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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about King's Mills. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added King's Mills to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with King's Mills, 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 King's Mills (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 King's Mills. 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.
Name Variations for King's Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for King's Mills: Kings Mls. (or less commonly used: Kings Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named King's Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for King's Mills.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of King's Mills is historic, it would have been located within present day Sharp 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 Sharp County: Fulton, Independence, Izard, Lawrence, Randolph & Oregon (MO).
Below are the counties that are near King's Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to King's Mills:
- Sharp County (The home county of King's Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Ash Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
- Cherokee Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poughkeepsie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poughkeepsie is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poughkeepsie
- Hardy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Evening Shade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Williford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Williford is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Maxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maxville is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Sidney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sidney is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Grange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grange is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- Wirth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wirth is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirth
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Baker Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Baker Ford is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ford
- Saddle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saddle is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle
- Glencoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glencoe is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Camp is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
- Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mammoth Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cornertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cornertown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornertown
- Moko
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moko
- Sturkie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sturkie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturkie
- Bexar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Viola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Cave City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sandtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sandtown is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Cushman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cushman is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Pfeiffer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pfeiffer is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Charlotte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Charlotte is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Denieville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Denieville is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denieville
- Cord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cord is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cord
- Batesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Moorefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Moorefield is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Sulphur Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Bethesda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethesda is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Izard County
- The following are listed by their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Horseshoe Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wiseman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wiseman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiseman
- Bone Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bone Town is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Town
- Violet Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Violet Hill is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill
- LaCrosse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- LaCrosse is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCrosse
- Sage
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sage is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
- Mount Pleasant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brockwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brockwell is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockwell
- Oxford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oxford is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Melbourne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Smithville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Ravenden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Annieville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Annieville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annieville
- Imboden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lynn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Saffell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Saffell is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saffell
- Black Rock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Powhatan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Portia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Kingsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kingsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Ravenden Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ravenden Springs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Former names for Ravenden Springs:
- Dream Town
- Jane's Store
- Lima
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lima is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Water Valley is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Eleven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eleven is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven
- Elevenpoint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elevenpoint is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevenpoint
- Oconee ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oconee is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
- Birdell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Birdell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Dalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Spring Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Elm Store
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Store is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Store
- Hamil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hamil is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamil
- Howell County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Cornertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cornertown is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornertown
- Lanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lanton is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanton
- Lebo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lebo is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebo
- Oregon County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Old Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Green Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Green Town is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
- Thayer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jeff
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jeff is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Corona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Corona is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Myrtle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Koshkonong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Koshkonong is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koshkonong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Couch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Garfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to King's Mills, see our County-by-County Page for King's Mills.
Cemeteries Near King's Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of King's Mills.
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 King's Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for King's Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wiles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Schales Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Schales Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lafferty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spotts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buchannan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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.
King's Mills itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from King's Mills, with the one closest to King's Mills listed first.
- Ash Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poughkeepsie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Poughkeepsie is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poughkeepsie
- Evening Shade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hardy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Reed ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reed is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Williford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Williford is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Zion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zion is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Sidney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sidney is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Maxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Maxville is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Opposition ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Opposition is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opposition
- Smithville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Ravenden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Violet Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Violet Hill is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill
- LaCrosse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- LaCrosse is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCrosse
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around King's Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around King's Mills.
Newspapers Published in King's Mills ...
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 King's Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of King's Mills, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for King's Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 King's Mills:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Sharp County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fulton County
- Independence County
- Izard County
- Lawrence County
- Randolph County
- Howell County
- Oregon 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 King's Mills, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- King's Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |