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Welcome to Kearney ...

Kearney is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kearney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Kearney is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Kearney lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Kearney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Kearney - they are located in Alabama, California, Kansas (3), Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2) and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kearney.

Communities near Kearney ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kearney.

  • Pine Bluff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheridan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • White Hall
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shannon Hills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
  • England
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Wrightsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
  • Altheimer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Keo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Keo is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keo <3>
  • Coy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Coy is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Sherrill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Kearney. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kearney.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kearney. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kearney.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kearney. See our Newspapers Page for Kearney.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kearney ...

Looking for more information about Kearney? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Kearney, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kearney.

Adding Kearney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kearney in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Kearney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Kearney post office opened in 1888. The Kearney post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kearney.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kearney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/