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 O'Donnell Bend (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 O'Donnell Bend. 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 O'Donnell Bend ...
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 O'Donnell Bend: O'Donnell Bnd.
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 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.
O'Donnell Bend is located in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County: Craighead, Crittenden, Poinsett, Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer (TN), Lauderdale (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near O'Donnell Bend. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to O'Donnell Bend:
- Mississippi County (The home county of O'Donnell Bend)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Barfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Burdette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Luxora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Armorel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Osceola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Gosnell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Victoria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Stark City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Driver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Keiser
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Marie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Caraway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Monette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Rives
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Hornersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cotton Plant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Rington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Tinkerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Arkmo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Caruth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Arbyrd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Senath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Cooter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Braggadocio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Gobler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Deering
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Caruthersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hayti Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hayti is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayti <1>
- Mid City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Crockett County (TN)
- Chestnut Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Ayers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Mengelwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Richwoods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Unionville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Boothspoint
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Finley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Bruceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Fowlkes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Middle City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Dyersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Hancock County (TN)
- Keeling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Woodville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Lake County (TN)
- Powells Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Ashport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Luckett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Fort Pillow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Arp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Glimp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Edith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Ripley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ripley is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <1>
- Henning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flippin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Durhamville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Gates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Shelby County (TN)
- Rosemark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Bride
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bride is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Detroit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Garland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Walnut Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Burlison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gilt Edge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Covington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Gift
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gift is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Brighton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Drummonds
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clopton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to O'Donnell Bend, see our County-by-County Page for O'Donnell Bend.
Cemeteries Near O'Donnell Bend ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of O'Donnell Bend.
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 O'Donnell Bend - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for O'Donnell Bend covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Rosa Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Steger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mann Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mann Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hatchie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Citizen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hatcher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- AME Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spur Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Green Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- The Green Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Cemetery
- Mack Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12619 <2>
- Continue List (280 more) ...
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Western Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 O'Donnell Bend in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of O'Donnell Bend.
These communities are listed based on their distance from O'Donnell Bend, with the one closest to O'Donnell Bend listed first.
- Ashport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Golddust
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Clear Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Barfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Fort Pillow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Mack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Lightfoot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lightfoot is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
- Osceola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glimp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Sans Souci
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sans Souci is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- Hales Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hales Point is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Point
- Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Detroit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Garland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Bride
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bride is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around O'Donnell Bend. See our List of 1890's Communities around O'Donnell Bend.
Newspapers Published in O'Donnell Bend ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around O'Donnell Bend.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of O'Donnell Bend, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for O'Donnell Bend.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 O'Donnell Bend:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot County
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Shelby County
- Tipton 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- O'Donnell Bend) 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 O'Donnell Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |