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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 Locke (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 Locke. 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 hospitals 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.

Locke 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 Locke. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Locke:

  • Crawford County     (The home county of Locke)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
    • Winfrey
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Chester
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bidville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountainburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mulberry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Anna ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Anna is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Dyer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Rudy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rudy is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Alma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Alma is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
    • Lee Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
    • Concord
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Concord is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Cedarville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
    • Cravens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cass
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Felkner Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Felkner Town is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felkner Town
    • White Oak
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Watalula
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cecil
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Cecil is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
    • Ozark
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Top
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Webb City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Webb City is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
    • Dahoma ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Dahoma is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahoma
    • Wiederkehr Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wiederkehr Village is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiederkehr Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Altus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
    • Linville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Linville is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
    • Batson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Batson is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
    • Smeadley ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Smeadley is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeadley
    • Oark
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Coal Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Harmony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Hartman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
    • Ratcliff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Caulksville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Caulksville is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caulksville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Carbon City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Carbon City is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon City
  • Madison County
  • Sebastian County
  • Washington County
  • Adair County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
    • Bell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Salem is located in Adair County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Le Flore County (OK)
  • Sequoyah County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Locke, with the one closest to Locke listed first.
    • Short
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Short is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
    • Moffett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Moffett is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moffett <1>
    • Belfonte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Belfonte is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfonte
    • Remy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Remy is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
    • Roland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Roland is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,020 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roland <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Locke ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Locke.

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

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

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

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 Locke in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Locke.

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

  • Fern
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fern is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
  • Chester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mountainburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bidville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Graphic ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Graphic is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graphic
  • Armada ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Armada is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada
  • White Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • White Rock is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
  • Belmont ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Belmont is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Winslow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sunset
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sunset is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Lancaster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lancaster is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Cravens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Blackburn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Blackburn is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
    • Anna ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Anna is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Brentwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Locke ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Locke.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Locke, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Locke.

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 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 Locke:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Locke) 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 Locke, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.