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 Maddings Ferry (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 Maddings Ferry. 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.
Maddings Ferry is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Arkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Lincoln, Lonoke & Pulaski.
Below are the counties that are near Maddings Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maddings Ferry:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Maddings Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- Madding
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Madding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madding
- Noble Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- Cornerstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Richardson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Richardson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Rob Roy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rob Roy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Moscow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Altheimer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tamo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tamo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamo
- Pine Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wabbaseka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Pinebergen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinebergen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebergen
- Sherrill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Pastoria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pastoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
- Arkansas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- Humphrey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou Meto
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bayou Meto is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Stuttgart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gillett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Almyra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- De Witt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Parham ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parham is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parham
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- Rison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Staves
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Staves is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staves
- Toledo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toledo is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Pansy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pansy is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- White Oak Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak Bluff is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Bluff
- Desha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- Mitchellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchellville is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Dumas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- Center Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Center Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Grapevine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grapevine is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Ebb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ebb is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- Grady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sarassa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sarassa is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarassa
- Yorktown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Varner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Varner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varner
- Crigler
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Crigler is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crigler
- Meroney
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meroney is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meroney
- Star City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Palmyra
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Gould
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- South Bend ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
- Cornerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cornerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Tyro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tyro is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Warrenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Warrenton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- Allport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Allport is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Coy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Coy is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Humnoke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- England
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Seaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Seaton is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Keo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cobbs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Prairie County
- Fairmount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- Hensley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maddings Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Maddings Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Maddings Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maddings Ferry.
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 Maddings Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maddings Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- St. Ruth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mulberry Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Watt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Atkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cottondale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Gascony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bloomy Shade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Damascus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Hunters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bryson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Philips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Maddings Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maddings Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maddings Ferry, with the one closest to Maddings Ferry listed first.
- Madding
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Madding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madding
- Lake Dick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Dick is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dick
- Noble Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- New Gascony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Gascony is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gascony
- Fairfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Linwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Richardson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Richardson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Cornerstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Rob Roy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rob Roy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Wilkins
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkins is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins
- Altheimer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Farm is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Farm
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tamo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tamo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamo
- Swan Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Swan Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Pine Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maddings Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maddings Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Maddings Ferry ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maddings Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maddings Ferry, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maddings Ferry.
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 Maddings Ferry:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arkansas County
- Cleveland County
- Desha County
- Grant County
- Lincoln County
- Lonoke County
- Prairie County
- Pulaski 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' (or 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- Maddings Ferry) 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 Maddings Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |