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 Redman Point (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 Redman Point. 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 Redman Point ...
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 Redman Point: Redman Pt.
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 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.
Redman Point is located in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County: Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, Saint Francis, DeSoto (MS), Tunica (MS), Shelby (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Redman Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Redman Point:
- Crittenden County (The home county of Redman Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Mound City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunset
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- James Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- West Memphis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Hulbert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Amanca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Crawfordsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Turrell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edmondson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Gilmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Twist
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Parkin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Frenchmans Bayou
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Birdsong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Joiner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Denwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Bardstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Bassett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Whitton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Wilson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Dyess
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Driver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Keiser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Black Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Tyronza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Marked Tree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lepanto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Heth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Southhaven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Lynchburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Walls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <1>
- Horn Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Aldens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- De Soto Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Glover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Norfolk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Southaven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Cormorant
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Newport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Olive Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall County (MS)
- Barton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Tunica County (MS)
- Banks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Fayette County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Gallaway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Canadaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Hickory Withe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Ramsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Giles Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Hunt Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Memphis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Binghampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Lucy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Spring Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- The Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Millington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Bartlett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Corona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Wilkinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Drummonds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Atoka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Munford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Gilt Edge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Idaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burlison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Detroit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Gainesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Redman Point, see our County-by-County Page for Redman Point.
Cemeteries Near Redman Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Redman Point.
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 Redman Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Redman Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Island Forty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Benjestown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Potters Field
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pt. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crittenden Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Memorial Garden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Malone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bledsoe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Redman Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Redman Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Redman Point, with the one closest to Redman Point listed first.
- Mound City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Almont ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Almont is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almont
- Ramsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Gavin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gavin is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gavin
- Hopefield ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hopefield is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopefield
- Frayser
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frayser is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frayser
- James Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- West Memphis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Jericho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hulbert
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Vincent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vincent is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Riceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Redman Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Redman Point.
Newspapers Published in Redman Point ...
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 214 newspapers that have been published in the area around Redman Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Redman Point, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Redman Point.
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 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 Redman Point:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Crittenden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cross County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- DeSoto County
- Marshall County
- Tunica County
- Fayette County
- Lauderdale County
- Shelby County
- Tipton 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 Redman Point, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Redman Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |