Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Leigo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Leigo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Leigo, 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 Leigo (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 Leigo. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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 Leigo is historic, it would have been located within present day Searcy 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 Searcy County: Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Stone & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Leigo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leigo:
- Searcy County (The home county of Leigo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leigo, with the one closest to Leigo listed first.
- Witt's Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Witt's Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Blanco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Watts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Pindall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Saint Joe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Saint Joe is located in Searcy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Joe <4>
- Gilbert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gilbert is located in Searcy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <4>
- Marshall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Marshall is located in Searcy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <4>
- Baker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Leslie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Leslie is located in Searcy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leslie <4>
- Lone Pine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Harriet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harriet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriet
- Harriet is located in Searcy County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harriet <4>
- Cozahome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leigo, with the one closest to Leigo listed first.
- Everton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Everton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
- Everton is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Everton <4>
- Rally Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rally Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
- Rally Hill is located in Boone County
- Valley Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
- Valley Springs is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Bellefonte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellefonte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pleasant Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Boone County
- Harrison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrison have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Harrison is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,139 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <4>
- Zinc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Conway County
- Jerusalem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerusalem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Jerusalem is located in Conway County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jerusalem <4>
- Jerusalem
- Johnson County
- Strawberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Strawberry is located in Johnson County
- Strawberry
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leigo, with the one closest to Leigo listed first.
- Bruno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Pyatt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Rush ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Yellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellville
- Yellville is located in Marion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yellville <4>
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leigo, with the one closest to Leigo listed first.
- Mount Judea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Judea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
- Mount Judea is located in Newton County
- Vendor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Hasty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Deer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer
- Deer is located in Newton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer <4>
- Western Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
- Western Grove is located in Newton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Jasper
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jasper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Jasper is located in Newton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <4>
- Parthenon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parthenon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parthenon
- Parthenon is located in Newton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parthenon <4>
- Murray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Swain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Walnut
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Walnut is located in Newton County
- Mossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Compton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Compton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Compton is located in Newton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Compton <4>
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leigo, with the one closest to Leigo listed first.
- Tilly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Laurel ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Hector
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Hector is located in Pope County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hector <4>
- Scottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Scottsville is located in Pope County
- Appleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Silex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Caglesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Caglesville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caglesville
- Caglesville is located in Pope County
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leigo, with the one closest to Leigo listed first.
- Alread
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Copeland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Rex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Rex is located in Van Buren County
- Dennard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennard
- Dennard is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dennard <4>
- Rumley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Crabtree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Scotland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Scotland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotland <4>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leigo, see our County-by-County Page for Leigo.
Cemeteries Near Leigo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leigo.
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 Leigo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leigo, with the one closest to Leigo listed first.
- Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cash Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cash Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cash Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Curtis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curtis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curtis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dodson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dodson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dodson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hendrix Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hendrix Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hendrix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Dodson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Dodson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Dodson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McCutchen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCutchen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCutchen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Witts Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Witts Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Witts Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Witt's Springs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1111765 <5>
- Ben's Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ben's Branch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ben's Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tarlton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tarlton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tarlton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- Tarlton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tarlton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tarlton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Richland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Richland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richland Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tarlton 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 Leigo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leigo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leigo, with the one closest to Leigo listed first.
- Cave Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Cave Creek is located in Newton County
- Witt's Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Witt's Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Snowball
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Point Peter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Peter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peter
- Point Peter is located in Searcy County
- Mount Judea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Judea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
- Mount Judea is located in Newton County
- Bear Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Bear Creek is located in Searcy County
- Blanco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Mount Hersey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hersey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hersey
- Mount Hersey is located in Newton County
- Red Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Smyrna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Duff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Yardelle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Watts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Wells Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wells Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Creek
- Wells Creek is located in Newton County
- Saint Joe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
- Saint Joe is located in Searcy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Joe <4>
- Watts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leigo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leigo.
Newspapers Published in Leigo ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leigo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leigo, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leigo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Leigo:
- 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 Searcy County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Conway County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Johnson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marion County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Newton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pope County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Van Buren County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Boone County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Searcy County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Searcy County
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Leigo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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- Leigo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leigo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8417, Longitude: -92.9404 In this case, the coordinates for Leigo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |