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 Greenback Ferry (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 Greenback Ferry. 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.
Greenback Ferry is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Arkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Lincoln, Lonoke & Pulaski.
Below are the counties that are near Greenback Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenback Ferry:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Greenback Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenback Ferry, with the one closest to Greenback Ferry listed first.
- Richardson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Richardson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Cornerstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Moscow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Tamo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tamo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamo
- Madding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madding
- Noble Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- Reydell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reydell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reydell
- Altheimer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rob Roy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rob Roy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Wabbaseka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Pine Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pinebergen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pinebergen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebergen
- Arkansas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenback Ferry, with the one closest to Greenback Ferry listed first.
- Bayou Meto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bayou Meto is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Humphrey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gillett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- De Witt
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Almyra
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stuttgart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tichnor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Parham ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parham is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parham
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenback Ferry, with the one closest to Greenback Ferry listed first.
- Pansy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Rison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Toledo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Toledo is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Desha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenback Ferry, with the one closest to Greenback Ferry listed first.
- Mitchellville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchellville is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Dumas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens
- Pea Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pea Ridge is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Hopedale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopedale is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenback Ferry, with the one closest to Greenback Ferry listed first.
- Sarassa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sarassa is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarassa
- Grady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Varner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Varner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varner
- Yorktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Meroney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Meroney is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meroney
- Crigler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Crigler is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crigler
- Gould
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- South Bend ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
- Star City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Tyro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tyro is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Warrenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Warrenton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenback Ferry, with the one closest to Greenback Ferry listed first.
- Allport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Allport is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Humnoke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Coy is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Seaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Seaton is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- England
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie County
- Fairmount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairmount is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenback Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Greenback Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Greenback Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenback Ferry.
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 Greenback Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenback Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenback Ferry, with the one closest to Greenback Ferry listed first.
- Brent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walstein Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nickelson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morning Star Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blackman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Whites Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wynn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Greenback Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenback Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenback Ferry, with the one closest to Greenback Ferry listed first.
- Swan Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Swan Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Richardson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Richardson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Lake Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Farm is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Farm
- Linwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Tamo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tamo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamo
- Cornerstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Sarassa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sarassa is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarassa
- English
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- English is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- New Gascony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Gascony is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gascony
- Grady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Madding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madding
- Noble Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lake Dick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Dick is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dick
- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Yorktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yorktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenback Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenback Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Greenback Ferry ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenback Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenback Ferry, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenback Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Greenback Ferry:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arkansas County
- Cleveland County
- Desha County
- Lincoln County
- Lonoke County
- Prairie 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 Greenback Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenback Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |