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 Goshen (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 Goshen. 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 hospitals 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.
Goshen is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Benton, Crawford, Madison & Adair (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Goshen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Goshen:
- Washington County (The home county of Goshen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Goshen, with the one closest to Goshen listed first.
- Mayfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Blue Springs Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- Sonora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sonora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Harris
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Spring Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- War Eagle Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- Elkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Springdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Fayetteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Johnson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Johnson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,771 people
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Durham is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goshen, with the one closest to Goshen listed first.
- Bethel Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Heights is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,970 people
- War Eagle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Lowell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Cave Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,737 people
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Rogers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avoca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Avoca is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Little Flock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Little Flock is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Flock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
- Lost Bridge Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Bentonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goshen, with the one closest to Goshen listed first.
- Mundell ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mundell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundell
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Eureka Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Metalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Dryfork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Beaver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rudd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rudd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Berryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goshen, with the one closest to Goshen listed first.
- Bidville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bidville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidville
- Winfrey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Winfrey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfrey
- Locke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Locke is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Anna ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anna is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Franklin County
- Cass
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cass is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Goshen, with the one closest to Goshen listed first.
- Whitener
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Wesley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Hindsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thompson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Georgetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Japton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Huntsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crosses
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Crosses is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosses
- Delaney
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Delaney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
- Combs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Witter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Witter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter
- Brashears
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brashears is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashears
- Barry County (MO)
- Seligman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Goshen, see our County-by-County Page for Goshen.
Cemeteries Near Goshen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goshen.
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 Goshen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Goshen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Goshen, with the one closest to Goshen listed first.
- Oxford Bend Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Round Mountain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Culwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Head Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Head Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the east of Springdale.
- The Head Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Head Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54283 <3>
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Joyce Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boatrigth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (300 more) ...
- Boone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burkhead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stokenbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Goshen had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Goshen had a population of 1,985 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Goshen, with the one closest to Goshen listed first.
- Wyman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyman is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Summit ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Harris
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Baldwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Whitener
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Spring Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Elkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wesley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Creech
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Creech is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech
- Hindsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Springdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fayetteville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sulphur City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Drakes Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Drakes Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Creek
- Johnson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Johnson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,771 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Goshen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Goshen.
Newspapers Published in Goshen ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Goshen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Goshen, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Goshen.
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 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 Goshen:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Madison County
- Barry 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> | 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- Goshen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Goshen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |