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 Pitkin Corner (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 Pitkin Corner. 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 Pitkin Corner ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pitkin Corner: Pitkin Cor. (or less commonly used: Pitkin Crn.)
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 ...
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.
Pitkin Corner is located in Washington 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 Washington County: Benton, Crawford, Madison & Adair (OK).
Below are the counties that are near Pitkin Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pitkin Corner:
- Washington County (The home county of Pitkin Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitkin Corner, with the one closest to Pitkin Corner listed first.
- West Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brentwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Winslow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Onda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Onda is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onda
- Greenland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
- Sulphur City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Strickler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Strickler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickler
- Hazel Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hazel Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Valley
- Fayette Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fayette Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Junction
- Prairie Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Durham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Durham is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Elkins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canehill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitkin Corner, with the one closest to Pitkin Corner listed first.
- Trident
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trident is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trident
- Bethel Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bethel Heights is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,970 people
- Logan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Lowell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cave Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cave Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,737 people
- Highfill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Highfill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Siloam Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- War Eagle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Hico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hico is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Springtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Springtown is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Mason Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mason Valley is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Valley
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitkin Corner, with the one closest to Pitkin Corner listed first.
- Winfrey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winfrey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfrey
- Anna ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anna is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Chester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bidville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bidville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidville
- Locke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Locke is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Stop ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stop is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
- Mountainburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lee Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
- Natural Dam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barcelona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Rudy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rudy is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Uniontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitkin Corner, with the one closest to Pitkin Corner listed first.
- Cass
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cass is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Cravens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cravens is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens
- Felkner Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Felkner Town is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felkner Town
- Watalula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Watalula is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watalula
- White Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Mountain Top
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Top is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitkin Corner, with the one closest to Pitkin Corner listed first.
- Thompson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Crosses
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Crosses is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosses
- Delaney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Delaney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
- Wesley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Combs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Georgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Brashears
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brashears is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashears
- Japton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Saint Paul
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saint Paul is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Whitener
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Hindsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dutton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dutton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Witter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Witter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter
- Adair County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pitkin Corner, with the one closest to Pitkin Corner listed first.
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Salem is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Westville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Watts Community
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Watts Community is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Community
- Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Peavine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine
- Bell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bell is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Stilwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Addielee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Addielee is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielee
- West Peavine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peavine
- Zion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Zion is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Ballard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ballard is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Watts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marietta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delaware County (OK)
- West Siloam Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sequoyah County (OK)
- Short
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Short is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pitkin Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Pitkin Corner.
Cemeteries Near Pitkin Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pitkin Corner.
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 Pitkin Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pitkin Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pitkin Corner, with the one closest to Pitkin Corner listed first.
- Woolsey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Star Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mineral Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Billingsley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McDonald Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Campbell Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Collier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kelton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (330 more) ...
- Barron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barron Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the southwest of Fayetteville.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Barron Cemetery (located 94 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2322952 <3>
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rutherford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Pitkin Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pitkin Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pitkin Corner, with the one closest to Pitkin Corner listed first.
- Woolsey
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woolsey is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- West Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brentwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Blackburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blackburn is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Winslow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
- Arnett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Arnett is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett
- Strickler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Strickler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickler
- Sulphur City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Hubbard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hubbard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Fayette Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fayette Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Junction
- Sunset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hazel Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hazel Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Valley
- Prairie Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Armada ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Armada is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armada
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pitkin Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pitkin Corner.
Newspapers Published in Pitkin Corner ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pitkin Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pitkin Corner, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pitkin Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Pitkin Corner:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Madison County
- Adair County
- Delaware County
- Sequoyah 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pitkin Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Pitkin Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |