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 Jamestown (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 Jamestown. 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.
Jamestown is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Franklin, Logan, Madison, Newton, Pope & Yell.
Below are the counties that are near Jamestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jamestown:
- Johnson County (The home county of Jamestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Clarksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spadra
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spadra is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Lamar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ludwig
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ludwig is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig
- Union City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Knoxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Lone Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Hartman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hartman is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Hagarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hagarville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagarville
- Strawberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Strawberry is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Piney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Piney is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Alix
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Alix is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alix
- Altus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Denning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Denning is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Wiederkehr Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wiederkehr Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiederkehr Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Mountain Top
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Top is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Ozark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Webb City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Webb City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
- Watalula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Watalula is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watalula
- Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Etna is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Felkner Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Felkner Town is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felkner Town
- White Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Cass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cass is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Morrison Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Bluff is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Scranton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scranton is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- New Blaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Sand Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Delaware
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Subiaco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Corley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Paris
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon City
- Caulksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caulksville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caulksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Blue Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Pettigrew
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Dutton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dutton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Walnut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Walnut is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Limestone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Swain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Swain is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Deer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Ross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Augsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Augsburg is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augsburg
- Georgetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Silex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Silex is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
- London
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Taral
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Taral is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taral
- Russellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Center Valley is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Bernice
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bernice is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Scottsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Scottsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- North Dardanelle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Dardanelle is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dardanelle
- Yell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Chickalah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
- Marvinville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marvinville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvinville
- Dardanelle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Havana
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Belleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Danville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Petit Jean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petit Jean is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petit Jean
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jamestown, see our County-by-County Page for Jamestown.
Cemeteries Near Jamestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jamestown.
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 Jamestown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jamestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Oakland Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Canter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spadra Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Redeemer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pryor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blakeley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ware Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Love Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (401 more) ...
- Cazort Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Jamestown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jamestown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
- Spadra
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spadra is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Clarksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Montana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Montana is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
- Lamar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Morrison Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Bluff is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Dublin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Ludwig
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ludwig is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig
- Knoxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Prairie View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Prairie View is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Hartman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hartman is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Hagarville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hagarville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagarville
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Piney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Piney is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Lutherville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lutherville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutherville
- Zadock ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Zadock is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zadock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jamestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jamestown.
Newspapers Published in Jamestown ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jamestown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jamestown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jamestown.
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 Jamestown:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Johnson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Logan County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Pope County
- Yell 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jamestown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Jamestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |