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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Onalaska. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Onalaska to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Onalaska, please Contact Us.
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 Onalaska (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 Onalaska. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Onalaska is historic, it would have been located within present day Ouachita 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 Ouachita County: Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Nevada & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Onalaska. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Onalaska:
- Ouachita County (The home county of Onalaska)
- The following are listed by their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Vanduzer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vanduzer is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduzer
- East Camden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Camden is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Camden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Millville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Millville is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Bearden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Camden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cullendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cullendale is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullendale
- Wyloe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wyloe is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyloe
- Bragg City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bragg City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Chidester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chidester is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chidester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Lufra ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lufra is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Louann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Louann is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Banks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Banks is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Lanark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lanark is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Jersey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Harlow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harlow is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
- Hopeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hopeville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Thornton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thornton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tinsman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tinsman is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Harrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harrell is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Vaden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vaden is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaden
- Whelen Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whelen Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelen Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Griffithtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Griffithtown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithtown
- Gurdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beirne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Curtis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Kingsland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsland is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- New Edinburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- New Edinburg is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Edinburg
- Saline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saline is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
- Columbia County
- Milner ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Sparkman
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sparkman is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Fordyce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Manning is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Ivan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ivan is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
- Dalark
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dalark is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalark
- Bunn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bunn is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
- Carthage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Carthage is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Bluff City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zama ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Zama is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
- Cale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Smackover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sandy Land
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sandy Land is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Land
- Norphlet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Norphlet is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norphlet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Calion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calion is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
- Lisbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lisbon is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Dumas City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dumas City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas City
- Mount Holly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crain City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crain City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crain City
- White County
- Holly Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Onalaska, see our County-by-County Page for Onalaska.
Cemeteries Near Onalaska ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Onalaska.
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 Onalaska - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Onalaska covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Broughton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rumph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jewish Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Confederate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moss Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (197 more) ...
- Moss Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cullendale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Onalaska in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Onalaska.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Onalaska, with the one closest to Onalaska listed first.
- Lilley ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lilley is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilley
- Vanduzer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vanduzer is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduzer
- Eagle Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Mills is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Millville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Millville is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Camden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Bayou
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Bayou is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Bayou
- Bearden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Lester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lester is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Harlow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harlow is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
- Lunet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lunet is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunet
- Wyloe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wyloe is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyloe
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Frenchport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Frenchport is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchport
- Hopeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hopeville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Pine Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Onalaska. See our List of 1890's Communities around Onalaska.
Newspapers Published in Onalaska ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Onalaska.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Onalaska, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Onalaska.
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 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 Onalaska:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Ouachita County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradley County
- Calhoun County
- Clark County
- Cleveland County
- Columbia County
- Dallas County
- Nevada County
- Union County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Onalaska, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Onalaska) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |