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 Maple (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 Maple. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Maple is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Benton, Boone, Madison, Newton, Barry (MO), Stone (MO) & Taney (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Maple. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maple:
- Carroll County (The home county of Maple)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Urbanette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Berryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Eye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Green Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Denver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Denver is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Eureka Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Holiday Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Lost Bridge Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Clantonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clantonville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
- Gateway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- War Eagle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Alpena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Omaha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Batavia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Myrtle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lowry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lowry is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Boone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Boone is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Bergman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bellefonte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Conway County
- Grandview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Marble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hindsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitener
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Compton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ponca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Washington County
- Spring Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Arrow Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Chain-O-Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Shell Knob
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hill City is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Thompsons Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsons Corner is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Corner
- Seligman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Cassville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Leann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leann is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leann
- Christian County (MO)
- Chestnutridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stone County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Blue Eye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lampe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coney Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Marmaros
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Kimberling City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Dollar City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Branson West
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Branson West is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Cape Fair
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Reeds Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- McCord Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McCord Bend is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Ridgedale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Table Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Branson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Melva ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Melva is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Hollister
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollister is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Kirbyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Powersite
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powersite is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersite
- Merriam Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam Woods is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
- Rockaway Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maple, see our County-by-County Page for Maple.
Cemeteries Near Maple ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maple.
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 Maple - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maple covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blackjack Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Boyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- High Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bunch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Yocum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- The Carr Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stewart's Bend Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53349 <3>
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Marshall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Berryville Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Eye Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blue Eye Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Blue Eye.
- The Blue Eye Cemetery has also been known as:
- Butler Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27640 <3>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Maple had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maple, with the one closest to Maple listed first.
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yocum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yocum is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
- Polo ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Berryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Eye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Baxter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baxter is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Denver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Denver is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Viola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Viola is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rule
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rule is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Coin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Junction ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maple. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maple.
Newspapers Published in Maple ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maple.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maple, 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 Maple.
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 Maple:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Washington County
- Barry County
- Christian County
- Stone County
- Taney 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 '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- Maple) 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 Maple, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |