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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 Lisbon (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 Lisbon. 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/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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/parishes 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Lisbon is located in Union 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 Union County: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Ouachita, Claiborne (LA), Morehouse (LA) & Union (LA).

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

  • Union County     (The home county of Lisbon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Dumas City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Dumas City is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas City
    • Mount Holly
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Land
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Smackover
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Norphlet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Norphlet is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norphlet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
    • El Dorado
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Scotland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Calion
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Calion is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
    • Perdue City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Perdue City is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue City
    • Crain City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Crain City is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crain City
    • Junction City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Junction City is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
    • Blanchard Springs ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bradley County
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Hampton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Harrell is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
  • Columbia County
  • Ouachita County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Louann
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Liberty
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pace City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Pace City is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace City
    • Joyce City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Joyce City is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce City
    • Stephens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cullendale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lufra ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lufra is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
    • Camden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • East Camden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Camden is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Camden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
    • Vanduzer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bragg City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bragg City is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
  • Claiborne Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Junction City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Junction City is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
    • Wards Mill ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Wards Mill is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wards Mill
    • Gordon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Summerfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Haynesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Weldon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Union Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lisbon, with the one closest to Lisbon listed first.
    • Lillie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lillie is located in Union Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lillie <1>
    • Spearsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pisgah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Lisbon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lisbon.

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 Lisbon - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lisbon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Yocum Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Coulter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sweet Canaan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Howard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Scott - Young Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pate Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lone Oak Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (271 more) ...
    • Beech Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Friendship Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harris Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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 Lisbon had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Shuler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shuler is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuler
  • Mount Holly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Liberty
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • El Dorado
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wesson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Wesson is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesson
  • Elliott
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Elliott is located in Ouachita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
  • Spotville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Spotville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spotville
  • Three Creeks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Three Creeks is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creeks
  • Frenchport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Frenchport is located in Ouachita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchport
  • Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cornie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cornie is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornie
  • Little Bay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Bay is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bay
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Atlanta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Atlanta is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
    • Buena Vista
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Buena Vista is located in Ouachita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • Laughlin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Laughlin is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin

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

Newspapers Published in Lisbon ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lisbon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lisbon, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lisbon.

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 helpful 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 Lisbon:

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 Lisbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Lisbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.