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 Imo (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 Imo. 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 and hospitals 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.
Imo is located in Searcy 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 Searcy County: Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Stone & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Imo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Imo:
- Searcy County (The home county of Imo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Watts
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Witt's Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Blanco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Marshall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leslie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Baker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Gilbert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Joe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Harriet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pindall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pindall is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Cozahome
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Baxter County
- Big Flat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Everton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rally Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rally Hill is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
- Valley Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Springs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Cleveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jerusalem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Austin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Bruno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Rush ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Eros
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Eros is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Mount Judea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Judea is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
- Vendor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vendor is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vendor
- Hasty
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hasty is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Western Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Western Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Deer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Limestone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Limestone is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Parthenon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Tilly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilly is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
- Laurel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Hector
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Scottsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scottsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Caglesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caglesville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caglesville
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Alco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Fox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Timbo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Onia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Copeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Alread
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Dennard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rex
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rex is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Rumley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Crabtree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Scotland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Formosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- Shirley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Green Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Eglantine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Imo, see our County-by-County Page for Imo.
Cemeteries Near Imo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Imo.
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 Imo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Imo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Chinquapin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Parks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Witts Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Caid Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arnhart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Old Smyrna Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McDaniel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woolum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Imo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Imo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Imo, with the one closest to Imo listed first.
- Bear Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Watts
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Witt's Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Copeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Snowball
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Snowball is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowball
- Blanco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Alread
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Marshall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Flat ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Flat is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
- Leslie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Smyrna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Dennard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Northwood ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Northwood is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Latham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Latham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Duff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Duff is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Imo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Imo.
Newspapers Published in Imo ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Imo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Imo, 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 Imo.
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 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 Imo:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Searcy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baxter County
- Boone County
- Conway County
- Marion County
- Newton County
- Pope County
- Stone County
- Van Buren 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> | 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 Imo, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Imo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |