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 Mount George (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 Mount George. 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 Mount George ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount George: Mt. George
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 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 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.
Mount George is located in Yell 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 Yell County: Conway, Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Pope & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Mount George. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount George:
- Yell County (The home county of Mount George)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount George, with the one closest to Mount George listed first.
- Petit Jean
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Petit Jean is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petit Jean
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chickalah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
- Ola
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dardanelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Birta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Birta is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birta
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Belleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount George, with the one closest to Mount George listed first.
- Pontoon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pontoon is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon
- Winrock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Winrock is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winrock
- Oppelo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oppelo is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Morrilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hattieville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Old Hickory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount George, with the one closest to Mount George listed first.
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gladstone is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Jessieville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount George, with the one closest to Mount George listed first.
- Piney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Piney is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Knoxville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Lamar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Spadra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spadra is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Clarksville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hagarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hagarville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagarville
- Ludwig
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ludwig is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig
- Strawberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Strawberry is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Hartman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hartman is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount George, with the one closest to Mount George listed first.
- Delaware
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- New Blaine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Scranton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scranton is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Corley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Corley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Morrison Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morrison Bluff is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Subiaco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Cotton Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Paris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- Fannie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fannie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannie
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount George, with the one closest to Mount George listed first.
- Casa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Casa is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Deberrie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deberrie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deberrie
- Adona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Adona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Perry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Perryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount George, with the one closest to Mount George listed first.
- North Dardanelle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Dardanelle is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dardanelle
- Holla Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- Bernice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- London
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pottsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pottsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
- Former names for Pottsville:
- Pott's Inn
- Pott's Station
- Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Center Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center Valley is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Wilson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Taral
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Taral is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taral
- Atkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Augsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Augsburg is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount George, see our County-by-County Page for Mount George.
Cemeteries Near Mount George ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount George.
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 Mount George - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount George covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount George, with the one closest to Mount George listed first.
- Mtount George Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dacus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sheppard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Louvenia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Petillo Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blackwell Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Dardanelle.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #322198 <2>
- Banks Hill Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chickalah Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chickalah Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- Fullton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandlin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Mount George in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount George.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount George, with the one closest to Mount George listed first.
- Alpha
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Chickalah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
- Ola
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ranger
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ranger is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Mount Nebo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Nebo is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Dardanelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Birta is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birta
- Gilkey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilkey is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilkey
- Holla Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- Belleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Casa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Casa is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Russellville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carden Bottoms
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Carden Bottoms is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carden Bottoms
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount George. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount George.
Newspapers Published in Mount George ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount George.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount George, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount George.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Mount George:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Yell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Conway County
- Garland County
- Johnson County
- Logan County
- Montgomery County
- Perry County
- Pope 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount George) 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 Mount George, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |