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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Kratnek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Kratnek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kratnek, 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 Kratnek (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 Kratnek. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Kratnek is historic, it would have been located within present day Jefferson County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson County: Arkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Lincoln, Lonoke & Pulaski.
Below are the counties that are near Kratnek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kratnek:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Kratnek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kratnek, with the one closest to Kratnek listed first.
- Wabbaseka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
- Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Altheimer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altheimer
- Altheimer is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altheimer <2>
- Cornerstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornerstone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Sherrill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Tucker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Richardson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Richardson is located in Jefferson County
- Rob Roy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Madding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Pastoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
- Pastoria is located in Jefferson County
- Moscow
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Noble Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noble Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Plum Bayou ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plum Bayou. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bayou
- Plum Bayou is located in Jefferson County
- Arkansas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kratnek, with the one closest to Kratnek listed first.
- Humphrey
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
- Humphrey is located in Arkansas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humphrey <2>
- Stuttgart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
- Stuttgart is located in Arkansas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuttgart <2>
- Parham ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Almyra
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almyra have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyra
- Almyra is located in Arkansas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almyra <2>
- Bayou Meto
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Bayou Meto is located in Arkansas County
- Casscoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - De Witt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- De Witt is located in Arkansas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,970 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Witt <2>
- Preston Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ferry
- Preston Ferry is located in Arkansas County
- Gillett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Gillett is located in Arkansas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gillett <2>
- Crockett's Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett's Bluff
- Crockett's Bluff is located in Arkansas County
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kratnek, with the one closest to Kratnek listed first.
- Sarassa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Grady
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Grady is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grady <2>
- Varner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varner
- Varner is located in Lincoln County
- Yorktown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - South Bend ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
- South Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kratnek, with the one closest to Kratnek listed first.
- Humnoke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humnoke have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humnoke
- Humnoke is located in Lonoke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humnoke <2>
- Allport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Coy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Seaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Seaton is located in Lonoke County
- Parkers Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corner
- Parkers Corner is located in Lonoke County
- England
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for England have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for England
- England is located in Lonoke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,659 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for England <2>
- Keo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keo
- Keo is located in Lonoke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keo <2>
- Bayou Meto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Cobbs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - McCreanor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Carlisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlisle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Carlisle is located in Lonoke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlisle <2>
- Sisemore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
- Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kratnek, with the one closest to Kratnek listed first.
- Roe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Clarendon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Clarendon is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,333 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarendon <2>
- Prairie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kratnek, with the one closest to Kratnek listed first.
- Fairmount
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Ulm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Tollville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollville
- Tollville is located in Prairie County
- Cuneo ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Screeton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
- Screeton is located in Prairie County
- Hazen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Hazen is located in Prairie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazen <2>
- De Valls Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Valls Bluff
- De Valls Bluff is located in Prairie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Valls Bluff <2>
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kratnek, with the one closest to Kratnek listed first.
- Hensley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hensley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley
- Hensley is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hensley <2>
- Scott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Scott is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott <2>
- Woodson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kratnek, see our County-by-County Page for Kratnek.
Cemeteries Near Kratnek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kratnek.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kratnek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kratnek, with the one closest to Kratnek listed first.
- Bayou Meto Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayou Meto Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayou Meto Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the northwest of Humphrey.
- Wabbaseka Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wabbaseka Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wabbaseka Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Wabbaseka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56655 <6>
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56834 <6>
- Flynn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flynn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flynn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sunshine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunshine Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunshine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Flat Bayou Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flat Bayou Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Flat Bayou Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> to the east of Wabbaseka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1054580 <6>
- Turrentine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turrentine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56579 <6>
- Geridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Geridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Geridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gumwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gumwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gumwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Philips Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Philips Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Philips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mound Bayou Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mound Bayou Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mound Bayou Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Bayless Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayless Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bayless Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lone Tree Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Tree Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Tree Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Talman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Talman Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Talman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bayless Cemetery
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 Kratnek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kratnek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kratnek, with the one closest to Kratnek listed first.
- Humphrey
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
- Humphrey is located in Arkansas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humphrey <2>
- Wabbaseka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
- Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Goldman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Altheimer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altheimer
- Altheimer is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altheimer <2>
- Tomberlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Stuttgart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
- Stuttgart is located in Arkansas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuttgart <2>
- Lake Dick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Cornerstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornerstone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Sherrill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Rob Roy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - New Gascony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Gascony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gascony
- New Gascony is located in Jefferson County
- Richardson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Richardson is located in Jefferson County
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lake Farm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Madding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Fairmount
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Farm
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kratnek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kratnek.
Newspapers Published in Kratnek ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kratnek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kratnek, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kratnek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Kratnek:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Arkansas History Commission
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arkansas County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Lincoln County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lonoke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Prairie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pulaski County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Arkansas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Jefferson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Jefferson County
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffersoncountyark.com/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 Kratnek, 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kratnek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kratnek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4162, Longitude: -91.7335 In this case, the coordinates for Kratnek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |