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 Rivervale (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 Rivervale. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Rivervale is located in Poinsett 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 Poinsett County: Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Jackson & Mississippi.
Below are the counties that are near Rivervale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rivervale:
- Poinsett County (The home county of Rivervale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Lepanto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Alto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Hatchie Coon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Marked Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trumann
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tyronza
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Black Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Greenfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Harrisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Caraway
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Monette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Brookland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Philadelphia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Obear ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Bono
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Gilmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Turrell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Heafer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Poindexter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Clarkedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jericho
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Earle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- James Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Twist
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Bay Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Cherry Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Bard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Paragould
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Finch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Pine Knot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- West Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Etowah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Athelstan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Carroll's Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Dyess
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whitton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Keiser
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Denwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Bardstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Birdsong
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Bassett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Joiner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Arkmo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Red Onion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cockrum
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Rington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Cardwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Arbyrd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Hornersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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 Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Cuba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Giles Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Corona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Randolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Drummonds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Detroit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Gilt Edge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rivervale, see our County-by-County Page for Rivervale.
Cemeteries Near Rivervale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rivervale.
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 Rivervale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rivervale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Potter Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caraway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nichols Memorial Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Memorial Garden
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nichols Memorial Garden is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Marked Tree.
- The Nichols Memorial Garden has also been known as:
- Nichols Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55384 <3>
- Conaster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Garden Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Three Way Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spear Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woolsey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tulot Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- Mangrum Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rock of Ages Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<4>
While we didn't find Rivervale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rivervale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rivervale, with the one closest to Rivervale listed first.
- Mangrum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mangrum is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangrum
- Hatchie Coon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Athelstan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Marked Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tyronza
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bardstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Carson Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Carson Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Lake
- Shawnee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shawnee is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
- Macey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Macey is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Gilmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Golden Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
- Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Thomas is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Buffalolick ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Buffalolick is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalolick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rivervale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rivervale.
Newspapers Published in Rivervale ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rivervale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rivervale, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rivervale.
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 Rivervale:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Poinsett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Dunklin 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rivervale) 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 Rivervale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |