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 Parkers Chapel (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 Parkers Chapel. 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.
Name Variations for Parkers Chapel ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Parkers Chapel, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Parkers Chapel may originally have been Parker's Chapel.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Parkers Chapel might be written as Parker Chapel.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast 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 south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Parkers Chapel is located in Union 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 Union County: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Ouachita, Claiborne (LA), Morehouse (LA) & Union (LA).
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Parkers Chapel. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parkers Chapel:
- Union County (The home county of Parkers Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Chapel, with the one closest to Parkers Chapel listed first.
- El Dorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dumas City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dumas City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas City
- Scotland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Scotland is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Lisbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Norphlet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Norphlet is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norphlet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Blanchard Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blanchard Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Springs
- Junction City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Junction City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Sandy Land
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sandy Land is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Land
- Perdue City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perdue City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue City
- Lawson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lawson is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Smackover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Crain City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crain City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crain City
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Chapel, with the one closest to Parkers Chapel listed first.
- Moro Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Moro Bay is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro Bay
- Jersey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Chapel, with the one closest to Parkers Chapel listed first.
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harrell is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Chapel, with the one closest to Parkers Chapel listed first.
- Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Village is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
- Calhoun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Emerson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Emerson is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Milner ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- McNeil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ouachita County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Chapel, with the one closest to Parkers Chapel listed first.
- Joyce City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Joyce City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce City
- Louann
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Louann is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pace City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pace City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace City
- Cullendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cullendale is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullendale
- Stephens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lufra ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lufra is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
- East Camden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Camden is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Camden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Claiborne Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Chapel, with the one closest to Parkers Chapel listed first.
- Junction City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Junction City is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Wards Mill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wards Mill is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wards Mill
- Summerfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Summerfield is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Weldon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Weldon is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Lisbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Haynesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arizona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arizona is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona
- Lincoln Parish (LA)
- Hico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hico is located in Lincoln Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Union Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parkers Chapel, with the one closest to Parkers Chapel listed first.
- Lillie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Spearsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pisgah is located in Union Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Truxno
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Truxno is located in Union Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxno
- Bernice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cane Ridge ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cane Ridge is located in Union Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Ridge
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Union Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parkers Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Parkers Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Parkers Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parkers Chapel.
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 Parkers Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parkers Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parkers Chapel, with the one closest to Parkers Chapel listed first.
- Parkers Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Parkers Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beulah Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Galilee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parnell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McGee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stamps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goodwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- Hardin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pate Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Parkers Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parkers Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parkers Chapel, with the one closest to Parkers Chapel listed first.
- Wesson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesson is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesson
- El Dorado
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cornie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cornie is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornie
- Caledonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Three Creeks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Three Creeks is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creeks
- Lisbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Blanchard Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blanchard Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Springs
- Shuler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shuler is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuler
- Wards Mill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wards Mill is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wards Mill
- Hillsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Champagnolle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Champagnolle is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champagnolle
- Mount Holly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Spearsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Spotville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spotville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spotville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parkers Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parkers Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Parkers Chapel ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parkers Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parkers Chapel, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parkers Chapel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Parkers Chapel:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradley County
- Calhoun County
- Columbia County
- Ouachita County
- Claiborne Parish
- Lincoln Parish
- Union Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Parkers Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parkers Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |