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Welcome to Haywood ...

Haywood is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Haywood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Haywood is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Haywood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Haywood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Haywood - they are located in Alabama, Georgia (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Haywood.

Communities near Haywood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Haywood.

  • Pine Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • White Hall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • England
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Redfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Altheimer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Humphrey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Humnoke
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Keo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Keo is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keo <3>
  • Wabbaseka
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Allport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Allport is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Haywood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Haywood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Haywood. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haywood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Haywood. See our Newspapers Page for Haywood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Haywood ...

Looking for more information about Haywood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Haywood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Haywood.

Adding Haywood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Haywood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Haywood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Haywood post office opened in 1910. The Haywood post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Haywood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Haywood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/