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 McClendons Corner (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 McClendons Corner. 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.
Name Variations for McClendons Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for McClendons Corner: McClendons Cor. (or less commonly used: McClendons Crn.)
- While the name of this community is McClendons Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So McClendons Corner may originally have been McClendon's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McClendons Corner might be written as McClendon Corner.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and hospitals 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.
McClendons Corner 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 McClendons Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McClendons Corner:
- Mississippi County (The home county of McClendons Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Whitton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Dyess
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Denwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Bardstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Bassett
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Birdsong
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Frenchmans Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Joiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Marie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Wilson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- West Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Athelstan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Caraway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Black Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Lake City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- Monette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lake View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Gilmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Turrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Heafer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Clarkedale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Poindexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Jericho
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- James Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Sunset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Crawfordsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Earle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Twist
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Bay Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Parkin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Alto
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lepanto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tyronza
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marked Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rivervale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Black Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Hatchie Coon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Trumann
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Ashport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Cuba
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Giles Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Lucy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Millington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Memphis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hunt Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Rosemark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Spring Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Binghampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Corona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Drummonds
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Wilkinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Gilt Edge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Detroit
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Munford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Burlison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Atoka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Garland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Bride
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bride is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McClendons Corner, see our County-by-County Page for McClendons Corner.
Cemeteries Near McClendons Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McClendons Corner.
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 McClendons Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McClendons Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Ward Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ward Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the west of Joiner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56700 <4>
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Pisby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bowden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Louise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Conaster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woolsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bassett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Uzzell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spear Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<5>
While we didn't find McClendons Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McClendons Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McClendons Corner, with the one closest to McClendons Corner listed first.
- Bardstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Tyronza
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
- Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Thomas is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Gilmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Corona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Golden Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
- Marked Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lambethville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lambethville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambethville
- Pecan Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
- Athelstan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Carson Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carson Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Lake
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Poindexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Nodena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nodena is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
- Hatchie Coon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McClendons Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around McClendons Corner.
Newspapers Published in McClendons Corner ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around McClendons Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McClendons Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McClendons Corner.
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 helpful 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 McClendons Corner:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Poinsett County
- Lauderdale County
- Shelby County
- Tipton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- McClendons Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 McClendons Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |