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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 Newport (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 Newport. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Newport is located in Jackson County and is the County Seat.

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 Jackson County: Craighead, Cross, Independence, Lawrence, Poinsett, White & Woodruff.

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Newport)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
    • Island Town
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Island Town is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Town
    • Diaz
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Diaz is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
    • Jacksonport
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Campbell Station
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Campbell Station is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Station
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
    • Airport Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Airport Village is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
    • Auvergne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Remmel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Amagon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Tuckerman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Shoffner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Elgin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Elgin is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Algoa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cleburne County
  • Craighead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
    • Cash
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cash is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
    • Obear ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Obear is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
    • Egypt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Egypt is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Egypt <1>
  • Cross County
  • Independence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
    • Oil Trough
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Newark
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Thida
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Magness
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Magness is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magness
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Cord
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Rosie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sulphur Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Charlotte
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Charlotte is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
    • Salado
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Salado is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
    • Moorefield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Moorefield is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Pleasant Plains
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
    • Southside
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Southside is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
    • Saffell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Alicia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Strawberry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Lynn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Minturn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Minturn is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
  • Poinsett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
    • Fisher
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Fisher is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Waldenburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Weiner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Harrisburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sharp County
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
    • Bradford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bradford is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
    • Russell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bliss ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bliss is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
    • Davenport ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Davenport is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
    • Bald Knob
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnydale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Judsonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodruff County

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

Cemeteries Near Newport ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newport.

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

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Newport had a population of 1,571 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Newport had a population of 7,389 people.

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

  • Diaz
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Diaz is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
  • Jacksonport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Auvergne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Elmo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Elmo is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
  • Remmel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Paroquet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Paroquet is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paroquet
  • Olyphant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Olyphant is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olyphant
  • Shoffner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Tuckerman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Akron ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Akron is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Elgin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Elgin is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Oil Trough
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Newport ...

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 Newport.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Newport. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Newport and those printed in the larger area surrounding Newport.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Newport.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Newport:

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 Newport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Newport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.