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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rankin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rankin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rankin, please Contact Us.
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 Rankin (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 Rankin. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Rankin is historic, it would have been located within present day Little River 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 Little River County: Hempstead, Howard, Miller, Sevier, McCurtain (OK) & Bowie (TX).
Below are the counties that are near Rankin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rankin:
- Little River County (The home county of Rankin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rankin, with the one closest to Rankin listed first.
- Wilton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ashdown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Yarborough Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Alleene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alleene is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
- Millwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Ogden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Winthrop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Foreman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cerrogordo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cerrogordo is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerrogordo
- Hempstead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rankin, with the one closest to Rankin listed first.
- McNab
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McNab is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNab
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Columbus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fulton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fulton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Clow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Sheppard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sheppard is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard
- Ozan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Doyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Oakhaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Tokio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tokio is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rankin, with the one closest to Rankin listed first.
- Saratoga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tollette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Mineral Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Range
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Blue Bayou
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Bayou is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bayou
- Nashville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Corinth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Dierks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miller County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rankin, with the one closest to Rankin listed first.
- Texarkana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rondo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rondo is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Genoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Genoa is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Pike County
- Highland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rankin, with the one closest to Rankin listed first.
- Ben Lomond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Paraloma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Lockesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Horatio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norwoodville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norwoodville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwoodville
- Process City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Process City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Process City
- De Queen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- McCurtain County (OK)
- Haworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bowie County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rankin, with the one closest to Rankin listed first.
- Redbank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Redbank is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbank
- Red Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Lick is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Leary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Leary is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Victory City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Victory City is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory City
- Nash
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nash is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,781 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nash <2>
- Texarkana
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hooks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wake Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Boston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Boston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Redwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maud is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rankin, see our County-by-County Page for Rankin.
Cemeteries Near Rankin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rankin.
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 Rankin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rankin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rankin, with the one closest to Rankin listed first.
- Hicks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ashdown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Peytonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Richmond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hemphill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brownstown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Lomond Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (189 more) ...
- Freeman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Arden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
Rankin itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rankin, with the one closest to Rankin listed first.
- Peytonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peytonville is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonville
- Richmond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Brownstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brownstown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Ben Lomond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Millwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Ogden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Saratoga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rocky Comfort
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rocky Comfort is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
- Allbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allbrook is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allbrook
- Tollette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Lockesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Hooks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Texarkana
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Texarkana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mandeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mandeville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandeville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rankin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rankin.
Newspapers Published in Rankin ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rankin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rankin, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rankin.
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 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 Rankin:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Little River County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hempstead County
- Howard County
- Miller County
- Pike County
- Sevier County
- McCurtain County
- Bowie County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rankin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rankin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |