord is located in Independence County
- Remmel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fitzgerald. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fitzgerald.
Newspapers Published in Fitzgerald ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fitzgerald.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fitzgerald, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fitzgerald.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Fitzgerald:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Arkansas History Commission
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleburne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Craighead County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Cross County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Independence County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lawrence County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Poinsett County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sharp County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- White County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Woodruff County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Cleburne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Jackson County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fitzgerald. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksoncountyar.org/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Fitzgerald, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Fitzgerald) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fitzgerald. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6526, Longitude: -91.2887 In this case, the coordinates for Fitzgerald have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |