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 Landis (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 Landis. 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 hospitals and 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.
Landis is located in Searcy 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 Searcy County: Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Stone & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Landis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Landis:
- Searcy County (The home county of Landis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Harriet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cozahome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Lone Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Baker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Leslie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Watts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Gilbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blanco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Blanco is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Saint Joe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pindall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pindall is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Witt's Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Baxter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Big Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Buffalo City is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Lone Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Culp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Norfork Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
- Norfork
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gassville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Salesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Briarcliff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Cotter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jordan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Colfax is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Rodney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rodney is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Boone County
- Everton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Prim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edgemont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Higden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greers Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Izard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Calico Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Pineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Dolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dolph is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
- Guion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Guion is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Wideman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
- Lunenburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lunenburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Newburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Rush ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rea Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rea Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
- Bruno
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Flippin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Eros
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eros is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
- Newton County
- Western Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Western Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Pope County
- Tilly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tilly is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Alco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Onia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Timbo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fifty-Six
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Mountain View
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Rumley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Dennard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shirley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Copeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Crabtree
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Fairfield Bay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alread
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Eglantine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Rex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rex is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Choctaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Green Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Landis, see our County-by-County Page for Landis.
Cemeteries Near Landis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Landis.
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 Landis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Landis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Landis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wallace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wallace Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Big Flat.
- Treat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Scribner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Passmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Freeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mabrey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alco Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Farris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Flat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Purdue Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- Cypert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Watts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elberta Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Landis in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Landis.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Landis, with the one closest to Landis listed first.
- Big Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Campbell is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Alco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Timbo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Flat ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Flat is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
- Dennard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Watts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Rush ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Tomahawk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Rushing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rushing is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Culp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- McPhearson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McPhearson is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhearson
- Lone Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Landis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Landis.
Newspapers Published in Landis ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Landis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Landis, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Landis.
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 Landis:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Searcy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baxter County
- Boone County
- Cleburne County
- Izard County
- Marion County
- Newton County
- Pope County
- Stone County
- Van Buren 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> | 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- Landis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Landis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |