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 Perryville (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 Perryville. 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 Perryville ...
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.
In past government published Postal Guides, Perryville was referred to as Perryville Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Perryville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Perryville.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Perryville is located in Perry County and is the County Seat.
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 Perry County: Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Saline & Yell.
Below are the counties that are near Perryville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Perryville:
- Perry County (The home county of Perryville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Perry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Adona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Houston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bigelow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fourche
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fourche is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Dixie ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Deberrie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Deberrie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deberrie
- Little Italy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Little Italy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Casa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Casa is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Toad Suck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Toad Suck is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Suck
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Oppelo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oppelo is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Morrilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Winrock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winrock is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winrock
- Plumerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pontoon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pontoon is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon
- Menifee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Solgohachia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Hattieville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Old Hickory
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Springfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Jerusalem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Lollie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lollie is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lollie
- Conway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mayflower
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Preston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Wooster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hamlet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Greenbrier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Groves
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Hot Springs Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jessieville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Fountain Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Wilson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holla Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- Atkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Economy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Economy is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Pottsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pottsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
- Former names for Pottsville:
- Pott's Inn
- Pott's Station
- Bernice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- North Dardanelle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Dardanelle is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dardanelle
- Oak Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Russellville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Center Valley is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Moreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Caglesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Caglesville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caglesville
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Monnie Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Monnie Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monnie Springs
- Roland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ferndale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Natural Steps
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Natural Steps is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natural Steps
- Banty ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banty is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banty
- Maumelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Secluded Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Secluded Hills is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secluded Hills
- Marche
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Marche is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marche
- Cammack Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cammack Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cammack Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Paron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Paron is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paron
- Avilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Avilla is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Rubicon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rubicon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Congo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Kentucky
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Yell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Cotton Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Birta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Birta is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birta
- Centerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Petit Jean
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Petit Jean is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petit Jean
- Ola
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dardanelle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chickalah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Perryville, see our County-by-County Page for Perryville.
Cemeteries Near Perryville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perryville.
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 Perryville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Perryville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Perryville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Harper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cardon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Harris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tyndall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Viney Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Perry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McGhee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Leach Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (261 more) ...
- Wade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- May Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Perryville had a population of 310 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Perryville had a population of 1,441 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Perryville, with the one closest to Perryville listed first.
- Adona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Adona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Houston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oppelo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oppelo is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Ada
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ada is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Aplin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Aplin is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
- Morrilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Divide ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Divide is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Dixie ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Lollie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lollie is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lollie
- Plumerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Casa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Casa is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Nimrod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nimrod is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Reform
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Reform is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Carden Bottoms
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carden Bottoms is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carden Bottoms
- Menifee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Perryville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perryville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Perryville ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perryville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Perryville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Perryville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Perryville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of Perryville.
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 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 Perryville:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Perry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Garland County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Saline 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 Perryville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Perryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |