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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Gladys. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Gladys to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gladys, 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 Gladys (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 Gladys. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Gladys is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Gladys. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gladys:
- Van Buren County (The home county of Gladys)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
- Scotland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crabtree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Alread
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Rex
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rex is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Copeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Formosa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- Choctaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Green Tree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Dennard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bee Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Rumley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Morganton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
- Higden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Edgemont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greers Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Quitman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Miller ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Pearson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pearson is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Prim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
- Austin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Middleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Jerusalem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Hickory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Solgohachia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Hattieville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Plumerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Menifee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Morrilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
- Twin Groves
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Guy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Wooster
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greenbrier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Enders
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
- Tilly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tilly is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
- Appleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Hector
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Caglesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Caglesville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caglesville
- Laurel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Laurel is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Economy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Economy is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Oak Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Moreland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moreland is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Scottsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Scottsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Atkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
- Watts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Leslie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Witt's Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Baker
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Marshall
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blanco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Lone Pine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Gilbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harriet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
- Fox
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Alco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Timbo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Onia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gladys, see our County-by-County Page for Gladys.
Cemeteries Near Gladys ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gladys.
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 Gladys - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gladys covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
- Gardner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Foster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crowell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Low Gap Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bradley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bluffton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woolverton Mtn. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Halbrooks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Hunter - Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woolum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Gladys in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gladys.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gladys, with the one closest to Gladys listed first.
- Scotland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Edge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edge is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
- Latham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Latham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Alread
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Claude
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Claude is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
- Copeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Liberty Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Springs is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Springs
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Choctaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dennard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lick Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lick Mountain is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Mountain
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bee Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Oak Flat ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Flat is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
- Northwood ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Northwood is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gladys. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gladys.
Newspapers Published in Gladys ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gladys.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gladys, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gladys.
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 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 Gladys:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Van Buren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleburne County
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Pope County
- Searcy County
- Stone 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 Gladys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gladys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |