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 Oak Bower (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 Oak Bower. 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 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.
Oak Bower is located in Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County: Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Montgomery & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Oak Bower. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Bower:
- Hot Spring County (The home county of Oak Bower)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bower, with the one closest to Oak Bower listed first.
- Bismarck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Saginaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Donaldson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Social Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Bonnerdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Etta ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Etta is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Malvern
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Magnet Cove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Rockport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Perla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Perla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Butterfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bower, with the one closest to Oak Bower listed first.
- Caddo Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Arkadelphia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Gum Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Joan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joan
- Amity
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Griffithtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Griffithtown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithtown
- Curtis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Okolona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gurdon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Beirne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bower, with the one closest to Oak Bower listed first.
- Dalark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dalark is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalark
- Manning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manning is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bower, with the one closest to Oak Bower listed first.
- Lake Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rockwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rockwell is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
- Pearcy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Piney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Piney is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Royal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hot Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meyers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Price
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Price is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Mountain Pine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Avant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Avant is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avant
- Fountain Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Blue Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Lonsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grant County
- Poyen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Poyen is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bower, with the one closest to Oak Bower listed first.
- Mazarn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Alamo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Joplin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Joplin is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Fir ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Ophir
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Caddo Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Manfred
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Manfred is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Bower, with the one closest to Oak Bower listed first.
- Caney Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Caney Valley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Glenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Antoine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Delight
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Pike City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Piney Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Kirby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bowen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Pisgah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lodi is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Bower, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Bower.
Cemeteries Near Oak Bower ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Bower.
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 Oak Bower - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oak Bower covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Bower, with the one closest to Oak Bower listed first.
- Oak Bower Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- De Roche Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forrest Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brushy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holstein Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prince Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Free Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Golden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rush Fork Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beason Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Oak Bower in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Bower.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Bower, with the one closest to Oak Bower listed first.
- Bismarck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- De Roche
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- De Roche is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Roche
- Sanders ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sanders is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
- Point Cedar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Point Cedar is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Cedar
- Oma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oma is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oma
- Wayside ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wayside is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Hearn ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hearn is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearn
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Arkadelphia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pearcy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hollywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hollywood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Daleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daleville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Witherspoon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Witherspoon is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witherspoon
- Elm ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Elm is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Bower. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Bower.
Newspapers Published in Oak Bower ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Bower.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Bower, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Bower.
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 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 Oak Bower:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Hot Spring County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Dallas County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Montgomery County
- Pike 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> | 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 Oak Bower, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Bower) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |