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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 Parkin (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 Parkin. 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 doctors 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.

Parkin is located in Cross 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 Cross County: Crittenden, Jackson, Poinsett, Saint Francis & Woodruff.

Below are the counties that are near Parkin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parkin:

  • Cross County     (The home county of Parkin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkin, with the one closest to Parkin listed first.
    • Twist
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Twist is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
    • Levesque
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Vanndale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Wynne
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bay Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bay Village is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
    • Cherry Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Crittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkin, with the one closest to Parkin listed first.
    • Earle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Poindexter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jennette
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jennette is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Crawfordsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Heafer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Proctor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Turrell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarkedale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jericho
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gilmore
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Edmondson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Edmondson is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
    • Anthonyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkin, with the one closest to Parkin listed first.
    • Bledsoe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Winona ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Brickeys
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Haynes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Haynes is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Mississippi County
  • Poinsett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkin, with the one closest to Parkin listed first.
    • Black Oak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
    • Tyronza
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Marked Tree
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrisburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Alto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hatchie Coon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Greenfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lepanto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Trumann
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Fisher
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fisher is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Waldenburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rivervale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
  • Saint Francis County
  • Woodruff County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkin, with the one closest to Parkin listed first.
    • Bemis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Morton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • DeSoto County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkin, with the one closest to Parkin listed first.
    • Norfolk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Southhaven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
  • Shelby County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parkin, with the one closest to Parkin listed first.
    • Giles Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
    • Ramsey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Hunt Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
    • Memphis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Tipton County (TN)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parkin, see our County-by-County Page for Parkin.

Cemeteries Near Parkin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parkin.

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 Parkin - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parkin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parkin, with the one closest to Parkin listed first.

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, Parkin had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Parkin had a population of 974 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Parkin, with the one closest to Parkin listed first.

  • Earle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Wittsburg ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wittsburg is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittsburg
  • Levesque
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lansing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lansing is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • Poindexter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Vanndale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Wynne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Newcastle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Newcastle is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
  • Blackfish
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Blackfish is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfish
  • Crawfordsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Vincent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Vincent is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
  • Bay Village
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay Village is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cherry Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Colt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitehall
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitehall is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parkin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parkin.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Parkin ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parkin.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Parkin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Parkin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Parkin.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Parkin.

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 Parkin:

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 Parkin, 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' (or 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- Parkin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.