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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 Lead Hill (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 Lead Hill. 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 doctors and 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.

Lead Hill is located in Boone 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 Boone County: Carroll, Marion, Newton, Searcy & Taney (MO).

Below are the counties that are near Lead Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lead Hill:

  • Boone County     (The home county of Lead Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lead Hill, with the one closest to Lead Hill listed first.
    • South Lead Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • South Lead Hill is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Diamond City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Elixir ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Boone
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lowry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Keener ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Zinc
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Zinc is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Bergman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Myrtle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Omaha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bellefonte
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellefonte is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
  • Baxter County
  • Carroll County
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lead Hill, with the one closest to Lead Hill listed first.
    • Monarch
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Peel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Dodd City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dodd City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
    • Pyatt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Pyatt is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Eros
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Price Place
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Summit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
    • Bull Shoals
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Yellville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bruno
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Flippin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lead Hill, with the one closest to Lead Hill listed first.
    • Western Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hasty
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Hasty is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
  • Searcy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lead Hill, with the one closest to Lead Hill listed first.
    • Pindall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Pindall is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
    • Saint Joe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Christian County (MO)
    • Garrison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Garrison is located in Christian County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
  • Douglas County (MO)
  • Ozark County (MO)
  • Stone County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lead Hill, with the one closest to Lead Hill listed first.
    • Blue Eye
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Indian Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Coney Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Dollar City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
    • Lampe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Taney County (MO)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lead Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Lead Hill.

Cemeteries Near Lead Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lead Hill.

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 Lead Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lead Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lead Hill, with the one closest to Lead Hill listed first.

  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Locust Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Upshaw Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pickard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Raley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Carrollton Hollow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Deshield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jaybird Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Derryberry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Foresee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (263 more) ...
    • Ray Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Keesee Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Riddle Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lead Hill had a population of 333 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Lead Hill had a population of 268 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lead Hill, with the one closest to Lead Hill listed first.

  • Sycamore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sycamore is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
  • Monarch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Elixir ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Boone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Peel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Protem
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lowry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dodd City ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dodd City is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
  • Myrtle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oregon ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oregon is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
  • Cedarcreek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedarcreek is located in Taney County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcreek
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Powell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Powell is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • George's Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • George's Creek is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George's Creek
    • Mincy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mincy is located in Taney County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mincy

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lead Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lead Hill.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lead Hill ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lead Hill.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lead Hill. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lead Hill and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lead Hill.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Lead Hill.

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 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 Lead Hill:

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>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 Lead Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Lead Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.