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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 Pine Knot (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 Pine Knot. 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 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.

Pine Knot is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clay, Craighead, Lawrence, Randolph & Dunklin (MO).

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

  • Greene County     (The home county of Pine Knot)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knot, with the one closest to Pine Knot listed first.
    • Finch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Crowley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Walcott
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Paragould
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
    • Light
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Light is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
    • Beech Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Beech Grove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
    • Bard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lafe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lafe is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Stonewall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Delaplaine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Delaplaine is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Marmaduke
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knot, with the one closest to Pine Knot listed first.
    • Peach Orchard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Knobel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Knobel is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
    • Rector
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Corning
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Datto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Datto is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • McDougal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • McDougal is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Success
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Success is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Greenway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenway is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
  • Craighead County
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knot, with the one closest to Pine Knot listed first.
    • Sedgwick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • College City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • College City is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
      • Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
    • Walnut Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hoxie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Minturn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Minturn is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Portia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Alicia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Black Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Powhatan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Mississippi County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knot, with the one closest to Pine Knot listed first.
    • Arkmo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Leachville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Rington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Manila
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Etowah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Etowah is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
    • West Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
  • Poinsett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knot, with the one closest to Pine Knot listed first.
    • Trumann
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Greenfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Hatchie Coon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Rivervale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
  • Randolph County
  • Dunklin County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Knot, with the one closest to Pine Knot listed first.
    • Cockrum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Red Onion
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Cardwell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Arbyrd
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Arkmo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Rington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Senath
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Hornersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
    • Cotton Plant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Caruth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Pine Knot ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Knot.

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 Pine Knot - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Knot, with the one closest to Pine Knot 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>

While we didn't find Pine Knot in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Knot.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Pine Knot ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Knot.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Knot, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Knot.

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 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 Pine Knot:

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 Pine Knot, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Knot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.