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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hepsey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hepsey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hepsey, please Contact Us.
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 Hepsey (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 Hepsey. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hepsey is historic, it would have been located within present day Marion 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 Marion County: Baxter, Boone, Searcy, Ozark (MO) & Taney (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Hepsey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hepsey:
- Marion County (The home county of Hepsey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Rush ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rea Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rea Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
- Flippin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Bruno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Bull Shoals
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Eros
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eros is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
- Dodd City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dodd City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
- Pyatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pyatt is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Monarch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monarch is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Baxter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Buffalo City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo City is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Big Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Norfork Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
- Norfork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Culp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Cotter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gassville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Colfax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Colfax is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Salesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Briarcliff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Mountain Home
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Everton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Rally Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rally Hill is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
- Zinc
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zinc is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Valley Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Valley Springs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Elizabeth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gepp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gepp is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
- Bexar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Izard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Calico Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Iuka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Pineville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dolph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dolph is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
- Wideman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
- Jumbo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Newburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Brockwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brockwell is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockwell
- Newton County
- Western Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Western Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Cozahome
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Harriet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Baker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Marshall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leslie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Joe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Watts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Blanco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Pindall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pindall is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Witt's Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Onia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Alco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Fifty-Six
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Timbo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Mountain View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Rumley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Dennard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Copeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hepsey, see our County-by-County Page for Hepsey.
Cemeteries Near Hepsey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hepsey.
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 Hepsey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hepsey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Elm Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Flat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Treat Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- DeSoto Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burnt School House Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ott Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hand Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Landis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wallace Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wallace Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the south of Big Flat.
- Freeman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (232 more) ...
- Acklin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Caney Church of Christ Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cypert Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.
While we didn't find Hepsey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hepsey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hepsey, with the one closest to Hepsey listed first.
- Big Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rush ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Lone Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Buford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Buford is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- McPhearson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McPhearson is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhearson
- Tomahawk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tomahawk is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Marshall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Campbell is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Alco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Culp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Gassville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Flippin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Yellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Timbo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Independence ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hepsey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hepsey.
Newspapers Published in Hepsey ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hepsey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hepsey, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hepsey.
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 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 Hepsey:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baxter County
- Boone County
- Fulton County
- Izard County
- Newton County
- Searcy County
- Stone County
- Van Buren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hepsey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Hepsey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |