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 Ida (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 Ida. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Ida 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 Ida. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ida:
- Cleburne County (The home county of Ida)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Drasco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Drasco is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Tumbling Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Bayou
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wolf Bayou is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bayou
- Concord
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Wilburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilburn is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
- Heber Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Almond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Almond is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Rainbow Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rainbow Island is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Island
- Prim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miller ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Yuba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Greers Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Enders
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Mount Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Guy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Floral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Floral is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Locust Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Bethesda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethesda is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Pleasant Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Desha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Desha is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desha
- Denieville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Denieville is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denieville
- Southside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Southside is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Salado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Salado is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
- Batesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rosie is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosie
- Cushman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cushman is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Moorefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Moorefield is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Pfeiffer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Izard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Guion
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Guion is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Mount Pleasant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lunenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lunenburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Jackson County
- Grand Glaise
(30 miles [48.3 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 Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Marcella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Marcella is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Pleasant Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Mountain View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Timbo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fifty-Six
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Fairfield Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eglantine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Shirley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Morganton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Green Tree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Gravesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Bee Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Choctaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Pangburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Clay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Letona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Letona is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Sunnydale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnydale is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
- Rose Bud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bliss is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Center Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Romance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Judsonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Searcy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Floyd is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Bald Knob
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ida, see our County-by-County Page for Ida.
Cemeteries Near Ida ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ida.
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 Ida - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ida covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Pleasant Ridge Union Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge Union Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Ridge Union Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Drasco.
- The Pleasant Ridge Union Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55751 <3>
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Miller Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Drasco.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55078 <3>
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Drasco.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52836 <3>
- Harris Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chastain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastain Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chastain Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Tumbling Shoals.
- The Chastain Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chastain Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
- Chastain Chapel General Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142999 <3>
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the White Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Drasco.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56778 <3>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Drasco.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55447 <3>
- Sipes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sipes Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Drasco.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972135 <3>
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Magness Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Center Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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]<2> to the northeast of Wilburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174476 <3>
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Burns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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]<2> to the northeast of Wilburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53267 <3>
- Warren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Concord Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Concord.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972770 <3>
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, Ida had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ida, with the one closest to Ida listed first.
- Wolf Bayou
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wolf Bayou is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bayou
- Tyler ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Banner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Banner is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Heber Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Hiram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hiram is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Almond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Almond is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Pangburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yuba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Little Red
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Red is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Red
- Jamestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marcella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Marcella is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Clay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Bethesda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethesda is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ida. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ida.
Newspapers Published in Ida ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ida.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ida, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ida.
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 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 Ida:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Faulkner County
- Independence County
- Izard 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ida) 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 Ida, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |