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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 Montrose (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 Montrose. 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/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Montrose is located in Ashley 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 Ashley County: Bradley, Chicot, Drew, Union, Morehouse (LA) & Union (LA).

Below are the counties/parishes that are near Montrose. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Montrose:

  • Ashley County     (The home county of Montrose)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • Portland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Parkdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Wilmot
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wilmot is located in Ashley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
    • Hamburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Fountain Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Elon ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Elon is located in Ashley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
    • North Crossett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • North Crossett is located in Ashley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crossett
    • Crossett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West Crossett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • West Crossett is located in Ashley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Crossett
  • Bradley County
  • Chicot County
  • Desha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • McGehee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Arkansas City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Arkansas City is located in Desha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • McArthur
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Reed
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Reed is located in Desha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
  • Drew County
  • Morehouse Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • Jones
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Bonita
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • West Carroll Parish (LA)
  • Bolivar County (MS)
  • Washington County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.
    • Avon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • James
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Byrne City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Byrne City is located in Washington County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrne City
    • Greenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Metcalfe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Metcalfe is located in Washington County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalfe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Montrose, see our County-by-County Page for Montrose.

Cemeteries Near Montrose ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montrose.

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 Montrose - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Montrose covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.

  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Portland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Holly Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Snyder Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver Mound Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Townsend Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Marion Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bayou Macon Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • New Troy Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (158 more) ...
    • Old Troy Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Powell Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • St. John Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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.<2>

While we didn't find Montrose in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Montrose.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Montrose, with the one closest to Montrose listed first.

  • Portland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sunshine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sunshine is located in Ashley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Trafalgar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Trafalgar is located in Ashley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trafalgar
  • Snyder
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Snyder is located in Ashley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
  • Hudspeth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hudspeth is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudspeth
  • Parkdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lake Village
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Berea
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Berea is located in Ashley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
  • Baxter
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Baxter is located in Drew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
  • Collins
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Dermott
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Hamburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sunnyside
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Sunnyside is located in Chicot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Scipio
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Scipio is located in Drew County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
    • Halley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Halley is located in Desha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halley

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Montrose. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montrose.

Newspapers Published in Montrose ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montrose.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Montrose, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Montrose.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Montrose:

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>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 Montrose, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Montrose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.