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 Neely (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 Neely. 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 hospitals 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.
Old Neely is located in Yell 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 Yell County: Conway, Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Pope & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Old Neely. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Neely:
- Yell County (The home county of Old Neely)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Neely, with the one closest to Old Neely listed first.
- Cotton Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Dardanelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Petit Jean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petit Jean is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petit Jean
- Birta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Birta is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birta
- Chickalah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
- Ola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Danville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Corinth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Belleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rover
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Havana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Neely, with the one closest to Old Neely listed first.
- Pontoon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pontoon is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon
- Winrock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Winrock is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winrock
- Oppelo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oppelo is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Morrilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hattieville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Old Hickory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Jerusalem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Solgohachia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Plumerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cleveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Menifee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Faulkner County
- Lollie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lollie is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lollie
- Garland County
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gladstone is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Neely, with the one closest to Old Neely listed first.
- Piney
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Piney is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Lamar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hagarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hagarville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagarville
- Spadra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spadra is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Neely, with the one closest to Old Neely listed first.
- Delaware
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- New Blaine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scranton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scranton is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Sand Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sand Ridge is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Morrison Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morrison Bluff is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- Corley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Corley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Neely, with the one closest to Old Neely listed first.
- Casa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Casa is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Adona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Deberrie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Deberrie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deberrie
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Perryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Houston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bigelow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fourche
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fourche is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Dixie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Toad Suck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Toad Suck is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Suck
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Neely, with the one closest to Old Neely listed first.
- Holla Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- North Dardanelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Dardanelle is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dardanelle
- Bernice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Pottsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- 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
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wilson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atkins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Center Valley is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Taral
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Taral is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taral
- Moreland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Economy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Economy is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Neely, see our County-by-County Page for Old Neely.
Cemeteries Near Old Neely ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Neely.
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 Neely - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Neely covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Neely, with the one closest to Old Neely listed first.
- Pearson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bata Mill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ringer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slaty Crossing Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dunn Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Thompson Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Moore's Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Petillo Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Shinn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Needmore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bryant Cove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Old Neely in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Neely.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Neely, with the one closest to Old Neely listed first.
- Holla Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- Carden Bottoms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carden Bottoms is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carden Bottoms
- Dardanelle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Divide ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Divide is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Birta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Birta is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birta
- Casa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Casa is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Alpha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Mount Nebo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Nebo is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Chickalah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
- Ola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Atkins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ada is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Nimrod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nimrod is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Aplin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Aplin is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Neely. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Neely.
Newspapers Published in Old Neely ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Neely.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Neely, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Neely.
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 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 Neely:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Yell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Garland County
- Johnson County
- Logan County
- Perry County
- Pope 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Neely) 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 Old Neely, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |