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 Lee Creek (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 Lee Creek. 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 Lee Creek ...
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 Lee Creek: Lee Crk. (or less commonly used: Lee Ck. or Lee Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lee Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lee Creek.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Lee Creek is located in Crawford 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 Crawford County: Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington, Adair (OK), Le Flore (OK) & Sequoyah (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Lee Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lee Creek:
- Crawford County (The home county of Lee Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Natural Dam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Anna ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anna is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Stop ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stop is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barcelona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mountainburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rudy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rudy is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Winfrey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Winfrey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfrey
- Locke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Locke is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Alma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Benton County
- Trident
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Trident is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trident
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Cravens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cravens is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens
- Felkner Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Felkner Town is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felkner Town
- Cecil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Cass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cass is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- White Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Watalula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Watalula is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watalula
- Dahoma ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dahoma is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahoma
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Crosses
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crosses is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosses
- Delaney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Delaney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
- Thompson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Combs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sebastian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Fort Smith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Barling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Central City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Central City is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
- Lavaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Buell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Buell is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
- Ursula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ursula is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursula
- Jenny Lind
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Bloomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Strickler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Strickler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickler
- Skylight
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Skylight is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylight
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Morrow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Morrow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Onda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Onda is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onda
- Clyde
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Winslow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dutch Mills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Canehill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brentwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- West Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Adair County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Bell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bell is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Zion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Zion is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Cherry Tree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Stilwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greasy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greasy is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
- Marietta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peavine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine
- Lyons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lyons is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- West Peavine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peavine
- Bunch
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
- Cherokee County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Barber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Dry Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Tenkiller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
- Caney Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caney Ridge is located in Cherokee County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Ridge
- Le Flore County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Arkoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Braden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Braden is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Fort Coffee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Coffee is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Coffee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Pocola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sequoyah County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Short
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Short is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Belfonte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belfonte is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfonte
- Long
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Long is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Remy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Remy is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Stoney Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Moffett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Akins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Akins is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akins
- Brushy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Muldrow
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Flute Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
- Marble City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lee Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Lee Creek.
Cemeteries Near Lee Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lee Creek.
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 Lee Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lee Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Kimbler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bryant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kimes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oliver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garrett Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dobbs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bateman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Morrison Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lee Creek had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lee Creek, with the one closest to Lee Creek listed first.
- Natural Dam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Anna ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anna is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Stop ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stop is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
- Barcelona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Armada ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Armada is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lancaster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Mountainburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Strickler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Strickler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickler
- Rudy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rudy is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Blackburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Belmont ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Tolu
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tolu is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lee Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lee Creek.
Newspapers Published in Lee Creek ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lee Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lee Creek, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lee Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Lee Creek:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Franklin County
- Madison County
- Sebastian County
- Washington County
- Adair County
- Cherokee County
- Le Flore County
- Sequoyah 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> | 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 Lee Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Lee Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |