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 Hamlin (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 Hamlin. 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 doctors and 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.
Hamlin is located in Cross 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 Cross County: Crittenden, Jackson, Poinsett, Saint Francis & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Hamlin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hamlin:
- Cross County (The home county of Hamlin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Wynne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vanndale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Levesque
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Hickory Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Cherry Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Parkin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Twist
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Earle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jennette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Poindexter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Gourd Neck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gourd Neck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gourd Neck
- Beedeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beedeville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beedeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Tupelo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Balch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Balch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balch
- Algoa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Algoa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoa
- Weldon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Shoffner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shoffner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoffner
- Amagon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amagon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Auvergne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Auvergne is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvergne
- Remmel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Remmel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
- Grubbs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Island Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Island Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Town
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Haynes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Haynes is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Felton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Felton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
- Moro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Fargo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Brinkley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Fisher
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Waldenburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weiner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Greenfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Prairie County
- Little Dixie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Dixie is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Colt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Caldwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forrest City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Widener
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Bonair
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Goodwin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Goodwin is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Wheatley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Heth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rawlinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- White County
- Georgetown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Bemis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Morton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- DeView
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
- McCrory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
- Hunter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Colona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Colona is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
- Patterson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Howell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Howell is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Flynn ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Flynn is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
- Cotton Plant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Augusta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hamlin, see our County-by-County Page for Hamlin.
Cemeteries Near Hamlin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamlin.
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 Hamlin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hamlin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Hawk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McElroy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slocum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barnishaw Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gatlen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cogbill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wynne Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mt. Maria Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Pumpkin Bend Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stanley Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hamlin had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hamlin, with the one closest to Hamlin listed first.
- Wynne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Bemis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Colt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Morton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Vanndale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Levesque
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Hickory Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Caldwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wittsburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wittsburg is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittsburg
- Newcastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newcastle is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- DeView
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cherry Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McCrory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
- Hunter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hamlin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hamlin.
Newspapers Published in Hamlin ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamlin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hamlin, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hamlin.
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 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 Hamlin:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crittenden County
- Jackson County
- Lee County
- Monroe County
- Poinsett County
- Prairie County
- Saint Francis County
- White County
- Woodruff 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 Hamlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hamlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |