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 Lower Boydsville (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 Lower Boydsville. 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.
Lower Boydsville is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Greene, Randolph, Butler (MO), Dunklin (MO) & Ripley (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Lower Boydsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Boydsville:
- Clay County (The home county of Lower Boydsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- McDougal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McDougal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Rector
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Pollard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knobel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Corning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Piggott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moark is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Peach Orchard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Bell City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Saint Francis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nimmons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Datto
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Datto is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Red Onion
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Brookland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Monette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Marmaduke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lafe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Stonewall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Oak Grove Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Beech Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Bard
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Delaplaine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Paragould
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crowley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Pine Knot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Walcott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Finch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Light
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Arkmo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Leachville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Reyno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Biggers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Peru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- O'Kean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Serene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Serene is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
- Maynard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Maynard is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Skaggs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Skaggs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Brockett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brockett is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockett
- Middlebrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Middlebrook is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook
- Butler County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Fagus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fagus is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Neelyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oglesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Qulin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Qulin is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Harviell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Broseley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kelly Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Poplar Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Senath
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Kennett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cardwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Holcomb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pine City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- White Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Campbell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arbyrd
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Gibson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Cockrum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Caruth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Sumach
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Red Onion
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- New Madrid County (MO)
- Gideon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Peach Orchard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Gobler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Bragg City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Mid City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Deering
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Ripley County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Naylor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Naylor is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Current View
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Current View is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Oxly
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oxly is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
- Gamburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Fairdealing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Doniphan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Boydsville, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Boydsville.
Cemeteries Near Lower Boydsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Boydsville.
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 Lower Boydsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Boydsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Myer Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Purcel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- Trovillon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rogers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cudd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Lower Boydsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lower Boydsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Boydsville, with the one closest to Lower Boydsville listed first.
- Boydsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Boydsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydsville
- Crockett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Rector
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Marmaduke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Pollard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knobel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Corning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gainesville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Piggott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moark is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Peach Orchard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Halliday
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Halliday is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Carola ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carola is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carola
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lower Boydsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Boydsville.
Newspapers Published in Lower Boydsville ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Boydsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Boydsville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lower Boydsville.
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 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 Lower Boydsville:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Randolph County
- Butler County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Ripley 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 Lower Boydsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lower Boydsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |