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 Old Jenny Lind (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 Old Jenny Lind. 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.
Old Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian 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 Sebastian County: Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Scott, Le Flore (OK) & Sequoyah (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Old Jenny Lind. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Jenny Lind:
- Sebastian County (The home county of Old Jenny Lind)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Jenny Lind, with the one closest to Old Jenny Lind listed first.
- Jenny Lind
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
- Buell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buell is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
- Bonanza
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bonanza is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
- Barling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hackett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Smith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Central City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Central City is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
- Lavaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Midland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Midland is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Bloomer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bloomer is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Huntington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Huntington is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
- Frog Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Frog Town is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Town
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Jenny Lind, with the one closest to Old Jenny Lind listed first.
- Wright Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wright Town is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Town
- Kibler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kibler is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- New Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Van Buren
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Concord
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Alma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rudy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rudy is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Dyer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mulberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Barcelona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Mountainburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Jenny Lind, with the one closest to Old Jenny Lind listed first.
- Charleston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Leon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Donald ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Donald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Dahoma ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dahoma is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahoma
- Cecil
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Jenny Lind, with the one closest to Old Jenny Lind listed first.
- Lucas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lucas is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Carolan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carolan is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolan
- Booneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ratcliff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Golden City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Golden City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden City
- Caulksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Caulksville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caulksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Magazine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Magazine is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
- Carbon City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carbon City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon City
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Jenny Lind, with the one closest to Old Jenny Lind listed first.
- Bates
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bates is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Winfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Winfield is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Waldron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Le Flore County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Jenny Lind, with the one closest to Old Jenny Lind listed first.
- Pocola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Arkoma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Island is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
- Braden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Braden is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Cameron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Coffee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Coffee is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Coffee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Skullyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Skullyville is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullyville
- Spiro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spiro is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiro <1>
- Panama
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Monroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Poteau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bokoshe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sequoyah County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Jenny Lind, with the one closest to Old Jenny Lind listed first.
- Moffett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Remy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Remy is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Muldrow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Long
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Long is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Gans
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gans is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gans <1>
- Short
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Short is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Belfonte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Belfonte is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfonte
- Akins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Akins is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akins
- Brent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brent is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Seven Oaks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Sallisaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Jenny Lind, see our County-by-County Page for Old Jenny Lind.
Cemeteries Near Old Jenny Lind ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Jenny Lind.
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 Old Jenny Lind - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Jenny Lind covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Jenny Lind, with the one closest to Old Jenny Lind listed first.
- Douglass Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jenny Lind Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Zineche Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gentry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stroud Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
- The Evans Cemetery has also been known as:
- Excelsior Baptist Church Cemetery
- Excelsior Cemetery
- Steep Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mc Coy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Doubleday Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Barling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clarkeen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Old Jenny Lind in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Jenny Lind.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Jenny Lind, with the one closest to Old Jenny Lind listed first.
- Jenny Lind
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Excelsior
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Excelsior is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Crescent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
- Buell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buell is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
- Jenson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jenson is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson
- Hackett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Witcherville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Witcherville is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witcherville
- Cavanaugh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cavanaugh is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavanaugh
- Massard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Massard is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massard
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fort Smith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Montreal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Montreal is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montreal
- Burnville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burnville is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Jenny Lind. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Jenny Lind.
Newspapers Published in Old Jenny Lind ...
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 136 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Jenny Lind.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Jenny Lind, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Jenny Lind.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Old Jenny Lind:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Sebastian County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Logan County
- Scott County
- Le Flore County
- Sequoyah 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> | 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 Old Jenny Lind, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Old Jenny Lind) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |