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 Gobbler (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 Gobbler. 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 and doctors 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.
Gobbler is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Benton, Boone, Madison, Newton, Barry (MO), Stone (MO) & Taney (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Gobbler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gobbler:
- Carroll County (The home county of Gobbler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Osage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Rudd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rudd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Dryfork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Metalton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- New Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Green Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Berryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Urbanette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Denver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Denver is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Oak Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- War Eagle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Lost Bridge Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Alpena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Ridgeway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Harrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Myrtle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Omaha
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Valley Springs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Bergman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Keener ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Keener is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Conway County
- Grandview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Marble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Kingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Witter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Witter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter
- Hindsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Japton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Whitener
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Boston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Pettigrew
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dutton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dutton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Wesley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Compton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ponca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boxley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Jasper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Murray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Mossville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mossville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Parthenon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Swain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Swain is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Hasty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hasty is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Vendor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vendor is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vendor
- Deer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Judea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Judea is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Spring Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Mayfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mayfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- War Eagle Cove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Golden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arrow Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Chain-O-Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Eagle Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Shell Knob
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stone County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Blue Eye
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lampe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coney Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Marmaros
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Ridgedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Table Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Melva ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melva is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gobbler, see our County-by-County Page for Gobbler.
Cemeteries Near Gobbler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gobbler.
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 Gobbler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gobbler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Gobbler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sites Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sisco Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chaney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fancher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- York Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- The Liberty Cemetery has also been known as:
- Liberty Church Cemetery
- Liberty United Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1230578 <2>
- Fancher - Seitz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sneed Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sneed Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sneed Family Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Osage.
- The Sneed Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snead Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970543 <2>
- Dean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McMillion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dogbranch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Rule Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bobo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McGehee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Gobbler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gobbler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gobbler, with the one closest to Gobbler listed first.
- Osage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Dryfork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Dinsmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dinsmore is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
- Rule
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rule is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Marble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Kingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Compton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hill Top
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hill Top is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Coin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Berryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Batavia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Rockhouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Boxley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gobbler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gobbler.
Newspapers Published in Gobbler ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gobbler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gobbler, 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 Gobbler.
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 Gobbler:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Washington County
- Barry County
- Stone 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 Gobbler, 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- Gobbler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |