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 Imboden (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 Imboden. 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 and hospitals 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.
Imboden is located in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County: Craighead, Greene, Independence, Jackson, Randolph & Sharp.
Below are the counties that are near Imboden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Imboden:
- Lawrence County (The home county of Imboden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Ravenden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Annieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Annieville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annieville
- Black Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Powhatan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Portia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- College City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Lynn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hoxie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Minturn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Strawberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Saffell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Saffell is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saffell
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Datto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Datto is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Peach Orchard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Current View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Current View is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Success
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Success is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Egypt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Baker Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Baker Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ford
- Saddle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saddle is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle
- Mammoth Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Delaplaine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Light
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Walcott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Cave City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cord is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cord
- Charlotte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotte is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Swifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Swifton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Kenyon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kenyon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
- Elgin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Eleven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eleven is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven
- Kingsville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kingsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Birdell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Birdell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Lima
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lima is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Ravenden Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ravenden Springs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Former names for Ravenden Springs:
- Dream Town
- Jane's Store
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Water Valley is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Elevenpoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elevenpoint is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevenpoint
- Manson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Manson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Pocahontas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
- Former names for Pocahontas:
- Bettis Bluff
- Betts Bluff
- Pokakhontas
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <1>
- Oconee ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oconee is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
- Attica
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Attica is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Dalton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dalton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Antioch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Sharp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Williford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williford is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Hardy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Poughkeepsie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Poughkeepsie is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poughkeepsie
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
- Wirth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wirth is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirth
- Cherokee Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ash Flat
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grange is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- Maxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Evening Shade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sidney is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Oregon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Myrtle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Myrtle is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Calm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Calm is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
- Jeff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jeff is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Garfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Corona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Green Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Town is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
- Old Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Thayer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Couch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ripley County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Gatewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gatewood is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
- Ponder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ponder is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
- Current View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Current View is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Imboden, see our County-by-County Page for Imboden.
Cemeteries Near Imboden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Imboden.
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 Imboden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Imboden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rhea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Nation Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Cemetery 'B'
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery 'B'
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wells Cemetery 'B' is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Ravenden.
- The Wells Cemetery 'B' has also been known as:
- Wells Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56744 <3>
- Holobaugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kelley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Janes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janes Cemetery
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Janes Cemetery (located 72 miles to the north).
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kuhn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wells Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Ravenden.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56745 <3>
- Continue List (313 more) ...
- Lemmon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Imboden had a population of 157 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Imboden had a population of 617 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Imboden, with the one closest to Imboden listed first.
- Annieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Annieville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annieville
- Ravenden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kingsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Birdell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Birdell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Opposition ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Opposition is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opposition
- Black Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Noland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Noland is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland
- Ravenden Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ravenden Springs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Former names for Ravenden Springs:
- Dream Town
- Jane's Store
- Powhatan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lima
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lima is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Water Valley is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Smithville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Portia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williford is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Pocahontas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
- Former names for Pocahontas:
- Bettis Bluff
- Betts Bluff
- Pokakhontas
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Imboden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Imboden.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Imboden ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Imboden.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Imboden. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Imboden and those printed in the larger area surrounding Imboden.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<2> of Imboden.
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 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 Imboden:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Fulton County
- Greene County
- Independence County
- Jackson County
- Randolph County
- Sharp County
- Oregon County
- Ripley 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Imboden) 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 Imboden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |