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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Greensboro. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Greensboro to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Greensboro, please Contact Us.
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 Greensboro (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 Greensboro. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Greensboro is historic, it would have been located within present day Craighead 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 Craighead County: Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett & Dunklin (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Greensboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greensboro:
- Craighead County (The home county of Greensboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- Brookland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Jonesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Bono
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <2>
- Red Onion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Black Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Egypt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cash
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- Peach Orchard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Knobel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Rector
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Datto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Datto is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- Finch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Pine Knot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Walcott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Crowley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Paragould
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Light
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Oak Grove Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Beech Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Bard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Lafe
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Delaplaine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Marmaduke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- Swifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Swifton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- Sedgwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hoxie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Walnut Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- College City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Minturn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Alicia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alicia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Portia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Black Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Powhatan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- Leachville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Arkmo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Manila
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Etowah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- West Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Carroll's Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Athelstan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- Trumann
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hatchie Coon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Rivervale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Weiner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Lepanto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- O'Kean
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Serene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Serene is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
- Manson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Skaggs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Skaggs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Biggers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Peru
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peru is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Pocahontas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
- Former names for Pocahontas:
- Bettis Bluff
- Betts Bluff
- Pokakhontas
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <2>
- Reyno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- Red Onion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cockrum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Cardwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Arkmo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Arbyrd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Rington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Hornersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Senath
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greensboro, see our County-by-County Page for Greensboro.
Cemeteries Near Greensboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greensboro.
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 Greensboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greensboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- Pine Log Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Clarks Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Reliford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sweet Moments Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Finch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Finch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sims Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woods Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Chapel Cemetery
- The Woods Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chapel in the Woods Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56898 <3>
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- New Haven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Culberhouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Greensboro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greensboro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greensboro, with the one closest to Greensboro listed first.
- Finch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Brookland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Lorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lorado is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorado
- Walcott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Jonesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nettleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nettleton is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Paragould
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crowley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Bono
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sedgwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ridge is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <2>
- Macey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Macey is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greensboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greensboro.
Newspapers Published in Greensboro ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greensboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greensboro, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greensboro.
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 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 Greensboro:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Craighead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Randolph County
- Dunklin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Greensboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Greensboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |