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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 Manila (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 Manila. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Manila is located in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County: Craighead, Crittenden, Poinsett, Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer (TN), Lauderdale (TN) & Tipton (TN).

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

  • Mississippi County     (The home county of Manila)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
    • Leachville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Stark City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Stark City is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
    • Arkmo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Carroll's Corner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Victoria
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Victoria is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Etowah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Etowah is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
    • Gosnell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
    • Athelstan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Burdette
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Blytheville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
    • Rector
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Bell City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bell City is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
    • Nimmons
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Nimmons is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
  • Craighead County
  • Greene County
  • Poinsett County
  • Dunklin County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
    • Rington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Arkmo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hornersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
    • Arbyrd
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Red Onion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cardwell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cockrum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cotton Plant
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Senath
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rives
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • Caruth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Tinkerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Pemiscot County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
    • Holland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Gobler
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
    • Steele
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Steele is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,853 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steele <1>
    • Cooter
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cooter is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooter <1>
    • Deering
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
    • Braggadocio
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
    • Mid City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
    • Bragg City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Lauderdale County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
    • Daniels Point Landing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
    • Ashport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Fulton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Pillow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Luckett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Tipton County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila listed first.
    • Detroit
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilt Edge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Randolph
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnut Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Corona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Burlison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Garland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people

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

Cemeteries Near Manila ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manila.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Manila, with the one closest to Manila 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 Manila in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Manila.

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

  • Hornersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
  • Macey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Macey is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
  • Mangrum
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mangrum is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangrum
  • Athelstan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cockrum
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Nesbit
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
  • Cotton Plant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Lake City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Osceola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clear Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • Senath
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Bard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Carson Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Carson Lake is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Lake
    • Caruth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Sans Souci
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sans Souci is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Manila ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manila.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Manila. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Manila and those printed in the larger area surrounding Manila.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of Manila.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Manila:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manila) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Manila, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.