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 Harmony (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 Harmony. 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/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Harmony is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Lafayette, Nevada, Ouachita, Union, Claiborne (LA) & Webster (LA).
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Harmony. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harmony:
- Columbia County (The home county of Harmony)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Philadelphia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Horsehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Horsehead is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
- Western
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Western is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Taylor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emerson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Emerson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Welcome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Welcome is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Waldo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McNeil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Village is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
- Hempstead County
- Patmos
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patmos is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patmos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- McKamie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McKamie is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKamie
- Buckner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Buckner is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Kress City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kress City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kress City
- Stamps
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lewisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Old Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Gin City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gin City is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
- Miller County
- Garland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garland is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Willisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Willisville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Bodcaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Ouachita County
- Stephens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Dodge City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dodge City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Mount Holly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bossier Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Plain Dealing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ivan is located in Bossier Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
- Caddo Parish (LA)
- Missionary
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Missionary is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
- Claiborne Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Dykesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dykesville is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykesville
- Haynesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Blackburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blackburn is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,789 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
- Webster Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Springhill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cullen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shongaloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sarepta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cotton Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harmony, see our County-by-County Page for Harmony.
Cemeteries Near Harmony ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harmony.
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 Harmony - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harmony covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart - Walkerville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Owen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kings Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glover Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rudd Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Barlow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Frazier Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Haynes Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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>
While we didn't find Harmony in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harmony.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
- Macedonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Sharman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sharman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharman
- Horsehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Horsehead is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
- Plainfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Plainfield is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Brister
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brister is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brister
- Welcome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Welcome is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Millerton is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Calhoun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Shongaloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Waldo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lumber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lumber is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- McNeil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Canfield is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Bradley
(17 miles [27.4 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 Harmony. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harmony.
Newspapers Published in Harmony ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harmony.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harmony, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harmony.
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 Harmony:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hempstead County
- Lafayette County
- Miller County
- Nevada County
- Ouachita County
- Union County
- Bossier Parish
- Caddo Parish
- Claiborne Parish
- Webster Parish
- 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 Harmony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Harmony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |