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 Hiram (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 Hiram. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Hiram is located in Cleburne 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 Cleburne County: Faulkner, Independence, Stone, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Hiram. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hiram:
- Cleburne County (The home county of Hiram)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Rainbow Island
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rainbow Island is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Island
- Wilburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilburn is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
- Tumbling Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Heber Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Drasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Drasco is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Wolf Bayou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wolf Bayou is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bayou
- Miller ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Pearson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pearson is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Almond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Almond is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Enders
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Mount Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Enola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enola is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Guy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Floral
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Floral is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Pleasant Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Locust Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Southside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Southside is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Desha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Desha is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desha
- Salado
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salado is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
- Thida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Thida is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thida
- Bethesda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bethesda is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Rosie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rosie is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosie
- Denieville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Denieville is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denieville
- Batesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oil Trough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moorefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moorefield is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Jackson County
- Grand Glaise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grand Glaise is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Glaise
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Marcella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Marcella is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Pleasant Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Mountain View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Fairfield Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eglantine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Morganton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Shirley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gravesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Bee Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Green Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Pangburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Letona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Letona is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Sunnydale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sunnydale is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bliss is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Center Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Rose Bud
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Searcy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Judsonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Romance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Floyd is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Kensett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hiram, see our County-by-County Page for Hiram.
Cemeteries Near Hiram ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hiram.
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 Hiram - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hiram covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Vinson - Barnett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wallace Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Center Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Faulkner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Wilburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174476 <2>
- Magness Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Good Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Wilburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55105 <2>
- Burns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burns Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Wilburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53267 <2>
- Goff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goff Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Heber Springs.
- The Goff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Golf Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2695110 <2>
- Burkett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Sugarloaf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sugarloaf Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Heber Springs.
- The Sugarloaf Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55267 <2>
- Apostolic Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hiram had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hiram, with the one closest to Hiram listed first.
- Pangburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Clay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Little Red
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Little Red is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Red
- Ida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Heber Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Turnip ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turnip is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnip
- Banner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Banner is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Wolf Bayou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wolf Bayou is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bayou
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bliss is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pleasant Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Rose Bud
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Water ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Water is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Water
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hiram. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hiram.
Newspapers Published in Hiram ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiram.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hiram, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hiram.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hiram:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Faulkner County
- Independence County
- Jackson County
- Stone County
- Van Buren County
- White 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hiram) 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 Hiram, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |