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 Onyx (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 Onyx. 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.
Onyx is located in Yell County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties 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 Onyx. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Onyx:
- Yell County (The home county of Onyx)
- The following are listed by their distance from Onyx, with the one closest to Onyx listed first.
- Rover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Rover is located in Yell County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rover <2>
- Aly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
- Aly is located in Yell County
- Briggsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briggsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- Briggsville is located in Yell County
- Wing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Wing is located in Yell County
- Chula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Plainview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Plainview is located in Yell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainview <2>
- Bluffton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Bluffton is located in Yell County
- Danville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Danville is located in Yell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,365 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <2>
- Waltreak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltreak
- Waltreak is located in Yell County
- Corinth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Gravelly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly
- Gravelly is located in Yell County
- Belleville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Belleville is located in Yell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belleville <2>
- Conway County
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onyx, with the one closest to Onyx listed first.
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Blue Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jessieville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessieville
- Jessieville is located in Garland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessieville <2>
- Mountain Pine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Pine
- Mountain Pine is located in Garland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Pine <2>
- Royal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Royal is located in Garland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <2>
- Hot Springs Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Village
- Hot Springs Village is located in Garland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs Village <2>
- Meyers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Piney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Pearcy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearcy
- Pearcy is located in Garland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearcy <2>
- Rockwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
- Rockwell is located in Garland County
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onyx, with the one closest to Onyx listed first.
- Blue Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Blue Mountain is located in Logan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Corley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Delaware
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- New Blaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Blaine
- New Blaine is located in Logan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Blaine <2>
- Magazine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onyx, with the one closest to Onyx listed first.
- Fannie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannie
- Fannie is located in Montgomery County
- Story
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Story is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Story <2>
- Washita
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
- Washita is located in Montgomery County
- Fir ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Sims
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Sims is located in Montgomery County
- Joplin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Joplin is located in Montgomery County
- Mount Ida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Ida have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Mount Ida is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,005 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Ida <2>
- Pencil Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pencil Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pencil Bluff
- Pencil Bluff is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pencil Bluff <2>
- Whitetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Whitetown is located in Montgomery County
- Alamo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Oden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oden
- Oden is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oden <2>
- Mazarn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onyx, with the one closest to Onyx listed first.
- Deberrie
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deberrie
- Deberrie is located in Perry County
- Casa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pope County
- Holla Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holla Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Holla Bend
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Onyx, with the one closest to Onyx listed first.
- Little Texas
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Little Texas is located in Scott County
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Harvey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Cardiff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Onyx, see our County-by-County Page for Onyx.
Cemeteries Near Onyx ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Onyx.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Onyx covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Onyx, with the one closest to Onyx listed first.
- Ballew Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ballew Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ballew Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Shed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shed Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Keener Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keener Family Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keener Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Keener Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Keener Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54611 <4>
- Hames #2 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hames #2 Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hames #2 Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hames Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hames Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2329162 <4>
- Chula Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chula Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2304121 <4>
- Killian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Killian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54631 <4>
- Aly Community Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aly Community Church Cemetery
- The Aly Community Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Aly Cemetery
- Aly Union Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #326552 <4>
- Nooner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nooner Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nooner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hunts Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunts Chapel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunts Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hogan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hogan Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hogan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Lee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2196855 <4>
- Briggs Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Briggs Memorial Park
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Briggs Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lee Cemetery
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Onyx had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Onyx, with the one closest to Onyx listed first.
- Aly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
- Aly is located in Yell County
- Rover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Rover is located in Yell County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rover <2>
- Wing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Wing is located in Yell County
- Briggsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briggsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- Briggsville is located in Yell County
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Chula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Gilkey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Ava
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Shark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Bluffton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Bluffton is located in Yell County
- Story
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Story is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Story <2>
- Danville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Danville is located in Yell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,365 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <2>
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Washita
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
- Washita is located in Montgomery County
- Hollis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Ola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Ola is located in Yell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ola <2>
- Washita
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Onyx. See our List of 1890's Communities around Onyx.
Newspapers Published in Onyx ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Onyx.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Onyx, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Onyx.
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 helpful 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 Onyx:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Arkansas History Commission
- Pages specific to Yell County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Conway County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Garland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Logan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Montgomery County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Perry County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pope County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Scott County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Conway County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Yell County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Yell County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Onyx. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Onyx, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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- Onyx) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Onyx. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8515, Longitude: -93.4080 In this case, the coordinates for Onyx have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |