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 Happy Corners (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 Happy Corners. 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.
Name Variations for Happy Corners ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Happy Corners: Happy Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Happy Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Happy Corners.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Happy Corners is primarily located in Craighead County. A portion of Happy Corners extends into Mississippi 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 Happy Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Happy Corners:
- Craighead County (The home county of Happy Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Corners, with the one closest to Happy Corners listed first.
- Red Onion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Lake View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caraway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brookland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <1>
- Jonesboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Bono
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Corners, with the one closest to Happy Corners listed first.
- Rector
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bell City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Greenway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Nimmons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Piggott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Knobel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Peach Orchard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Corners, with the one closest to Happy Corners listed first.
- Bard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Paragould
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaduke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Pine Knot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Crowley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Finch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Lafe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Walcott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Beech Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Stonewall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Light
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Delaplaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Corners, with the one closest to Happy Corners listed first.
- Arkmo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Leachville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Manila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stark City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Dell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Gosnell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Etowah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Carroll's Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- 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
- Victoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Athelstan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- West Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Blytheville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Corners, with the one closest to Happy Corners listed first.
- Rivervale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Trumann
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lepanto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hatchie Coon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Alto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Corners, with the one closest to Happy Corners listed first.
- Arkmo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Cockrum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cardwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arbyrd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Hornersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cotton Plant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Caruth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rives
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Happy Corners, with the one closest to Happy Corners listed first.
- Gobler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cooter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Deering
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Braggadocio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- Daniels Point Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Happy Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Happy Corners.
Cemeteries Near Happy Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Happy Corners.
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 Happy Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Happy Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Happy Corners, with the one closest to Happy Corners listed first.
- Leachville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Leachville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Leachville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #303437 <2>
- Cochran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Macy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parsell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Silverdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Parsons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Horners Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coffman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Box Elder Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Burrow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manila Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Senath (MO).
- The Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lulu Baptist Church Cemetery
- Lulu Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #243731 <2>
- Upper Cane Island Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Happy Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Happy Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Happy Corners, with the one closest to Happy Corners listed first.
- Cockrum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Macey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Macey is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Bard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Hornersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Nesbit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Halliday
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Halliday is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Paragould
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mangrum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mangrum is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangrum
- Cotton Plant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Bethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Marmaduke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Caruth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Brookland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Happy Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Happy Corners.
Newspapers Published in Happy Corners ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Happy Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Happy Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Happy Corners.
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 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 Happy Corners:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Craighead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot County
- Lauderdale 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Happy Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Happy Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |