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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 Norfork (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 Norfork. 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.

Norfork is located in Baxter 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 Baxter County: Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone & Ozark (MO).

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

  • Baxter County     (The home county of Norfork)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norfork, with the one closest to Norfork listed first.
    • Norfork Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
    • Salesville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lone Rock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Briarcliff
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Jordan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hand ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rodney
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wake ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wake is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
    • Culp
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Buffalo City is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
    • Colfax
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain Home
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norfork, with the one closest to Norfork listed first.
    • Elizabeth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gepp
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Gepp is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
    • Bexar
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Viola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ott
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Ott is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
    • Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sturkie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Glencoe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Glencoe is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Moko
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Izard County
  • Marion County
  • Searcy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norfork, with the one closest to Norfork listed first.
    • Cozahome
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Harriet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Pine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Baker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilbert
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Leslie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stone County
  • Howell County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Norfork, with the one closest to Norfork listed first.
    • Ott
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Moody
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Moody is located in Howell County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
    • Caulfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Lebo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ozark County (MO)

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

Cemeteries Near Norfork ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Norfork.

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

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

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

  • Norfork Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Martin Springs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Galatia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Rock Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Arkana Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Burnt School House Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Douglas Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Acklin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Table Rock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Table Rock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Heart Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Talley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (232 more) ...
    • Moody Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hand Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove 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.<3>

While we didn't find Norfork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Norfork.

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

  • Lone Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • McPhearson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • McPhearson is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhearson
  • Culp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Iuka
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Wake ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wake is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
  • Buford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Buford is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
  • Calico Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pineville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mountain Home
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Henderson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Gassville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wild Cherry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Wild Cherry is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Cherry
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Elizabeth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ruth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Ruth is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
    • Independence ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Independence is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence

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

Newspapers Published in Norfork ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Norfork.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Norfork, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Norfork.

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 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 Norfork:

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>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 Norfork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Norfork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.