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 Owensville (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 Owensville. 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 doctors and 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.
Owensville is located in Saline 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 Saline County: Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Perry & Pulaski.
Below are the counties that are near Owensville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Owensville:
- Saline County (The home county of Owensville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Rubicon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rubicon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Kentucky
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Fairplay ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairplay is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Paron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Paron is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paron
- Haskell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Congo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Avilla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Avilla is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Salem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Traskwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Traskwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traskwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Bauxite
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bauxite is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Bryant
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Faulkner County
- Lollie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lollie is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lollie
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Lonsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fountain Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Hot Springs Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Price
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Price is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Jessieville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Hot Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Piney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Piney is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Lake Hamilton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwell is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
- Mountain Pine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Royal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gladstone is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Tull
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Poyen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poyen is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Prattsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ico ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ico is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ico
- Turin ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
- Hot Spring County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Magnet Cove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Butterfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Rockport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Malvern
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Perla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Perla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Social Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Etta ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Etta is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Saginaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Donaldson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Midway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Friendship
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Lono
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lono is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lono
- Bismarck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Deberrie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deberrie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deberrie
- Little Italy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Little Italy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Perryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bigelow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fourche
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fourche is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Adona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Adona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Houston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Casa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Casa is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Ferndale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ferndale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Banty ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Banty is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banty
- Alexander
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mabelvale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Natural Steps
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Natural Steps is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natural Steps
- Secluded Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Secluded Hills is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secluded Hills
- Roland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Windamere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Windamere is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windamere
- Landmark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Landmark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Landmark has also been known as:
- Parkers - Iron Springs
- Wakefield Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wakefield Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Village
- Monnie Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monnie Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monnie Springs
- Cammack Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cammack Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cammack Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Maumelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Owensville, see our County-by-County Page for Owensville.
Cemeteries Near Owensville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Owensville.
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 Owensville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Owensville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Slate Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Geurin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wesleys Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Beth Jacob Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Medlock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- James Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bolin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hammonds Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Langley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Old Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crestview Memorial Park Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (189 more) ...
- Fairplay Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winters Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Owensville had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Owensville, with the one closest to Owensville listed first.
- Blocher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blocher is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocher
- Fairplay ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairplay is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Bland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bland is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Cove Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cove Creek is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Reform
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Reform is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Butterfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Benton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mountain Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mountain Valley is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Valley
- Traskwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Traskwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traskwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Avilla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Avilla is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Tatumville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tatumville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Jessieville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hot Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Malvern
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gifford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gifford is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Owensville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Owensville.
Newspapers Published in Owensville ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Owensville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Owensville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Owensville.
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 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 Owensville:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Saline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Faulkner County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Hot Spring County
- Perry County
- Pulaski 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 Owensville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Owensville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |