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 Heffington (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 Heffington. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Heffington is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Craighead, Cross, Independence, Lawrence, Poinsett, White & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Heffington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Heffington:
- Jackson County (The home county of Heffington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffington, with the one closest to Heffington listed first.
- Grand Glaise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Glaise is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Glaise
- Shoffner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shoffner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoffner
- Weldon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Weldon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Auvergne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Auvergne is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvergne
- Tupelo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Island Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Island Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Town
- Jacksonport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Diaz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Diaz is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
- Remmel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Remmel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
- Campbell Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Station is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Gourd Neck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gourd Neck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gourd Neck
- Airport Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffington, with the one closest to Heffington listed first.
- Rainbow Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rainbow Island is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Island
- Wilburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wilburn is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
- Almond
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Almond is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Concord
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Ida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wolf Bayou
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Bayou is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bayou
- Tumbling Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Drasco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Drasco is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Yuba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Heber Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Cross County
- Hickory Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffington, with the one closest to Heffington listed first.
- Thida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Thida is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thida
- Pleasant Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Oil Trough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rosie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rosie is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosie
- Floral
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Floral is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Magness
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Magness is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Newark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Salado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Salado is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
- Southside
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Southside is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Sulphur Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Desha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Desha is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desha
- Moorefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moorefield is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Locust Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Poinsett County
- Fisher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Prairie County
- Sand Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sand Hill is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffington, with the one closest to Heffington listed first.
- Bradford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Russell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Bald Knob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sunnydale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sunnydale is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Judsonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Point is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Kensett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Searcy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Letona
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Letona is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Pangburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heffington, with the one closest to Heffington listed first.
- Augusta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Patterson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Gregory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- McCrory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
- Colona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Colona is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
- Flynn ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Flynn is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
- DeView
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
- Howell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howell is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Morton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Heffington, see our County-by-County Page for Heffington.
Cemeteries Near Heffington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heffington.
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 Heffington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Heffington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Heffington, with the one closest to Heffington listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McKnight Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Velvet Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Scantlin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goad Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Heffington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Heffington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Heffington, with the one closest to Heffington listed first.
- Bradford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Denmark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Russell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Grand Glaise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Glaise is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Glaise
- Olyphant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Olyphant is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olyphant
- Pleasant Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Clear Water ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Water is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Water
- Bald Knob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Oil Trough
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Little Red
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Little Red is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Red
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Judsonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elmo is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Augusta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Heffington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heffington.
Newspapers Published in Heffington ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heffington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heffington, 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 Heffington.
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 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 Heffington:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleburne County
- Cross County
- Independence County
- Poinsett County
- Prairie 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> | 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 Heffington, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heffington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |