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 Grassy Lake Bottom (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 Grassy Lake Bottom. 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.
Name Variations for Grassy Lake Bottom ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Grassy Lake Bottom: Grassy Lk. Bottom
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and 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.
Grassy Lake Bottom is located in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County: Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, Saint Francis, DeSoto (MS), Tunica (MS), Shelby (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Grassy Lake Bottom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grassy Lake Bottom:
- Crittenden County (The home county of Grassy Lake Bottom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Earle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crawfordsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poindexter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Heafer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Jennette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Clarkedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jericho
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- James Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Turrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sunset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Gilmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Twist
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Parkin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Levesque
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Bay Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Vanndale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Cherry Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wynne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Bledsoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Brickeys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Birdsong
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Frenchmans Bayou
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Whitton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Joiner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bardstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Bassett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Dyess
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- West Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Marie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Black Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Tyronza
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Marked Tree
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lepanto
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hatchie Coon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Trumann
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Heth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Widener
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Madison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Colt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <1>
- Caldwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forrest City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Norfolk
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Southhaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Walls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <1>
- Glover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Newport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lake Cormorant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Memphis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Horn Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Giles Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Hunt Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Memphis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cuba
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Woodstock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Binghampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Lucy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Millington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- The Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Spring Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Oakville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Corona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Wilkinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Drummonds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grassy Lake Bottom, see our County-by-County Page for Grassy Lake Bottom.
Cemeteries Near Grassy Lake Bottom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grassy Lake Bottom.
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 Grassy Lake Bottom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grassy Lake Bottom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Medley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buck Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden Cemetery
- The Haden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jenkins Cemetery
- St. Mary's Church Cemetery
- Billow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cloar Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson Bayou Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- Berry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corinthian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trexler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Grassy Lake Bottom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grassy Lake Bottom.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grassy Lake Bottom, with the one closest to Grassy Lake Bottom listed first.
- Lansing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lansing is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Earle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crawfordsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poindexter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Vincent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Jericho
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Parkin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- James Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Gavin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gavin is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gavin
- Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gilmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Riceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- West Memphis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hulbert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Lambethville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lambethville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambethville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grassy Lake Bottom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grassy Lake Bottom.
Newspapers Published in Grassy Lake Bottom ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grassy Lake Bottom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grassy Lake Bottom, 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 Grassy Lake Bottom.
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 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 Grassy Lake Bottom:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Crittenden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cross County
- Lee County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- DeSoto County
- Shelby County
- Tipton 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> | 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 Grassy Lake Bottom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grassy Lake Bottom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |