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 Peak (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 Peak. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Peak is located in Garland 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 Garland County: Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Saline & Yell.
Below are the counties that are near Peak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peak:
- Garland County (The home county of Peak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peak, with the one closest to Peak listed first.
- Meyers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Pearcy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Royal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Avant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Avant is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avant
- Mountain Pine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rockwell is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
- Piney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Piney is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Lake Hamilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gladstone is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Hot Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blue Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Jessieville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Springs Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peak, with the one closest to Peak listed first.
- Amity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Alpine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Caddo Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Hot Spring County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peak, with the one closest to Peak listed first.
- Bonnerdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bismarck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Magnet Cove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Social Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Saginaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peak, with the one closest to Peak listed first.
- Joplin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Joplin is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Mazarn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Alamo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Fir ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Ophir
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Washita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Washita is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
- Fannie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fannie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannie
- Caddo Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Story
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manfred
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Manfred is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
- Norman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peak, with the one closest to Peak listed first.
- Glenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Valley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Salem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Kirby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Daisy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Pike City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Langley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Star of the West ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Star of the West is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star of the West
- Scott County
- Little Texas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Texas is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Yell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peak, with the one closest to Peak listed first.
- Aly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aly is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
- Chula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chula is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peak, see our County-by-County Page for Peak.
Cemeteries Near Peak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peak.
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 Peak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peak, with the one closest to Peak listed first.
- Howton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wacaster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Joplin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Howerton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McDowell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lowe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Caney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blish Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Alley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Peak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peak, with the one closest to Peak listed first.
- Lucky ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lucky is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Meyers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Mazarn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Pearcy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plata
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plata is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plata
- Oma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oma is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oma
- Wayside ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Elm ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elm is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Ophir
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Point Cedar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Point Cedar is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Cedar
- Washita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Washita is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Caddo Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Mount Ida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peak.
Newspapers Published in Peak ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peak, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peak.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Peak:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Garland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Hot Spring County
- Montgomery County
- Pike County
- Scott County
- Yell 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> | 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 Peak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Peak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |