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 Rock Hill (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 Rock Hill. 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 Rock Hill ...
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.
Another variation: Rockhill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rock Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rock Hill.
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.
Rock Hill is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Clay, Craighead, Lawrence, Randolph & Dunklin (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Rock Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Hill:
- Greene County (The home county of Rock Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- Paragould
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Knot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Oak Grove Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Crowley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Finch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Bard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Walcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Beech Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Lafe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Light
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Marmaduke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- Peach Orchard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Knobel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Rector
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greenway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Datto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Datto is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Bell City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- McDougal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McDougal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Nimmons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Piggott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- Brookland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Red Onion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Lake View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Monette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Black Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Jonesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bono
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Caraway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- Sedgwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- College City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Walnut Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hoxie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Minturn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Portia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- Arkmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Leachville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Manila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Stark City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- West Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Carroll's Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Athelstan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Dell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- Trumann
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rivervale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Hatchie Coon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Greenfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lepanto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- O'Kean
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Serene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Serene is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
- Skaggs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Skaggs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Biggers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Reyno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Manson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Peru
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peru is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Pocahontas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
- Former names for Pocahontas:
- Bettis Bluff
- Betts Bluff
- Pokakhontas
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <1>
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- Cockrum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cardwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arbyrd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Arkmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Senath
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Hornersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cotton Plant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Caruth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rives
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Hill.
Cemeteries Near Rock Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Hill.
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 Rock Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- Pruets Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Browns Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Chapel Cemetery
- The Woods Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chapel in the Woods Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56898 <2>
- Sims Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (230 more) ...
- Pine Knot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Finch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Finch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Rock Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rock Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Hill, with the one closest to Rock Hill listed first.
- Bethel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Paragould
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Finch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Crowley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Halliday
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halliday is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Bard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Walcott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Brookland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gainesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gainesville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Cockrum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Lorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lorado is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorado
- Macey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macey is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Marmaduke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Lake City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Hill.
Newspapers Published in Rock Hill ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Hill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Rock Hill:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Lawrence County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Randolph County
- Dunklin 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 Rock Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |