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 Jennette (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 Jennette. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Jennette is located in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County: Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, Saint Francis, DeSoto (MS), Tunica (MS), Shelby (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Jennette. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jennette:
- Crittenden County (The home county of Jennette)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Proctor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crawfordsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edmondson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Earle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anthonyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Amanca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- West Memphis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hulbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sunset
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- James Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Clarkedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Parkin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twist
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Levesque
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Wynne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Vanndale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Bay Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Cherry Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Bledsoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Brickeys
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Peters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Peters is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Haynes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Birdsong
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Frenchmans Bayou
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Whitton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Joiner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Bassett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Black Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Tyronza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Marked Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Heth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Widener
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Rawlinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Madison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <1>
- Forrest City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bonair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Norfolk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Southhaven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Glover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Lake Cormorant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <1>
- Memphis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Newport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lynchburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Horn Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aldens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- De Soto Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Eudora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Southaven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tunica County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Banks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Memphis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hunt Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Ramsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Giles Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Binghampton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Oakville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- The Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Cuba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lucy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Parkway Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Capleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Spring Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Tipton County (TN)
- Corona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jennette, see our County-by-County Page for Jennette.
Cemeteries Near Jennette ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jennette.
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 Jennette - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jennette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kinsey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Shady Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Medley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Russell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Haden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haden Cemetery
- The Haden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jenkins Cemetery
- St. Mary's Church Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Jennette in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jennette.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jennette, with the one closest to Jennette listed first.
- Crawfordsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lansing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lansing is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Vincent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vincent is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Earle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Riceville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Gavin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gavin is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gavin
- Parkin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blackfish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blackfish is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfish
- West Memphis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hulbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- James Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Poindexter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Pinckney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jennette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jennette.
Newspapers Published in Jennette ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jennette.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jennette, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jennette.
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 Jennette:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Crittenden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cross County
- Lee County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- DeSoto County
- Tunica County
- Shelby County
- Tipton 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 Jennette, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jennette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |