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 Valley (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 Valley. 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 Valley ...
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 Pleasant Valley: Pleasant Vly. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Vally. or Pleasant Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Valley.
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 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 Valley 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 Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley:
- Carroll County (The home county of Pleasant Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Berryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Urbanette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Polo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Eureka Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Holiday Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Metalton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- Rudd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rudd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Lost Bridge Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Clantonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clantonville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
- Gateway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- War Eagle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Garfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brightwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brightwater is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwater
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Avoca
(25 miles [40.2 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 west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Pea Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rogers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Little Flock
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Alpena
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Burlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Batavia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Omaha
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Harrison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Myrtle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Conway County
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Marble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Huntsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hindsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Whitener
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Georgetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Wesley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Compton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ponca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boxley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Spring Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- War Eagle Cove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- Mayfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Blue Springs Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- Sonora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Golden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Knob
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hill City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Seligman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Thompsons Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsons Corner is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Corner
- Cassville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Exeter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jenkins is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Stone County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Blue Eye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lampe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coney Island
(18 miles [29 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
- Marmaros
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Kimberling City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cape Fair
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Silver Dollar City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Branson West
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Reeds Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McCord Bend
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Galena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Ridgedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Table Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Branson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melva ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melva is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Hollister
(27 miles [43.5 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Valley.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Valley.
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 Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Berryville Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rush Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bunch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blackjack Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Briley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eureka Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Pension Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Snow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Valley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Valley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Valley, with the one closest to Pleasant Valley listed first.
- Berryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Junction ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Junction is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Maple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maple is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Polo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Oak Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Eureka Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rockhouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Golden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Green Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Beaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rule
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rule is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Yocum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Yocum is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Valley.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Valley ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Valley, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Valley.
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 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 Pleasant Valley:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Washington County
- Barry 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 Valley, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |