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 Mulligan (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 Mulligan. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Mulligan is located in Poinsett 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 Poinsett County: Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Jackson & Mississippi.
Below are the counties that are near Mulligan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mulligan:
- Poinsett County (The home county of Mulligan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Trumann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hatchie Coon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Weiner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Waldenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marked Tree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rivervale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Lepanto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fisher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Black Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Jonesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Obear ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Philadelphia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Cash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Bono
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brookland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Egypt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Caraway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Poindexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Gilmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Heafer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Bay Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Cherry Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Twist
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Hickory Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Vanndale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Finch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Pine Knot
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Walcott
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Light
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Paragould
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crowley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Grubbs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Balch
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Balch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balch
- Amagon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amagon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Swifton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Swifton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Algoa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Algoa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoa
- Airport Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Remmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Remmel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
- Tuckerman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beedeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beedeville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beedeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Kenyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kenyon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Sedgwick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alicia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alicia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Minturn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Hoxie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- West Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Etowah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Whitton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Dyess
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Athelstan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Carroll's Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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
- Leachville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Birdsong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 southeast)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Red Onion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cockrum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mulligan, see our County-by-County Page for Mulligan.
Cemeteries Near Mulligan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mulligan.
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 Mulligan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mulligan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Houston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McDaniel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bolivar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kelly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spencer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (198 more) ...
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Otwell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otwell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Otwell Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest of Jonesboro.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55553 <3>
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Mulligan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mulligan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mulligan, with the one closest to Mulligan listed first.
- Buffalolick ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Buffalolick is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalolick
- Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ridge is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Nettleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nettleton is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
- Jonesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Obear ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McDaniel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- McDaniel is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniel
- Weiner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Hatchie Coon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Cash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Whitehall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Whitehall is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Bono
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Brookland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mulligan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mulligan.
Newspapers Published in Mulligan ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mulligan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mulligan, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mulligan.
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 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 Mulligan:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Poinsett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Greene County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Mississippi County
- Dunklin 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mulligan) 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 Mulligan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |