Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Silt. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Silt to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Silt, 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 Silt (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 Silt. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Silt is historic, it would have been located within present day Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Drew & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Silt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silt:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Silt)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silt, with the one closest to Silt listed first.
- Grady
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sarassa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sarassa is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarassa
- Varner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Varner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varner
- Gould
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Meroney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meroney is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meroney
- Yorktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yorktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Crigler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crigler is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crigler
- South Bend ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
- Star City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warrenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Warrenton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Tyro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tyro is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palmyra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Cornerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Arkansas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silt, with the one closest to Silt listed first.
- Bayou Meto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou Meto is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Gillett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tichnor
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Humphrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- De Witt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Almyra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stuttgart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silt, with the one closest to Silt listed first.
- Pansy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Annover ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Annover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annover
- Rye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rye is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Toledo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Toledo is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Rison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Desha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silt, with the one closest to Silt listed first.
- Mitchellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchellville is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Dumas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens
- Pea Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pea Ridge is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Hopedale ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hopedale is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Watson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reed
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reed is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Kelso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kelso is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
- Drew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silt, with the one closest to Silt listed first.
- Winchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Selma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Selma is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Tillar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tillar is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Rose Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barkada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barkada is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkada
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silt, with the one closest to Silt listed first.
- Tamo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tamo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamo
- Reydell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reydell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reydell
- Moscow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Cornerstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Richardson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Richardson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Noble Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- Madding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Madding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madding
- Pinebergen
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pinebergen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebergen
- Altheimer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rob Roy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rob Roy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Wabbaseka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Pine Bluff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silt, see our County-by-County Page for Silt.
Cemeteries Near Silt ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silt.
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 Silt - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silt, with the one closest to Silt listed first.
- Lowe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Randolph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hawley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grady Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crawford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gocio Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McBride Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garrett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wynn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Round Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marzel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sneed Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Silt in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silt.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silt, with the one closest to Silt listed first.
- Grady
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Varner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Varner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varner
- Sarassa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sarassa is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarassa
- Cummins
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cummins is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummins
- Tamo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tamo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamo
- English
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- English is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Yorktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yorktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Douglas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Douglas is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Swan Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Linwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Lake Farm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lake Farm is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Farm
- Cornerstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Richardson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Richardson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Star City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Bend ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Bend is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silt.
Newspapers Published in Silt ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silt.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silt, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silt.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Silt:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arkansas County
- Cleveland County
- Desha County
- Drew County
- Jefferson 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 Silt, 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Silt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |