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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sanders. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sanders to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sanders, please Contact Us.
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 Sanders (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 Sanders. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sanders is historic, it would have been located within present day Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County: Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Montgomery & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Sanders. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sanders:
- Hot Spring County (The home county of Sanders)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- Saginaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Social Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Midway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Bismarck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Etta ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Etta is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Donaldson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Malvern
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Magnet Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Rockport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Butterfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Perla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Perla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Bonnerdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- Caddo Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Arkadelphia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Joan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Joan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joan
- Gum Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Griffithtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Griffithtown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithtown
- Alpine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Curtis
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Amity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Okolona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gurdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- Dalark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dalark is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalark
- Manning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manning is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Garland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- Lake Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Price
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Price is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Rockwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell
- Piney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Piney is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Pearcy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Royal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Pine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lonsdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meyers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Fountain Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Blue Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blue Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
- Hot Springs Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- Poyen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Poyen is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Prattsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tull
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Leola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dogwood is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- Mazarn
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn
- Alamo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Joplin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Joplin is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Fir ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- Caney Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Caney Valley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Glenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Antoine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- Traskwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Traskwood is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traskwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Fairplay ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairplay is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Haskell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rubicon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rubicon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Kentucky
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Shaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sanders, see our County-by-County Page for Sanders.
Cemeteries Near Sanders ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sanders.
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 Sanders - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sanders covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- Prince Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holstein Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Estep Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beason Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- De Roche Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neighbors Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Files Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Bower Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- Tranquil Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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.
Sanders itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sanders, with the one closest to Sanders listed first.
- De Roche
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- De Roche is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Roche
- Bismarck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Social Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Etta ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Etta is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Donaldson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Elmore ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmore is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Hot Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cove Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cove Creek is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Witherspoon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Witherspoon is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witherspoon
- Malvern
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oma is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oma
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Arkadelphia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Butterfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Hearn ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hearn is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sanders. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sanders.
Newspapers Published in Sanders ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sanders.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sanders, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sanders.
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 Sanders:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Hot Spring County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Dallas County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Montgomery County
- Pike County
- Saline County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sanders, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Sanders) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |