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 McJester (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 McJester. 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 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 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.
McJester is located in Cleburne 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 Cleburne County: Faulkner, Independence, Stone, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near McJester. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McJester:
- Cleburne County (The home county of McJester)
- The following are listed by their distance from McJester, with the one closest to McJester listed first.
- Rainbow Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow Island is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Island
- Wilburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilburn is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
- Ida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tumbling Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Heber Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Yuba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Drasco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Drasco is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Wolf Bayou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Bayou is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bayou
- Almond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Almond is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Miller ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Pearson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pearson is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from McJester, with the one closest to McJester listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Enders
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Enola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Enola is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from McJester, with the one closest to McJester listed first.
- Floral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Floral is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Pleasant Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Locust Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Southside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Southside is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Desha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Desha is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desha
- Salado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Salado is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
- Thida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Thida is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thida
- Rosie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosie is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosie
- Bethesda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bethesda is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Batesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oil Trough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Denieville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Denieville is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denieville
- Magness
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Magness is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McJester, with the one closest to McJester listed first.
- Grand Glaise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grand Glaise is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Glaise
- Jacksonport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from McJester, with the one closest to McJester listed first.
- Marcella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Marcella is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Pleasant Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from McJester, with the one closest to McJester listed first.
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Fairfield Bay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Eglantine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Morganton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Shirley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gravesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from McJester, with the one closest to McJester listed first.
- Pangburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clay
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Sunnydale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sunnydale is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
- Letona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Letona is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bliss is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Center Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Center Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Searcy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Judsonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Bud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Knob
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kensett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Russell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff County
- Augusta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McJester, see our County-by-County Page for McJester.
Cemeteries Near McJester ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McJester.
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 McJester - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McJester covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McJester, with the one closest to McJester listed first.
- Wallace Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Faulkner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Vinson - Barnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Henderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Wilburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174476 <2>
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Wilburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55105 <2>
- Center Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burns Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Wilburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53267 <2>
- Leggett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burkett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- Warren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Howell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 McJester in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McJester.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McJester, with the one closest to McJester listed first.
- Hiram
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hiram is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Pangburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tyler ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Little Red
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Red is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Red
- Clay
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Ida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bliss is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Banner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Banner is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Heber Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Yuba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Pleasant Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clear Water ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Water is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Water
- Wolf Bayou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Bayou is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bayou
- Denmark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McJester. See our List of 1890's Communities around McJester.
Newspapers Published in McJester ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around McJester.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McJester, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McJester.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 McJester:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Faulkner County
- Independence County
- Jackson County
- Stone County
- Van Buren County
- White County
- Woodruff 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- McJester) 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 McJester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |