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 Prairie 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 Prairie 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 Prairie 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Prairie Grove: Prairie Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Prairie Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie Grove.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.
Prairie Grove 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 Prairie Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prairie Grove:
- Washington County (The home county of Prairie Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Grove, with the one closest to Prairie Grove listed first.
- Viney Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Viney Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viney Grove
- Rickert ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rickert is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickert
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Canehill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
- West Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Junction
- Onda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Onda is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onda
- Clyde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clyde is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Wheeler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Summers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Summers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Grove, with the one closest to Prairie Grove listed first.
- Trident
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trident is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trident
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Logan is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Siloam Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Heights is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,970 people
- Hico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hico is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Cave Springs
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Highfill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
- Springtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Springtown is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Mason Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mason Valley is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Valley
- Lowell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gentry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Grove, with the one closest to Prairie Grove listed first.
- Stop ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stop is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
- Anna ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Lee Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
- Winfrey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Winfrey is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfrey
- Chester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Natural Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bidville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bidville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidville
- Mountainburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Locke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Locke is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Barcelona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Cedarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Uniontown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Grove, with the one closest to Prairie Grove listed first.
- Thompson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Wesley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Crosses
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Crosses is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosses
- Delaney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Delaney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
- Whitener
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hindsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Combs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Japton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Adair County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Grove, with the one closest to Prairie Grove listed first.
- Westville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Watts Community
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Watts Community is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Community
- Watts
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ballard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ballard is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Peavine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavine
- Addielee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Addielee is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielee
- Fairfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Chance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chance is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- West Peavine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Peavine is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peavine
- Salem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Marietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Christie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Christie is located in Adair County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
- Cherokee County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Grove, with the one closest to Prairie Grove listed first.
- Eldon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eldon is located in Cherokee County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldon
- Scraper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Scraper is located in Cherokee County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scraper
- Delaware County (OK)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prairie Grove, with the one closest to Prairie Grove listed first.
- West Siloam Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dripping Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
- Beckwith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beckwith is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Flint Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
- Colcord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sequoyah County (OK)
- Short
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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 Prairie Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Prairie Grove.
Cemeteries Near Prairie Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prairie 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.
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 Prairie Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prairie Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prairie Grove, with the one closest to Prairie Grove listed first.
- Illinois Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rutherford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Cemetery Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cheatham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Parks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Howell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Billingsley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (299 more) ...
- Crawford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bean Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Canehill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Prairie Grove had a population of 412 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Prairie Grove had a population of 7,049 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prairie Grove, with the one closest to Prairie Grove listed first.
- Viney Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Viney Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viney Grove
- Rickert ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rickert is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickert
- Hubbard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hubbard is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Farmington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
- Clyde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clyde is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Fayette Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Junction
- Wheeler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Summers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Summers is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers
- Morrow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morrow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Strickler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Strickler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickler
- Woolsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woolsey is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Fayetteville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prairie Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prairie Grove.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Prairie 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 135 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Grove.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Prairie Grove. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Prairie Grove and those printed in the larger area surrounding Prairie Grove.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> of Prairie Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Prairie Grove:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Crawford County
- Madison County
- Adair County
- Cherokee 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prairie Grove) 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 Prairie Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |