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 Pittinger (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 Pittinger. 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 and doctors 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.
Pittinger is primarily located in Cross County. A portion of Pittinger extends into Poinsett 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 Cross County: Crittenden, Jackson, Poinsett, Saint Francis & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Pittinger. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pittinger:
- Cross County (The home county of Pittinger)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Cherry Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vanndale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Bay Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Wynne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Levesque
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Twist
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Parkin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Obear ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Cash
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Egypt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Oil Trough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Thida is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thida
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Balch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Balch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balch
- Beedeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beedeville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beedeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Algoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Algoa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoa
- Gourd Neck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gourd Neck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gourd Neck
- Amagon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amagon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Remmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Remmel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
- Shoffner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shoffner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoffner
- Weldon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Auvergne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Auvergne is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvergne
- Tupelo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Grubbs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Airport Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Island Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Island Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Town
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Fisher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Waldenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Weiner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Harrisburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hatchie Coon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Trumann
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Colt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <1>
- Caldwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bradford is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
- Russell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Morton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- McCrory
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- DeView
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
- Patterson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
- Bemis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Colona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colona is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
- Augusta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Flynn ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flynn is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
- Howell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howell is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Hunter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Gregory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pittinger, see our County-by-County Page for Pittinger.
Cemeteries Near Pittinger ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pittinger.
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 Pittinger - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pittinger covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Givens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wyatts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eight Mile Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Slocum Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waldenburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldenburg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Waldenburg Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Waldenburg.
- The Waldenburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1971895 <2>
- Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Martin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (182 more) ...
- Gourd Neck Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Pittinger in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pittinger.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pittinger, with the one closest to Pittinger listed first.
- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Fisher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Tilton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tilton is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Remmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Remmel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
- Cherry Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Weiner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Shoffner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shoffner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoffner
- Weldon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Tupelo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Morton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Hamlin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hamlin is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Vanndale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Whitehall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whitehall is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- McDaniel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McDaniel is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniel
- Auvergne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Auvergne is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvergne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pittinger. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pittinger.
Newspapers Published in Pittinger ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pittinger.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pittinger, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pittinger.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pittinger:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Independence County
- Jackson County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- White County
- Woodruff 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> | 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 Pittinger, 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- Pittinger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |