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 Rotan (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 Rotan. 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 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.
Rotan is located in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County: Craighead, Crittenden, Poinsett, Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer (TN), Lauderdale (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Rotan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rotan:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Rotan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Driver
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Wilson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Osceola
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Keiser
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Luxora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Victoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Bassett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Athelstan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Bardstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Joiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Carroll's Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Caraway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Monette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Gilmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Turrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Heafer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Jericho
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- James Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Poindexter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mound City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Sunset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Alto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lepanto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rivervale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Tyronza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marked Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Black Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Hatchie Coon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Trumann
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Rington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Hornersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Arkmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Cooter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Fayette County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Braden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gallaway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Ashport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Luckett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Glimp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Henning
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Arp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ripley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ripley is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <1>
- Durhamville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Edith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Flippin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Cuba
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Giles Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Millington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rosemark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Lucy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Ramsey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Woodstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Spring Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Bartlett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Detroit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Gilt Edge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Burlison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Drummonds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Corona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Bride
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bride is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Wilkinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Munford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brighton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atoka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rotan, see our County-by-County Page for Rotan.
Cemeteries Near Rotan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rotan.
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 Rotan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rotan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Carson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pittman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Driver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mississippi County Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Manchester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nodena Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rivercrest Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (258 more) ...
- Violet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ermen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ermen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ermen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Osceola.
- The Ermen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ermen Lane Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53819 <2>
- Zion Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Rotan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rotan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rotan, with the one closest to Rotan listed first.
- Carson Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carson Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Lake
- Sans Souci
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sans Souci is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- Nodena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nodena is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
- Osceola
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Golden Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Pecan Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
- Gilt Edge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Detroit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Golddust
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Bardstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shawnee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
- Athelstan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Drummonds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rotan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rotan.
Newspapers Published in Rotan ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rotan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rotan, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rotan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Rotan:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Poinsett County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot 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 Rotan, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rotan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |