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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 Haleside (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 Haleside. 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 and 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.

Haleside is located in Lee 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 Lee County: Crittenden, Monroe, Phillips, Saint Francis & Tunica (MS).

Below are the counties that are near Haleside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haleside:

  • Lee County     (The home county of Haleside)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Phillips Bayou
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Phillips Bayou is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
    • LaGrange
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • LaGrange is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Marianna
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Brickeys
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Brickeys is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
    • Felton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Felton is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
    • Rondo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Rondo is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
    • Peters
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Peters is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
    • Vineyard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Vineyard is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
    • Aubrey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Aubrey is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Bledsoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bledsoe is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
    • Winona ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Winona was located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Haynes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Haynes is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Moro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Moro is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moro <1>
  • Crittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Horseshoe Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
    • Seyppel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Seyppel is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
    • Pinckney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinckney is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
    • Anthonyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
    • Proctor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Palmer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Palmer is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
    • Monroe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Monroe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Pine City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pine City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
  • Phillips County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Lexa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lexa is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexa <1>
    • Latour
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Latour is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
    • West Helena
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Huma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Huma is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
    • North Creek ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North Creek was located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
    • Tyner ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Tyner was located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
    • Helena - West Helena
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
    • Helena
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Barton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Barton is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Poplar Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Poplar Grove is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
    • Turkey Scratch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Turkey Scratch is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Scratch
    • Marvell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Oneida
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Oneida is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
  • Saint Francis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Rawlinson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
    • Bonair
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
    • Hughes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hughes is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughes <1>
    • Madison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Madison is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <1>
    • Forrest City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Widener
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Widener is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
    • Palestine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
    • Goodwin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Goodwin is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
    • Caldwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Heth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Colt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Wheatley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Coahoma County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Powell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Powell is located in Coahoma County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Lula
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lula is located in Coahoma County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lula <1>
    • Friars Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Friars Point is located in Coahoma County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
    • Rich
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Rich is located in Coahoma County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
    • Coahoma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Coahoma is located in Coahoma County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coahoma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coahoma <1>
    • Jonestown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • DeSoto County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Newport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Newport is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Lake Cormorant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Memphis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
    • Norfolk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
    • Cub Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
    • Eudora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Eudora is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
    • Glover
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
  • Panola County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Askew
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Askew is located in Panola County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
    • Crenshaw
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tate County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Goode
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Goode is located in Tate County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
    • Arkabutla
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Arkabutla is located in Tate County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
  • Tunica County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.
    • Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Mhoon Landing was located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
    • Austin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Austin is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Peyton ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Peyton was located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
    • North Tunica
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • North Tunica is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
    • Tunica
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Tunica is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 823 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunica <1>
    • Clayton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Clayton is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Evansville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Evansville is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
    • Banks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Haleside, see our County-by-County Page for Haleside.

Cemeteries Near Haleside ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haleside.

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 Haleside - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haleside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.

  • Morning Star Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jeffersonville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Higgins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lackie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Perion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Honor Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pilgrim Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Lagrange Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilbert Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (237 more) ...
    • Soudan Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Paradise Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Billingsley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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 Haleside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Haleside.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Haleside, with the one closest to Haleside listed first.

  • Phillips Bayou
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Phillips Bayou is also located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
  • LaGrange
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • LaGrange is also located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Askew ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Askew was located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
  • Marianna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Park Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Park Place is also located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Place
  • Lexa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lexa is located in Phillips County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexa <1>
  • Southland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Southland is located in Phillips County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
  • Latour
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Latour is located in Phillips County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
  • Felton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Felton is also located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
  • Vineyard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Vineyard is also located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
  • Tyner ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tyner was located in Phillips County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
  • North Creek ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • North Creek was located in Phillips County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Huma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Huma is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
    • Austin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Austin is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Peters
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Peters is also located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haleside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haleside.

Newspapers Published in Haleside ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haleside.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haleside, 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 Haleside.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Haleside:

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 Haleside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Haleside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.