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 Lake Side (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 Lake Side. 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.
Lake Side is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clay, Craighead, Lawrence, Randolph & Dunklin (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Lake Side. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Side:
- Greene County (The home county of Lake Side)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Bard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Paragould
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Marmaduke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Knot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Lafe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Crowley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Finch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Beech Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Walcott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Stonewall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Light
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Delaplaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Rector
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Knobel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Bell City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Greenway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Nimmons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Piggott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- McDougal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- McDougal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Pollard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Datto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Datto is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Moark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Moark is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Red Onion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Lake View
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Monette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brookland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Caraway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Philadelphia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Jonesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Bono
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Sedgwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- College City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Walnut Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Arkmo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Leachville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Manila
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Stark City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Dell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Etowah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Gosnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Carroll's Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- West Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Athelstan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Victoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Blytheville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Rivervale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Trumann
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hatchie Coon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- O'Kean
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Serene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Serene is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
- Reyno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Biggers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Peru
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peru is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Skaggs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Skaggs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Cockrum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cardwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arbyrd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Arkmo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Senath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Hornersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cotton Plant
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Caruth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rives
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Gobler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Holland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Side, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Side.
Cemeteries Near Lake Side ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Side.
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 Lake Side - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Side covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Coffman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parsons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cochran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Parsell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pruets Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- New Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Friendship Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Friendship Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Oak Grove Heights.
- The New Friendship Cemetery has also been known as:
- Friendship Cemetery
- New Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53951 <2>
- Reddick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Lake Side in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Side.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Side, with the one closest to Lake Side listed first.
- Bard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Halliday
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Halliday is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Paragould
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cockrum
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Macey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Macey is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Gainesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Marmaduke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crowley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Finch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Brookland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walcott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nesbit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Senath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Stonewall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Side. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Side.
Newspapers Published in Lake Side ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Side.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Side, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Side.
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 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 Lake Side:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Lawrence County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Randolph County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lake Side) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Lake Side, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |