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 Pleasant Ridge (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 Pleasant Ridge. 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 Pleasant Ridge ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant Ridge: Pleasant Rdg. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Rdge. or Pleasant Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Ridge.
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 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.
Pleasant Ridge is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Benton, Boone, Madison, Newton, Barry (MO), Stone (MO) & Taney (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Ridge:
- Carroll County (The home county of Pleasant Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Holiday Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Urbanette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Eureka Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Berryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Mundell ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mundell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundell
- Green Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Clantonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clantonville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
- Lost Bridge Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Gateway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- War Eagle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Brightwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brightwater is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwater
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Avoca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Prairie Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Pea Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Little Flock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Little Flock is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Flock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
- Rogers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Alpena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Omaha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Batavia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Conway County
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Marble
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Hindsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Whitener
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Kingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Spring Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- War Eagle Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- Blue Springs Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- Mayfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Golden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Chain-O-Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Emerald Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Eagle Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Knob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hill City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Thompsons Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsons Corner is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Corner
- Seligman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Cassville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jenkins
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Exeter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- McDonald County (MO)
- Rocky Comfort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Comfort is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
- Stone County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Lampe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Marmaros
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Coney Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Kimberling City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cape Fair
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Branson West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Branson West is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Silver Dollar City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- McCord Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- McCord Bend is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Reeds Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Galena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Table Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Ridgedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Branson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Melva ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Melva is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Hollister
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollister is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
- Kirbyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bull Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Creek is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Merriam Woods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam Woods is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
- Rockaway Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shade is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Ridge.
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 Pleasant Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Moreland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grandview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marshall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- The Carr Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stewart's Bend Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53349 <2>
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McGuire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roach Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Viney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gaskins Switch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bunch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (260 more) ...
- Blackjack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- High Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Easley 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.<3>
While we didn't find Pleasant Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Ridge, with the one closest to Pleasant Ridge listed first.
- Golden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Junction ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Junction is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Polo ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Eureka Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mano
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mano is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mano
- Viola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Eagle Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Berryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maple
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maple is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Shell Knob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Walden is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Ridge ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Ridge, 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 Pleasant Ridge.
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 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 Pleasant Ridge:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Washington County
- Barry County
- McDonald County
- Stone County
- Taney 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 Pleasant Ridge, 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- Pleasant Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |