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 Gulley (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 Gulley. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Gulley 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 Gulley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gulley:
- Washington County (The home county of Gulley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gulley, with the one closest to Gulley listed first.
- Johnson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Johnson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,771 people
- Springdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tontitown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elm Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Sonora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sonora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Fayette Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fayette Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Junction
- Blue Springs Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- Goshen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
- Harris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harris is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gulley, with the one closest to Gulley listed first.
- Bethel Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Heights is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,970 people
- Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cave Springs
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Rogers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Highfill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highfill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
- Logan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Prairie Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- War Eagle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Mason Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mason Valley is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Valley
- Bentonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Centerton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gulley, with the one closest to Gulley listed first.
- Mundell ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mundell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundell
- Eureka Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gulley, with the one closest to Gulley listed first.
- Winfrey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Winfrey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfrey
- Anna ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Bidville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bidville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidville
- Stop ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stop is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gulley, with the one closest to Gulley listed first.
- Whitener
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Wesley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Hindsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Thompson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Georgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Crosses
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crosses is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosses
- Huntsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Japton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Delaney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Delaney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
- Combs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Witter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Witter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter
- Brashears
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brashears is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashears
- Saint Paul
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Barry County (MO)
- Seligman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- McDonald County (MO)
- Jane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Adair County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gulley, with the one closest to Gulley listed first.
- Watts Community
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Watts Community is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Community
- Watts
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Westville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ballard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ballard is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Chance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chance is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Addielee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Addielee is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielee
- Peavine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine
- Delaware County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gulley, with the one closest to Gulley listed first.
- West Siloam Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dripping Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
- Beckwith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beckwith is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Colcord
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gulley, see our County-by-County Page for Gulley.
Cemeteries Near Gulley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gulley.
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 Gulley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gulley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gulley, with the one closest to Gulley listed first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stearns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stuckey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fairview Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holcomb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Comfort Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bluff Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Springdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53120 <2>
- Forest Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silent Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Fayetteville National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Confederate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Gulley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gulley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gulley, with the one closest to Gulley listed first.
- Johnson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Johnson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,771 people
- Springdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wheeler
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Elm Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fayette Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Junction
- Summit ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Wyman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyman is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Baldwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Colville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colville
- Goshen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
- Harris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harris is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gulley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gulley.
Newspapers Published in Gulley ...
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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gulley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gulley, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gulley.
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 websites either 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 Gulley:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Crawford County
- Madison County
- Barry County
- McDonald County
- Adair County
- Delaware 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Gulley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gulley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |