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 Mitchell Mill (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 Mitchell Mill. 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 Mitchell Mill ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mitchell Mill: Mitchell Ml. (or less commonly used: Mitchell Mll.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mitchell Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mitchell Mill.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Mitchell Mill is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clay, Craighead, Lawrence, Randolph & Dunklin (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Mitchell Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mitchell Mill:
- Greene County (The home county of Mitchell Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Mill, with the one closest to Mitchell Mill listed first.
- Marmaduke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Lafe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Oak Grove Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Paragould
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Beech Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Crowley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Pine Knot
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Finch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Walcott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Delaplaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Mill, with the one closest to Mitchell Mill listed first.
- Rector
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Bell City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Nimmons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Piggott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Francis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McDougal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McDougal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Knobel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Corning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Moark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moark is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Mill, with the one closest to Mitchell Mill listed first.
- Red Onion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Black Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Brookland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caraway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Mill, with the one closest to Mitchell Mill listed first.
- Arkmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Leachville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stark City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Manila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gosnell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Blytheville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Randolph County
- Reyno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Butler County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Mill, with the one closest to Mitchell Mill listed first.
- Fagus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fagus is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Oglesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Qulin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Qulin is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Neelyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Mill, with the one closest to Mitchell Mill listed first.
- Senath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Arbyrd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Caruth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Kennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cardwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cotton Plant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Hornersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Arkmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Cockrum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Rington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Rives
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- New Madrid County (MO)
- Gideon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mitchell Mill, with the one closest to Mitchell Mill listed first.
- Gobler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Bragg City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Deering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Peach Orchard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Braggadocio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Steele
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Holland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Pascola
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Homestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Wardell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Cooter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mitchell Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Mitchell Mill.
Cemeteries Near Mitchell Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mitchell Mill.
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 Mitchell Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mitchell Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mitchell Mill, with the one closest to Mitchell Mill listed first.
- Leonard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McGrew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lanier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reddick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Senath Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Heights Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cudd Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Harveys Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Senath (MO).
- The Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lulu Baptist Church Cemetery
- Lulu Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #243731 <2>
- Cude Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Mitchell Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mitchell Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mitchell Mill, with the one closest to Mitchell Mill listed first.
- Rector
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Senath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Marmaduke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nesbit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Caruth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Vincit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Greenway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Kennett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Halliday
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halliday is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Bard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Cotton Plant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Hornersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Boydsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boydsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydsville
- Cockrum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Crockett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Crockett is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mitchell Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mitchell Mill.
Newspapers Published in Mitchell Mill ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mitchell Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mitchell Mill, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mitchell Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mitchell Mill:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Mississippi County
- Randolph County
- Butler County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot 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 '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- Mitchell Mill) 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 Mitchell Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |