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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 Simmons Ford (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 Simmons Ford. 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 Simmons Ford ...
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.
While the name of this community is Simmons Ford, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Simmons Ford may originally have been Simmon's Ford.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Simmons Ford might be written as Simmon Ford.
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 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.
Simmons Ford is located in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Benton, Boone, Madison, Newton, Barry (MO), Stone (MO) & Taney (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Simmons Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Simmons Ford:
- Carroll County (The home county of Simmons Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Berryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Urbanette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Green Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Metalton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- Eureka Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rudd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rudd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Polo ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dryfork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Lost Bridge Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Clantonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clantonville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
- War Eagle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- Gateway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Brightwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brightwater is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwater
- Prairie Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Avoca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Rogers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bethel Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bethel Heights is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,970 people
- Little Flock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Little Flock is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Flock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Alpena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Batavia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Burlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Ridgeway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Omaha
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Harrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Myrtle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Myrtle is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Conway County
- Grandview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Marble
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Huntsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hindsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitener
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Georgetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Witter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Witter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter
- Wesley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Japton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Compton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ponca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boxley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Spring Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- War Eagle Cove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- Mayfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Blue Springs Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- Goshen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Golden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Chain-O-Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Emerald Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Eagle Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shell Knob
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hill City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hill City is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Seligman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Thompsons Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsons Corner is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Corner
- Washburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cassville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Exeter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stone County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Blue Eye
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lampe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Marmaros
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Marmaros is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaros
- Coney Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coney Island is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Kimberling City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Indian Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cape Fair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Silver Dollar City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Dollar City is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Dollar City
- Branson West
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Branson West is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson West
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451 people
- Lakeview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Reeds Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Ridgedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Table Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Table Rock is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Melva ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melva is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melva
- Branson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hollister
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollister is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Simmons Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Simmons Ford.
Cemeteries Near Simmons Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Simmons Ford.
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 Simmons Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Simmons Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Farmer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rush Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pension Mtn. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Berryville Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Snow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Briley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bunch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McClain Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Burris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blackjack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grandview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Simmons Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Simmons Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Simmons Ford, with the one closest to Simmons Ford listed first.
- Berryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockhouse
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Rule
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rule is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Green Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maple
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maple is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Junction ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Junction is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Eureka Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Yocum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yocum is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Forum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forum is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forum
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clifty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clifty is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Simmons Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Simmons Ford.
Newspapers Published in Simmons Ford ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Simmons Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Simmons Ford, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Simmons Ford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Simmons Ford:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Boone County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Newton County
- Washington County
- Barry County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Simmons Ford) 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. |
| <5> | 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 Simmons Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |