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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 Saint Joe (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 Saint Joe. 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 Saint Joe ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Saint Joe: St. Joe

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Joe. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Joe.

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 southeast 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 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.

Saint Joe is located in Searcy 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 Searcy County: Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Pope, Stone & Van Buren.

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

  • Searcy County     (The home county of Saint Joe)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joe, with the one closest to Saint Joe listed first.
    • Pindall
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pindall is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
    • Gilbert
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Blanco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Blanco is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
    • Marshall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Pine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Baker
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Harriet
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Watts
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cozahome
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Witt's Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Leslie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Baxter County
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joe, with the one closest to Saint Joe listed first.
    • Everton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rally Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Valley Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellefonte
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bellefonte is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Zinc
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Zinc is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Bergman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Keener ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Elixir ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • South Lead Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • South Lead Hill is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Lead Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Myrtle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joe, with the one closest to Saint Joe listed first.
    • Bruno
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Eros
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Rush ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pyatt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Pyatt is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Yellville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Summit
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Summit is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
    • Rea Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dodd City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Dodd City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
    • Flippin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Monarch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bull Shoals
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Peel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Newton County
  • Pope County
    • Tilly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Tilly is located in Pope County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
  • Stone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Joe, with the one closest to Saint Joe listed first.
    • Alco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Alco is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • Onia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Onia is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
    • Timbo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Van Buren County

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

Cemeteries Near Saint Joe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Joe.

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 Saint Joe - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Joe, with the one closest to Saint Joe 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 Saint Joe had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Saint Joe had a population of 124 people.

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

  • Duff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Duff is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
  • Tomahawk
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Tomahawk is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Point Peter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Point Peter is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peter
  • Blanco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Blanco is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
  • Snowball
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Snowball is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowball
  • Bruno
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mount Hersey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Mount Hersey is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hersey
  • Western Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Eros
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Yardelle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Yardelle is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yardelle
  • Cave Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cave Creek is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
  • Marshall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 Saint Joe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Joe.

Newspapers Published in Saint Joe ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Joe.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Joe, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Joe.

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 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 Saint Joe:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Joe) 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 Saint Joe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.