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 Gravette (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 Gravette. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Gravette is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Carroll, Madison, Washington, Barry (MO), McDonald (MO), Adair (OK) & Delaware (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Gravette. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gravette:
- Benton County (The home county of Gravette)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Gallatin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gallatin is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
- Sulphur Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Decatur
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hiwasse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hiwasse is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwasse
- Pactolus ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pactolus is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Maysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Rome City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rome City is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome City
- Centerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Valley is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Valley
- Gentry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bella Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Highfill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highfill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
- Cherokee City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee City is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee City
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Elm Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tontitown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Johnson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,771 people
- Cincinnati
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cincinnati is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
- Rickert ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rickert is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickert
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fayetteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sonora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sonora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Viney Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Viney Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viney Grove
- Blue Springs Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- Fayette Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Junction
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Seligman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Washburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgley is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgley
- McDonald County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Noel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Noel is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <1>
- Pineville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ginger Blue
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Jane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jane is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jane <1>
- South West City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lanagan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wylie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wylie is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Tiff City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
- Powell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powell is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Erie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Erie is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Goodman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- May
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- May is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Newton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Stella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boulder City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boulder City is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
- Seneca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Adair County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Watts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ballard
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ballard is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Watts Community
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Watts Community is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Community
- Chance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chance is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Chewey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chewey is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewey
- Westville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Delaware County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Sycamore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Dodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Colcord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Siloam Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Brush Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Cayuga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Jay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jay is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Cloud Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cloud Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Creek
- Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grove is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove <1>
- Beckwith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beckwith is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Dripping Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
- Flint Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
- New Eucha
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Eucha is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eucha
- Ottawa County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Kellyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kellyville is located in Ottawa County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Wyandotte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gravette, see our County-by-County Page for Gravette.
Cemeteries Near Gravette ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gravette.
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 Gravette - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gravette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Georgia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ward Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Decatur.
- The Ward Cemetery has also been known as:
- Word Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56703 <3>
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Daniels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- GAR Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Decatur Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Butler Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Keith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Beavers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parn 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.<4>
While we didn't find Gravette in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gravette.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gravette, with the one closest to Gravette listed first.
- Nebo
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nebo is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Clementine ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clementine is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementine
- Gallatin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gallatin is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
- Pond ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pond is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Round Top ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Round Top is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Beaty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beaty is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty
- Sulphur Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Decatur
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crump ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Pactolus ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pactolus is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
- Parn ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parn is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parn
- Noel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Noel is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <1>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Maysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Mason Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Valley is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Valley
- Seba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Seba is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seba
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gravette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gravette.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Gravette ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gravette.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Gravette. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Gravette and those printed in the larger area surrounding Gravette.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> of Gravette.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Gravette:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Benton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Washington County
- Barry County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Adair County
- Delaware County
- Ottawa 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 '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- Gravette) 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 Gravette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |