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 Hill Top (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 Hill Top. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hill Top is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Carroll, Marion, Newton, Searcy & Taney (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Hill Top. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hill Top:
- Boone County (The home county of Hill Top)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Batavia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Alpena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefonte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Ridgeway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Valley Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Valley Springs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Rally Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rally Hill is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
- Burlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Bergman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Everton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Keener ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Keener is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Osage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Dryfork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Rudd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rudd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Green Forest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Metalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- Denver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Denver is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Berryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Urbanette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Blue Eye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Polo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Conway County
- Grandview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Kingston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marble
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Witter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Witter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Eros
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eros is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
- Pyatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pyatt is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Bruno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Monarch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monarch is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Dodd City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dodd City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Compton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ponca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parthenon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Boxley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Murray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Hasty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hasty is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Vendor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vendor is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vendor
- Western Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Western Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Mossville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mossville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Mount Judea
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Judea is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
- Swain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Swain is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Deer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Pindall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pindall is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Saint Joe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Blanco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Stone County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Blue Eye
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lampe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Ridgedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Melva ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Melva is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hill Top, see our County-by-County Page for Hill Top.
Cemeteries Near Hill Top ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hill Top.
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 Hill Top - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hill Top covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Hilltop Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tom Thumb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McFerrin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gaither Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaither Cemetery
- The Gaither Cemetery has also been known as:
- Gaither Mtn. Cemetery
- Gibbs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rogers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Long Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wagley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Adair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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, Hill Top had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hill Top, with the one closest to Hill Top listed first.
- Compton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gaither
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gaither is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaither
- Batavia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Elmwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Osage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Carrollton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Jasper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Watkins ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Watkins is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Harrison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Francis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Francis is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Wells Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
- Bellefonte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dinsmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dinsmore is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
- Boxley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Coin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hill Top. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hill Top.
Newspapers Published in Hill Top ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hill Top.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hill Top, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hill Top.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Hill Top:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Boone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Newton County
- Searcy County
- Stone County
- Taney 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 Hill Top, 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' (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- Hill Top) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |