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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 Hickory Ridge (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 Hickory Ridge. 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 Hickory Ridge ...

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 Hickory Ridge: Hickory Rdg. (or less commonly used: Hickory Rdge. or Hickory Ridg.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hickory Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hickory Ridge.

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 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.

Hickory Ridge is located in Cross 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 Cross County: Crittenden, Jackson, Poinsett, Saint Francis & Woodruff.

Below are the counties that are near Hickory Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Ridge:

  • Cross County     (The home county of Hickory Ridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Ridge, with the one closest to Hickory Ridge listed first.
    • Cherry Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Vanndale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wynne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bay Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bay Village is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
    • Levesque
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Twist
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Twist is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
  • Craighead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Ridge, with the one closest to Hickory Ridge listed first.
    • Obear ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Obear is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
    • Cash
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cash is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
  • Independence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Ridge, with the one closest to Hickory Ridge listed first.
    • Thida
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oil Trough
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jackson County
  • Poinsett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Ridge, with the one closest to Hickory Ridge listed first.
    • Fisher
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Fisher is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Waldenburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Weiner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Harrisburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Francis County
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Ridge, with the one closest to Hickory Ridge listed first.
    • Bradford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Bradford is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
    • Russell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Woodruff County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Ridge, with the one closest to Hickory Ridge listed first.
    • Morton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • McCrory
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverside
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bemis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • DeView
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Patterson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Patterson is located in Woodruff County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
    • Colona
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Augusta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Flynn ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Flynn is located in Woodruff County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
    • Howell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Howell is located in Woodruff County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Hunter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Hunter is located in Woodruff County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Gregory
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cotton Plant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Ridge.

Cemeteries Near Hickory Ridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Ridge.

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 Hickory Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Ridge, with the one closest to Hickory Ridge listed first.

  • Givens Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dale Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Slocum Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wyatts Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Eight Mile Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gourd Neck Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pumpkin Bend Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawk Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (180 more) ...
    • Martin Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Johnson Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Morton Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hickory Ridge had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Hickory Ridge had a population of 233 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Ridge, with the one closest to Hickory Ridge listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Ridge.

Newspapers Published in Hickory Ridge ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Ridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Ridge, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hickory Ridge.

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 helpful 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 Hickory Ridge:

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 Hickory Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hickory Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.