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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 Hiwasse (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 Hiwasse. 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 doctors 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.

Hiwasse is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Carroll, Madison, Washington, Barry (MO), McDonald (MO), Adair (OK) & Delaware (OK).

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

  • Benton County     (The home county of Hiwasse)
  • Carroll County
    • Mundell ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Mundell is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundell
  • Washington County
  • Barry County (MO)
  • McDonald County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiwasse, with the one closest to Hiwasse listed first.
    • Jane
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pineville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Noel
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Noel is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <1>
    • Ginger Blue
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
    • Lanagan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lanagan is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanagan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lanagan <1>
    • Wylie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Powell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Powell is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Anderson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • South West City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Erie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Goodman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Goodman is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,258 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodman <1>
    • Tiff City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tiff City is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiff City
  • Newton County (MO)
  • Adair County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiwasse, with the one closest to Hiwasse listed first.
    • Watts
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ballard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Watts Community
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Watts Community is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Community
  • Delaware County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hiwasse, with the one closest to Hiwasse listed first.
    • Dodge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dodge is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
    • Sycamore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Sycamore is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • West Siloam Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cayuga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Colcord
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Dripping Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
    • Brush Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Brush Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Jay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Beckwith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloud Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Flint Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Flint Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
  • Ottawa County (OK)

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

Cemeteries Near Hiwasse ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hiwasse.

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 Hiwasse - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

While we didn't find Hiwasse in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hiwasse.

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

  • Pond ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pond is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
  • Seba
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Seba is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seba
  • Caverna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Caverna is located in McDonald County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caverna
  • Gallatin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gallatin is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
  • Parn ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Parn is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parn
  • Nebo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Nebo is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
  • Clementine ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Clementine is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementine
  • Sulphur Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bentonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jane
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Decatur
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mason Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Pineville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Round Top ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Round Top is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
    • Crump ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Crump is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump

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

Newspapers Published in Hiwasse ...

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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hiwasse.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hiwasse, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hiwasse.

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 Hiwasse:

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 Hiwasse, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hiwasse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.