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 Nogal (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 Nogal. 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.
Nogal is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Saline & Yell.
Below are the counties that are near Nogal. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nogal:
- Perry County (The home county of Nogal)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nogal, with the one closest to Nogal listed first.
- Toad Suck
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Toad Suck is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Suck
- Dixie ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Bigelow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fourche
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fourche is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Houston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Italy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Little Italy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Perry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Perryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Adona
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Adona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Casa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Casa is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Deberrie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Deberrie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deberrie
- Cleburne County
- Quitman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nogal, with the one closest to Nogal listed first.
- Menifee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plumerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morrilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oppelo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oppelo is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Springfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Solgohachia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Middleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Hattieville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Center Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Winrock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Winrock is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winrock
- Old Hickory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Austin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nogal, with the one closest to Nogal listed first.
- Conway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lollie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lollie is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lollie
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Preston is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Wooster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Greenbrier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beryl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beryl is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Holland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Twin Groves
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Vilonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Guy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nogal, with the one closest to Nogal listed first.
- Wilson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Atkins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Economy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Holla Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- Appleton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Oak Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pottsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nogal, with the one closest to Nogal listed first.
- Monnie Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monnie Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monnie Springs
- Roland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Natural Steps
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Natural Steps is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natural Steps
- Maumelle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marche
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marche is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marche
- Ferndale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Secluded Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Secluded Hills is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secluded Hills
- Gibson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Banty ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Banty is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banty
- Cammack Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cammack Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cammack Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Gravel Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nogal, with the one closest to Nogal listed first.
- Paron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Paron is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paron
- Avilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Avilla is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Congo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Salem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nogal, with the one closest to Nogal listed first.
- Damascus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Formosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- Bee Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Morganton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- White County
- El Paso
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Yell County
- Cotton Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nogal, see our County-by-County Page for Nogal.
Cemeteries Near Nogal ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nogal.
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 Nogal - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nogal covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nogal, with the one closest to Nogal listed first.
- Casey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stony Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hartje Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Volman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Volman Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Bigelow.
- Houston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Faisst Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Round Mountain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cadron Gap Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plumerville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Nogal in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nogal.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nogal, with the one closest to Nogal listed first.
- Dixie ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Menifee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lollie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lollie is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lollie
- Conway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Houston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plumerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Preston is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Gold Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Creek is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Creek
- Wooster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morrilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oppelo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oppelo is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Roland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Palarm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palarm is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palarm
- Chadwick ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chadwick is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nogal. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nogal.
Newspapers Published in Nogal ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nogal.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nogal, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nogal.
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 Nogal:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleburne County
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Saline County
- Van Buren County
- White County
- Yell 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nogal) 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 Nogal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |