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 Hightower (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 Hightower. 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.
Hightower 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 Hightower. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hightower:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Hightower)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- Dell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Burdette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Victoria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Luxora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Stark City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Osceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Manila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gosnell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Blytheville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll's Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Athelstan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Driver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- Caraway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Black Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Monette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Red Onion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lake View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Greene County
- Bard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- Rivervale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Lepanto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Hatchie Coon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Marked Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tyronza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trumann
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- Rington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Hornersville
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Arkmo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Cotton Plant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Rives
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Arbyrd
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Caruth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Cardwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cockrum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Senath
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Tinkerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Kennett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Cooter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Steele
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Braggadocio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Deering
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- Ayers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Mengelwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Luckett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Glimp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Arp
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Henning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Ripley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ripley is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <1>
- Flippin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- Detroit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Walnut Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Garland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Gilt Edge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Bride
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bride is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Burlison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Drummonds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Munford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hightower, see our County-by-County Page for Hightower.
Cemeteries Near Hightower ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hightower.
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 Hightower - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hightower covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- New Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mooney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Citizen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zion Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brinkley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brinkley Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest of Osceola.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53192 <3>
- Union Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ermen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ermen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ermen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Osceola.
- The Ermen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ermen Lane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53819 <3>
- Violet Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- Hatcher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gethsemane Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Hightower in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hightower.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hightower, with the one closest to Hightower listed first.
- Osceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Clear Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Golddust
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Sans Souci
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sans Souci is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- Athelstan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Carson Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carson Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Lake
- Ashport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Barfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Hornersville
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Golden Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
- Nodena
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nodena is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fort Pillow
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Mack
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mack is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Cotton Plant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hightower. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hightower.
Newspapers Published in Hightower ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hightower.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hightower, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hightower.
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 Hightower:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Poinsett County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot County
- Dyer County
- Lauderdale 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hightower) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Hightower, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |