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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Kilgore. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Kilgore to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kilgore, 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 Kilgore (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 Kilgore. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Kilgore is historic, it would have been located within present day Hempstead 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 Hempstead County: Clark, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Kilgore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kilgore:
- Hempstead County (The home county of Kilgore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
- Blevins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blevins is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- McCaskill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McCaskill is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Ozan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Doyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Tokio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tokio is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Oakhaven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Perrytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Columbus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
- Okolona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beirne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Gurdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Alpine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Whelen Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whelen Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelen Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Curtis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Gum Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
- Buck Range
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Nashville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Corinth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Tollette
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Mineral Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saratoga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Bayou
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blue Bayou is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bayou
- Center Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Dierks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
- Millwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Yarborough Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
- Prescott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Emmet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Boughton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Laneburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Bodcaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Cale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Rosston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rosston is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Zama ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zama is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
- Bluff City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ouachita County
- Reader
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reader is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
- Billstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Pisgah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bowen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Piney Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Roy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Delight
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kimberley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kimberley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberley
- Murfreesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Antoine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Pike City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Mount Moriah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
- Paraloma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Ben Lomond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kilgore, see our County-by-County Page for Kilgore.
Cemeteries Near Kilgore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kilgore.
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 Kilgore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kilgore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
- Maxwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blevins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shorter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Billstown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bell Bluff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pisgah Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pisgah Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Delight.
- The Pisgah Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Liberty Hill MB Church Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #632129 <4>
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Nash Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belk Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Kilgore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kilgore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kilgore, with the one closest to Kilgore listed first.
- Wallaceburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wallaceburg is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceburg
- Bowen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Ozan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- De Ann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- De Ann is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Ann
- Garlandville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garlandville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandville
- Arcadia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Roy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Clow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Brocktown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brocktown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brocktown
- Murfreesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Compton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Compton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Prescott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Antoine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kilgore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kilgore.
Newspapers Published in Kilgore ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kilgore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kilgore, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kilgore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Kilgore:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Hempstead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Howard County
- Little River County
- Nevada County
- Ouachita County
- Pike County
- Sevier 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 Kilgore, 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> | 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- Kilgore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |