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 Hargrave Corner (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 Hargrave Corner. 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 Hargrave Corner ...
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 Hargrave Corner: Hargrave Cor. (or less commonly used: Hargrave Crn.)
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.
Hargrave Corner is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Greene, Randolph, Butler (MO), Dunklin (MO) & Ripley (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Hargrave Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hargrave Corner:
- Clay County (The home county of Hargrave Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Rector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenway
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Bell City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Piggott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nimmons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Pollard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Francis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McDougal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McDougal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Knobel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Corning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moark is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Peach Orchard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Red Onion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Black Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Marmaduke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Lafe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Stonewall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Oak Grove Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Paragould
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Crowley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Pine Knot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Delaplaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Finch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Walcott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Arkmo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Leachville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gosnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Stark City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Manila
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Blytheville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph County
- Reyno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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
- Butler County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Fagus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fagus is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Oglesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Qulin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Qulin is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Neelyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Broseley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Kennett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Senath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Caruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Sumach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Cotton Plant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Pine City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Arbyrd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Tinkerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Holcomb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cardwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gibson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Gideon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tallapoosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Risco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Risco is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Risco <1>
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Gobler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Bragg City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Mid City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Peach Orchard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Deering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Pascola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Braggadocio
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Homestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- North Wardell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Wardell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Steele
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Ripley County (MO)
- Naylor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Naylor is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hargrave Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Hargrave Corner.
Cemeteries Near Hargrave Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hargrave Corner.
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 Hargrave Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hargrave Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Leonard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Heights Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Trovillon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Underwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nimmons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (226 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lanier Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Piggott Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Hargrave Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hargrave Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hargrave Corner, with the one closest to Hargrave Corner listed first.
- Rector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenway
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Piggott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marmaduke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Senath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Kennett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crockett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crockett is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Boydsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boydsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydsville
- Pollard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Caruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Vincit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Nesbit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Cotton Plant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Sumach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hargrave Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hargrave Corner.
Newspapers Published in Hargrave Corner ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hargrave Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hargrave Corner, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hargrave Corner.
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 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 Hargrave Corner:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Randolph County
- Butler County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Ripley 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 Hargrave Corner, 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' (or 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- Hargrave Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |