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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 Reydell (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 Reydell. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Reydell is located in Jefferson County.

To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson County: Arkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Lincoln, Lonoke & Pulaski.

Below are the counties that are near Reydell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reydell:

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Reydell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reydell, with the one closest to Reydell listed first.
    • Richardson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
      • Richardson is located in Jefferson County
    • Cornerstone
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornerstone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
      • Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cornerstone
      • From Reydell to Cornerstone
    • Tamo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Moscow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Jefferson County
    • Madding
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Madding. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madding
      • Madding is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Madding
      • From Reydell to Madding
    • Noble Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noble Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
      • Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Noble Lake
      • From Reydell to Noble Lake
    • Altheimer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wabbaseka
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rob Roy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rob Roy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
      • Rob Roy is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rob Roy
      • From Reydell to Rob Roy
    • Pinebergen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Pine Bluff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Sherrill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherrill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
      • Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • Arkansas County
  • Desha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reydell, with the one closest to Reydell listed first.
    • Mitchellville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchellville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
      • Mitchellville is located in Desha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Dumas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pea Ridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pickens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens
      • Pickens is located in Desha County
    • Hopedale ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopedale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
      • Hopedale is located in Desha County
    • Watson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kelso
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Drew County
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reydell, with the one closest to Reydell listed first.
    • Sarassa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sarassa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarassa
      • Sarassa is located in Lincoln County
    • Varner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Grady
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • South Bend ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
      • South Bend is located in Lincoln County
    • Gould
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Meroney
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Crigler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Yorktown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yorktown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
      • Yorktown is located in Lincoln County
    • Star City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Warrenton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warrenton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
      • Warrenton is located in Lincoln County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Warrenton
      • From Reydell to Warrenton
    • Tyro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Palmyra
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Palmyra. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
      • Palmyra is located in Lincoln County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Palmyra
      • From Reydell to Palmyra
  • Lonoke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reydell, with the one closest to Reydell listed first.
    • Humnoke
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humnoke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humnoke
      • Humnoke is located in Lonoke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Humnoke <3>
    • Allport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allport
      • Allport is located in Lonoke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
  • Prairie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Reydell, with the one closest to Reydell listed first.
    • Ulm
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ulm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulm
      • Ulm is located in Prairie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Fairmount
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairmount. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
      • Fairmount is located in Prairie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fairmount
      • From Reydell to Fairmount

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reydell, see our County-by-County Page for Reydell.

Cemeteries Near Reydell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reydell.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reydell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reydell, with the one closest to Reydell listed first.

  • Langford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lemmons Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lemmons Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lemmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54728 <4>
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bayou Meto Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jones Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54582 <4>
  • Douglas Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Douglas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Douglas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Round Lake Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Round Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garrett Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garrett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garrett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wynn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wynn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wynn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Van Camp Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (211 more) ...
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hawley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hawley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lowe Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lowe Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lowe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

While we didn't find Reydell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reydell.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Reydell, with the one closest to Reydell listed first.

  • Bayou Meto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • English
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
    • English is located in Jefferson County
  • Sarassa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sarassa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarassa
    • Sarassa is located in Lincoln County
  • Cummins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cummins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummins
    • Cummins is located in Lincoln County
  • Hagler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hagler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
    • Hagler is located in Arkansas County
  • Swan Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
    • Swan Lake is located in Jefferson County
  • Varner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Douglas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
    • Douglas is located in Lincoln County
  • Grady
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Farm
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Farm
    • Lake Farm is located in Jefferson County
  • South Bend ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
    • South Bend is located in Lincoln County
  • Richardson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
    • Richardson is located in Jefferson County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Tamo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cornerstone
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornerstone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
      • Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cornerstone
      • From Reydell to Cornerstone
    • New Gascony
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Gascony have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Gascony
      • New Gascony is located in Jefferson County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reydell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reydell.

Newspapers Published in Reydell ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reydell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reydell, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reydell.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Reydell:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Reydell. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffersoncountyark.com/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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- Reydell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Reydell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1567, Longitude: -91.5652    
<6>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 Reydell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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