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 Shakertown (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 Shakertown. 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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Shakertown is located in Clark 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 Clark County: Dallas, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Shakertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shakertown:
- Clark County (The home county of Shakertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakertown, with the one closest to Shakertown listed first.
- Vaden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vaden is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaden
- Griffithtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Griffithtown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithtown
- Curtis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Gurdon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whelen Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whelen Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelen Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Gum Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Joan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Joan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joan
- Arkadelphia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beirne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Caddo Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Okolona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakertown, with the one closest to Shakertown listed first.
- Hopeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hopeville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Harlow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harlow is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlow
- Thornton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thornton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakertown, with the one closest to Shakertown listed first.
- Sparkman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sparkman is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Dalark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dalark is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalark
- Manning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manning is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Carthage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carthage is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Bunn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bunn is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
- Grant County
- Leola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Spring County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakertown, with the one closest to Shakertown listed first.
- Friendship
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Donaldson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Rolla
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rolla is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
- Lono
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lono is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lono
- Etta ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Etta is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Saginaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
- Social Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill
- Bismarck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakertown, with the one closest to Shakertown listed first.
- Bluff City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boughton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Zama ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zama is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
- Prescott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Laneburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Rosston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosston is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Ouachita County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakertown, with the one closest to Shakertown listed first.
- Wyloe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wyloe is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyloe
- Reader
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Reader is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader
- Chidester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chidester is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chidester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Bragg City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bragg City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Vanduzer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vanduzer is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduzer
- Millville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Millville is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Camden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bearden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Camden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Camden is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Camden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Lufra ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lufra is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
- Cullendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cullendale is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullendale
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shakertown, with the one closest to Shakertown listed first.
- Antoine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Piney Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Bowen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Delight
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- White County
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shakertown, see our County-by-County Page for Shakertown.
Cemeteries Near Shakertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shakertown.
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 Shakertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shakertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shakertown, with the one closest to Shakertown listed first.
- Copeland Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Easley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vaden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Randolph Grave
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Centerpoint Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rawles Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kansas Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sparkman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Strong Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (186 more) ...
- Turner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McClanahan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sparkman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Shakertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shakertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shakertown, with the one closest to Shakertown listed first.
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Vaden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vaden is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaden
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Dalark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dalark is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalark
- Curtis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Smithton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Smithton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithton
- Gurdon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whelen Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whelen Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelen Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Gum Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Daleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Daleville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Wyloe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wyloe is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyloe
- Lunet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lunet is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunet
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pine Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Joan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Joan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joan
- Beirne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shakertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shakertown.
Newspapers Published in Shakertown ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shakertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shakertown, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shakertown.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Shakertown:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Clark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Dallas County
- Grant County
- Hot Spring County
- Nevada County
- Ouachita County
- Pike County
- White 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 Shakertown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shakertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |