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 Mersman (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 Mersman. 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 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.
Mersman is located in Cross 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 Cross County: Crittenden, Jackson, Poinsett, Saint Francis & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Mersman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mersman:
- Cross County (The home county of Mersman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vanndale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Bay Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Levesque
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Wynne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Parkin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Twist
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Hickory Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Obear ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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 <1>
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Earle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Poindexter
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Heafer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Jennette
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Crawfordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gilmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Turrell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Proctor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clarkedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- James Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Edmondson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Beedeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beedeville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beedeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Balch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Balch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balch
- Gourd Neck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gourd Neck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gourd Neck
- Algoa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Algoa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoa
- Amagon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Amagon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Remmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Remmel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
- Tupelo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grubbs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Shoffner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shoffner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoffner
- Weldon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Auvergne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Auvergne is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvergne
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Birdsong
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Whitton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Harrisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fisher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Waldenburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Weiner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Black Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Marked Tree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchie Coon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Tyronza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Trumann
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lepanto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Colt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <1>
- Caldwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Widener
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Forrest City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Heth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Bonair
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Morton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Bemis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- McCrory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
- DeView
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
- Patterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Riverside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Colona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colona is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
- Hunter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mersman, see our County-by-County Page for Mersman.
Cemeteries Near Mersman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mersman.
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 Mersman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mersman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Warren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Akin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Akin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Vanndale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52794 <3>
- Halk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bowers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Maria Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harefarm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wynne Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Hawk Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cogbill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McDonald Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Mersman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mersman.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mersman, with the one closest to Mersman listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vanndale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Bay Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Wynne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Levesque
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Whitehall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Whitehall is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Wittsburg ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wittsburg is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittsburg
- Hamlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamlin is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Parkin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Tilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tilton is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Harrisburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fisher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Colt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <1>
- Newcastle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Newcastle is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mersman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mersman.
Newspapers Published in Mersman ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mersman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mersman, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mersman.
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 Mersman:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Jackson County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis 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> | 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- Mersman) 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 Mersman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |