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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 Helfer Landing (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 Helfer Landing. 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 Helfer Landing ...
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 Helfer Landing: Helfer Lndg. (or less commonly used: Helfer Lndng.)
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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Helfer Landing is located in 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 Mississippi County: Craighead, Crittenden, Poinsett, Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer (TN), Lauderdale (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Helfer Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Helfer Landing:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Helfer Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- West Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Etowah
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Dyess
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Carroll's Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Keiser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Whitton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Bardstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Marie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Denwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Bassett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Joiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Caraway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Black Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Lake View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Red Onion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Brookland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Gilmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Turrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Heafer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Poindexter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Clarkedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jericho
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- James Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Earle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Crawfordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Twist
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Bay Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Parkin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Bard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Paragould
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Rivervale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Lepanto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Marked Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tyronza
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchie Coon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Trumann
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Black Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Harrisburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Arkmo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Red Onion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Rington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Cockrum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Cardwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Arbyrd
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Hornersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Daniels Point Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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
- Ashport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Fort Pillow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Cuba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Giles Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Millington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lucy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Woodstock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Corona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Randolph
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Drummonds
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Detroit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Gilt Edge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Wilkinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Burlison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Garland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Munford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bride
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bride is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Helfer Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Helfer Landing.
Cemeteries Near Helfer Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Helfer Landing.
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 Helfer Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Helfer Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Hawkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Potter Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conaster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Three Way Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woolsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spear Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nichols Memorial Garden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Memorial Garden
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nichols Memorial Garden is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Marked Tree.
- The Nichols Memorial Garden has also been known as:
- Nichols Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55384 <2>
- Ward Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ward Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the west of Joiner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56700 <2>
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Dunn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Helfer Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Helfer Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Helfer Landing, with the one closest to Helfer Landing listed first.
- Athelstan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Bardstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Mangrum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mangrum is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangrum
- Marked Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tyronza
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carson Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Carson Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Lake
- Hatchie Coon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Shawnee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
- Golden Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
- Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Thomas is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Corona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Pecan Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
- Osceola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Helfer Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Helfer Landing.
Newspapers Published in Helfer Landing ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Helfer Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Helfer Landing, 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 Helfer Landing.
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 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 Helfer Landing:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Greene County
- Poinsett County
- Dunklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Shelby County
- Tipton 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 '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- Helfer Landing) 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 Helfer Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |