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 Macey (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 Macey. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Macey is located in Craighead 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 Craighead County: Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett & Dunklin (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Macey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Macey:
- Craighead County (The home county of Macey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Macey, with the one closest to Macey listed first.
- Monette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Red Onion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Lake View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Black Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caraway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brookland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Jonesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Bono
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Obear ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macey, with the one closest to Macey listed first.
- Rector
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bell City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Greenway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Peach Orchard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Nimmons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Knobel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macey, with the one closest to Macey listed first.
- Bard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Paragould
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Knot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Oak Grove Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Finch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Marmaduke
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crowley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Walcott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Lafe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Beech Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Light
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Stonewall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Delaplaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Lawrence County
- Sedgwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macey, with the one closest to Macey listed first.
- Leachville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Arkmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Manila
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Etowah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- West Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Carroll's Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Dell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Stark City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Athelstan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Victoria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Gosnell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Keiser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Macey, with the one closest to Macey listed first.
- Rivervale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Trumann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchie Coon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Lepanto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Marked Tree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Tyronza
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- O'Kean
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Macey, with the one closest to Macey listed first.
- Red Onion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cockrum
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Arkmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Cardwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arbyrd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Rington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Hornersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cotton Plant
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Caruth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rives
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Macey, with the one closest to Macey listed first.
- Gobler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Holland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Macey, see our County-by-County Page for Macey.
Cemeteries Near Macey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Macey.
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 Macey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Macey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Macey, with the one closest to Macey listed first.
- Macy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Burrow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parsons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Cane Island Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Leachville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Leachville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Leachville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #303437 <2>
- Cochran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Cane Island Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coffman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mangrum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Parsell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- Silverdale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caraway Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Manila Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Macey had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Macey, with the one closest to Macey listed first.
- Cockrum
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mangrum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mangrum is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangrum
- Bard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Bethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Paragould
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Halliday
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Halliday is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Hornersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Nesbit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Finch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Nettleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nettleton is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Athelstan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Gainesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Macey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Macey.
Newspapers Published in Macey ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Macey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Macey, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Macey.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Macey:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Craighead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Lawrence County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Randolph County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot 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 Macey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Macey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |