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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Imelda. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Imelda to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Imelda, please Contact Us.
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 Imelda (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 Imelda. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Imelda is historic, it would have been located within present day Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Clark, Garland, Howard, Pike, Polk, Scott & Yell.
Below are the counties that are near Imelda. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Imelda:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Imelda)
- The following are listed by their distance from Imelda, with the one closest to Imelda listed first.
- Mazarn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Alamo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Joplin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Joplin is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Caddo Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ophir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Fir ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Manfred
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Manfred is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
- Mount Ida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Black Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Black Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Washita
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Washita is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
- Fannie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fannie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannie
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imelda, with the one closest to Imelda listed first.
- Amity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Caddo Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Okolona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arkadelphia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imelda, with the one closest to Imelda listed first.
- Meyers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Pearcy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Royal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rockwell is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
- Avant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Avant is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avant
- Piney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Piney is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Mountain Pine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Hamilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hot Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gladstone is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Blue Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Price
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Jessieville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Spring County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imelda, with the one closest to Imelda listed first.
- Bonnerdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bismarck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Saginaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Social Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Donaldson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imelda, with the one closest to Imelda listed first.
- Glenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Valley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Kirby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Daisy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Pike City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Antoine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Star of the West ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Star of the West is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star of the West
- Langley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Delight
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Moriah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Murfreesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imelda, with the one closest to Imelda listed first.
- Aly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Aly is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
- Chula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Chula is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Imelda, see our County-by-County Page for Imelda.
Cemeteries Near Imelda ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Imelda.
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 Imelda - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Imelda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Imelda, with the one closest to Imelda listed first.
- Wacaster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Howerton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Howton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newcomb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dillard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Caney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mazarn Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- Nelson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.
While we didn't find Imelda in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Imelda.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Imelda, with the one closest to Imelda listed first.
- Mazarn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Lucky ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lucky is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Meyers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Elm ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elm is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Wayside ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Pearcy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Point Cedar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Point Cedar is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Cedar
- Oma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oma is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oma
- Plata
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plata is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plata
- Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Amity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ophir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Caddo Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Imelda. See our List of 1890's Communities around Imelda.
Newspapers Published in Imelda ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Imelda.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Imelda, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Imelda.
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 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 Imelda:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Garland County
- Hot Spring County
- Pike County
- Yell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Imelda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Imelda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |