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Introduction ...

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

We've added Frisbee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Frisbee, 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 Frisbee (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 Frisbee. 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 hospitals 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 Frisbee is historic, it would have been located within present day Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Craighead, Greene, Independence, Jackson, Randolph & Sharp.

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

  • Lawrence County     (The home county of Frisbee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisbee, with the one closest to Frisbee listed first.
    • Annieville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Annieville is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annieville
    • Ravenden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Smithville is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
    • Imboden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lynn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Lynn is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <2>
    • Black Rock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Powhatan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Strawberry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
    • Portia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Saffell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Saffell is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saffell
    • College City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • College City is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
      • Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
    • Hoxie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoxie is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,579 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoxie <2>
    • Minturn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Minturn is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
  • Craighead County
    • Egypt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Egypt is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Egypt <2>
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisbee, with the one closest to Frisbee listed first.
    • Baker Ford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Baker Ford is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ford
    • Saddle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Saddle is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle
    • Mammoth Spring
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Glencoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Glencoe is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Camp
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Camp is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
    • Salem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Independence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisbee, with the one closest to Frisbee listed first.
    • Cave City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Charlotte
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Charlotte is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
    • Cord
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cord is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cord
    • Sandtown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandtown is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
    • Pfeiffer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pfeiffer is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
  • Izard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisbee, with the one closest to Frisbee listed first.
    • Horseshoe Bend
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Franklin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Bone Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bone Town is located in Izard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Town
    • Wiseman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Wiseman is located in Izard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiseman
    • Mount Pleasant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sage
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Sage is located in Izard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
    • Violet Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Violet Hill is located in Izard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill
    • LaCrosse
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • LaCrosse is located in Izard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCrosse
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisbee, with the one closest to Frisbee listed first.
    • Centerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Centerville is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Swifton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Swifton is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Kenyon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Kenyon is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
    • Elgin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Elgin is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Randolph County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisbee, with the one closest to Frisbee listed first.
    • Kingsville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingsville is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
    • Ravenden Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ravenden Springs is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenden Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Former names for Ravenden Springs:
      • Dream Town
      • Jane's Store
    • Lima
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lima is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
    • Eleven
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Eleven is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven
    • Birdell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Birdell is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
    • Water Valley ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Water Valley is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
    • Elevenpoint
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Elevenpoint is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevenpoint
    • Oconee ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Oconee is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
    • Dalton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Dalton is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
    • Manson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Manson is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
    • Pocahontas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
      • Former names for Pocahontas:
      • Bettis Bluff
      • Betts Bluff
      • Pokakhontas
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <2>
    • Spring Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Creek is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Antioch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Antioch is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Sharp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisbee, with the one closest to Frisbee listed first.
    • Williford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Williford is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Poughkeepsie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Poughkeepsie is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poughkeepsie
    • Hardy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
    • Cherokee Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ash Flat
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Wirth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Wirth is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirth
    • Evening Shade
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Grange
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Grange is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
    • Maxville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Maxville is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
    • Sidney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sidney is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
  • Oregon County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Frisbee, with the one closest to Frisbee listed first.
    • Jeff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jeff is located in Oregon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
    • Myrtle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Myrtle is located in Oregon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
    • Old Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town is located in Oregon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Corona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Corona is located in Oregon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
    • Green Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Green Town is located in Oregon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
    • Thayer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Thayer is located in Oregon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,103 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thayer <2>
    • Calm
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Calm is located in Oregon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
    • Garfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Garfield is located in Oregon County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Couch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Ripley County (MO)
    • Gatewood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Gatewood is located in Ripley County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood

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

Cemeteries Near Frisbee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frisbee.

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

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

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

  • Coffman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Opposition Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dail Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kellett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Crawford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Buchannan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Townsend Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bratcher Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Dent Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Groves Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (331 more) ...
    • Schales Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Noth Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Old Bethel 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.

While we didn't find Frisbee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frisbee.

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

  • Opposition ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Opposition is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opposition
  • Annieville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Annieville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annieville
  • Williford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Williford is located in Sharp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Ravenden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Smithville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Smithville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
  • Imboden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Reed ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Reed is located in Sharp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
  • Kingsville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingsville is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
  • Ravenden Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ravenden Springs is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenden Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Former names for Ravenden Springs:
    • Dream Town
    • Jane's Store
  • Poughkeepsie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Poughkeepsie is located in Sharp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poughkeepsie
  • Lynn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lynn is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <2>
  • Lima
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lima is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hardy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • King's Mills ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • King's Mills is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Mills
    • Powhatan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Frisbee ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frisbee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frisbee, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frisbee.

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 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 Frisbee:

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 Frisbee, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frisbee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.