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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 Sage (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 Sage. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Sage is located in Izard 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 Izard County: Baxter, Fulton, Independence, Sharp & Stone.

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

  • Izard County     (The home county of Sage)
  • Baxter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sage, with the one closest to Sage listed first.
    • Culp
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Rodney
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jordan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hand ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Norfork
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wake ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wake is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
    • Salesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Briarcliff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • Norfork Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
  • Cleburne County
  • Fulton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sage, with the one closest to Sage listed first.
    • Glencoe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Glencoe is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Bexar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Salem
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Saddle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Camp
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Camp is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
    • Elizabeth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Viola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Baker Ford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sturkie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Gepp
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gepp is located in Fulton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
    • Moko
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Independence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sage, with the one closest to Sage listed first.
    • Cushman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Sandtown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cave City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethesda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Denieville ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Denieville is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denieville
    • Pfeiffer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Batesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Desha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Locust Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Locust Grove is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Moorefield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Moorefield is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Charlotte
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Charlotte is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
    • Southside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Southside is located in Independence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sage, with the one closest to Sage listed first.
    • Smithville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Strawberry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Saffell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sharp County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sage, with the one closest to Sage listed first.
    • Sidney
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Sidney is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
    • Evening Shade
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Maxville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Ash Flat
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Poughkeepsie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Grange
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Highland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Highland is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
    • Cherokee Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Hardy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Williford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Williford is located in Sharp County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Stone County

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

Cemeteries Near Sage ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sage.

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 Sage - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sage had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • LaCrosse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Zion is located in Izard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Lunenburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gid
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gid is located in Izard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gid
  • Melbourne
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Violet Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Newburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Alvis ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alvis is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvis
  • Sidney
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Sidney is located in Sharp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
  • Franklin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jumbo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Evening Shade
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Sage ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sage.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sage, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sage.

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 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 Sage:

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 '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- Sage) 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 Sage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.