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 Mounds (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 Mounds. 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 and hospitals 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.
Mounds 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 Mounds. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mounds:
- Greene County (The home county of Mounds)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Marmaduke
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Lafe
(12 miles [19.3 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
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Beech Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Crowley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Pine Knot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Finch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Walcott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Delaplaine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Light
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Rector
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenway
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Nimmons
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McDougal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- McDougal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Knobel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Saint Francis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Peach Orchard
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Corning
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moark is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Datto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Datto is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Red Onion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Black Oak
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Caraway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Philadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Arkmo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Leachville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Manila
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stark City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- 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
- Dell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Blytheville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll's Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Etowah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Burdette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Victoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Reyno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- O'Kean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Butler County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Fagus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fagus is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Oglesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Qulin
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Senath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Cardwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Arbyrd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Cockrum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Caruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Arkmo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Red Onion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cotton Plant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- 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
- Rington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Kennett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rives
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Tinkerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- New Madrid County (MO)
- Gideon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Gobler
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Bragg City
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Mid City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Deering
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Peach Orchard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Braggadocio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Pascola
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Cooter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Homestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Hayti Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Wardell
(29 miles [46.7 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mounds, see our County-by-County Page for Mounds.
Cemeteries Near Mounds ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mounds.
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 Mounds - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mounds covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Reddick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McGrew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leonard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lanier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harveys Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parsell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Senath Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Heights Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cudd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Purcel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsoe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hartsoe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Mounds in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mounds.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mounds, with the one closest to Mounds listed first.
- Marmaduke
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Senath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Rector
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Halliday
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Halliday is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Cockrum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Nesbit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Caruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- 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
- Cotton Plant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Vincit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Gainesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gainesville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Paragould
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boydsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boydsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydsville
- Greenway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mounds. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mounds.
Newspapers Published in Mounds ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mounds.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mounds, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mounds.
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 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 Mounds:
- 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Mounds) 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 Mounds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |