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 Piney Grove (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 Piney Grove. 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 Piney Grove ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Piney Grove: Piney Grv.
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 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Piney Grove is located in Lafayette County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lafayette County: Columbia, Hempstead, Miller, Nevada, Bossier (LA), Caddo (LA) & Webster (LA).
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Piney Grove. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Piney Grove:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Piney Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Old Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Lewisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Lewisville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <2>
- Stamps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamps
- Stamps is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stamps <2>
- Kress City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kress City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kress City
- Kress City is located in Lafayette County
- Buckner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - McKamie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKamie
- McKamie is located in Lafayette County
- Bradley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Bradley is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <2>
- Gin City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Walnut Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Waldo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Waldo is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,256 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waldo <2>
- College Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- College Hill is located in Columbia County
- McNeil
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- McNeil is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McNeil <2>
- Philadelphia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Philadelphia is located in Columbia County
- Taylor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Taylor is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <2>
- Magnolia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magnolia <2>
- Macedonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Macedonia is located in Columbia County
- Milner ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Welcome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Calhoun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County
- Horsehead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hempstead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Patmos
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Shover Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shover Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shover Springs
- Shover Springs is located in Hempstead County
- Sheppard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Hope is located in Hempstead County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,438 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <2>
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Hempstead County
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fulton is located in Hempstead County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Perrytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Oakhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - McNab
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Washington is located in Hempstead County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <2>
- Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <2>
- Blevins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Howard County
- Saratoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saratoga have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
- Saratoga is located in Howard County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saratoga <2>
- Saratoga
- Little River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Millwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Ogden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Yarborough Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Garland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Garland is located in Miller County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Genoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Roberts ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Fouke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fouke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
- Fouke is located in Miller County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fouke <2>
- Rondo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Rondo is located in Miller County
- Texarkana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texarkana
- Texarkana is located in Miller County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,556 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Texarkana <2>
- Doddridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doddridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddridge
- Doddridge is located in Miller County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doddridge <2>
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Bodcaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Willisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Willisville is located in Nevada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Emmet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Rosston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Rosston is located in Nevada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Laneburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Cale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Prescott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Prescott is located in Nevada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,927 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prescott <2>
- Zama ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bowie County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Texarkana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texarkana
- Texarkana is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,221 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Texarkana <2>
- Sulphur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Wake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake Village
- Wake Village is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,555 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wake Village <2>
- Nash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Nash is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,781 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nash <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Piney Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Piney Grove.
Cemeteries Near Piney Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Piney Grove.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Piney Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Sewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sewell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Boyd Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyd Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyd Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Stricklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stricklin Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stricklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Lewisville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Lewisville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Lewisville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Patmos Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patmos Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patmos Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cummings Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cummings Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cummings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holly Spring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Spring Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Phillips Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phillips Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Clark Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Downs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Downs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Downs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (160 more) ...
- Hatch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Best Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Best Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Best Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethany Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hatch Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Piney Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Piney Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Piney Grove, with the one closest to Piney Grove listed first.
- Lewisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Lewisville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <2>
- Garland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Garland is located in Miller County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Stamps
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamps
- Stamps is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stamps <2>
- Sardis ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - McKinney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Falcon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Shover Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shover Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shover Springs
- Shover Springs is located in Hempstead County
- Guernsey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Sheppard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Bodcaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Hope is located in Hempstead County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,438 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <2>
- Lumber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clayton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Genoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Canfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clayton ‑ Historic
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Piney Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piney Grove.
Newspapers Published in Piney Grove ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Piney Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Piney Grove, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Piney Grove.
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 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 Piney Grove:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Arkansas History Commission
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Hempstead County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Howard County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Little River County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Miller County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Nevada County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bowie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Lafayette County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Arkansas
- Cemeteries of Lafayette County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Piney Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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 Piney Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Piney Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Piney Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4379, Longitude: -93.6063 In this case, the coordinates for Piney Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |