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 Lick Branch (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 Lick Branch. 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 Lick Branch ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lick Branch: Lick Br. (or less commonly used: Lick Brnch.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lick Branch. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lick Branch.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Lick Branch 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 Lick Branch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lick Branch:
- Boone County (The home county of Lick Branch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Ridgeway
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Burlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Alpena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Batavia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Myrtle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Harrison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Omaha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bergman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Keener ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Keener is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keener
- Bellefonte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Lowry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lowry is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Boone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boone is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Denver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denver is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Green Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Blue Eye
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Osage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Rudd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rudd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Dryfork
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Metalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- Urbanette
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Berryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Conway County
- Grandview
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Marble
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Monarch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Monarch is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Pyatt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pyatt is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Eros
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Eros is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
- Dodd City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dodd City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
- Peel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bruno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Compton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Western Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Western Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Jasper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ponca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hasty
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hasty is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Boxley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Parthenon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Murray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Vendor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Vendor is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vendor
- Mount Judea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Judea is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
- Searcy County
- Pindall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pindall is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Arrow Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Golden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Shell Knob
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-O-Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Ozark County (MO)
- Ocie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ocie is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocie
- Stone County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Blue Eye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lampe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coney Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Indian Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Marmaros
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Silver Dollar City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Kimberling City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Branson West
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Branson West is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Reeds Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Ridgedale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Melva ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Melva is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Table Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Hollister
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hollister is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Branson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kirbyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cedarcreek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarcreek is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcreek
- Powersite
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Powersite is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Protem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Forsyth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rockaway Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bull Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lick Branch, see our County-by-County Page for Lick Branch.
Cemeteries Near Lick Branch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lick Branch.
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 Lick Branch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lick Branch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Gass Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Auman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Auman Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Alpena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52882 <3>
- Loback Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Youngblood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alpena Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duncard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gifford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sanders Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Denning Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thomason Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Markley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McCracken Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (248 more) ...
- Carrollton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denver Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Denver Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Denver.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53686 <3>
- Riddle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Lick Branch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lick Branch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lick Branch, with the one closest to Lick Branch listed first.
- Francis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Francis is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Burlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Batavia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Carrollton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Denver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denver is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Coin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Harrison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Myrtle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Omaha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oregon ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oregon is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Yocum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yocum is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Green Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rule
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rule is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Hill Top
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hill Top is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lick Branch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lick Branch.
Newspapers Published in Lick Branch ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lick Branch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lick Branch, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lick Branch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lick Branch:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Boone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Newton County
- Searcy County
- Barry County
- Ozark County
- Stone County
- Taney 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lick Branch) 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 Lick Branch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |