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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sellmeyer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sellmeyer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sellmeyer, 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 Sellmeyer (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 Sellmeyer. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sellmeyer is historic, it would have been located within present day Clay 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 Clay County: Greene, Randolph, Butler (MO), Dunklin (MO) & Ripley (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Sellmeyer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sellmeyer:
- Clay County (The home county of Sellmeyer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Knobel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Peach Orchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Corning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Datto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Datto is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Moark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Moark is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Success
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Success is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- McDougal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McDougal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Rector
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Current View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Current View is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Greenway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Pollard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Piggott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bell City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Red Onion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Brookland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Bono
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Monette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Stonewall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Lafe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lafe is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Beech Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Delaplaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Oak Grove Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Marmaduke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paragould
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Walcott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Light
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Pine Knot
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Bard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Finch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- College City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Walnut Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sedgwick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoxie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Portia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Arkmo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Leachville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Reyno
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Biggers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Peru
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- O'Kean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Serene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Serene is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
- Skaggs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Skaggs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Maynard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maynard is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Brockett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brockett is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockett
- Manson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Manson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Pocahontas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Middlebrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Middlebrook is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook
- Attica
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Attica is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Ingram
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ingram is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Ingram has also been known as:
- Gooberhull
- Butler County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Neelyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fagus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fagus is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Oglesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Harviell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Qulin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Qulin is located in Butler County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Cardwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cockrum
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Arbyrd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Senath
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Arkmo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Caruth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Kennett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cotton Plant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Rington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Ripley County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Current View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Current View is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Naylor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Naylor is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Oxly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oxly is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
- Gamburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Fairdealing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Doniphan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ponder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ponder is located in Ripley County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sellmeyer, see our County-by-County Page for Sellmeyer.
Cemeteries Near Sellmeyer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sellmeyer.
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 Sellmeyer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sellmeyer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Gilchrist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bond Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoisey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pirtle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Talken Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lafe Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Epsaba Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Richwoods Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Sellmeyer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sellmeyer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sellmeyer, with the one closest to Sellmeyer listed first.
- Knobel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Stonewall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Peach Orchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Corning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gainesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Reyno
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Boydsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Boydsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydsville
- Palatka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Palatka is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palatka
- Crowley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Marmaduke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Moark is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Halliday
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halliday is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Peru
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- O'Kean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Crockett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sellmeyer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sellmeyer.
Newspapers Published in Sellmeyer ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sellmeyer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sellmeyer, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sellmeyer.
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 Sellmeyer:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Clay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Lawrence County
- Mississippi County
- Randolph County
- Butler County
- Dunklin County
- Ripley 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 Sellmeyer, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sellmeyer) 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. |