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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Slatington. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Slatington to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Slatington, 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 Slatington (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 Slatington. 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 Slatington is historic, it would have been located within present day Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Clark, Garland, Howard, Pike, Polk, Scott & Yell.
Below are the counties that are near Slatington. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slatington:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Slatington)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slatington, with the one closest to Slatington listed first.
- Cox Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cox Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Spring
- Black Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Black Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Norman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manfred
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Manfred is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
- Pencil Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whitetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Whitetown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetown
- Caddo Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ophir
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Mount Ida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sims
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sims is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Calhoun County
- Unco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unco
- Clark County
- Amity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Garland County
- Meyers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Meyers is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers
- Hot Spring County
- Bonnerdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slatington, with the one closest to Slatington listed first.
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mineola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mineola is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
- Umpire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Umpire is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
- Galena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Galena is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Euclid
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Euclid is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Dierks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Center Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slatington, with the one closest to Slatington listed first.
- Langley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lodi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lodi is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Star of the West ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Star of the West is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star of the West
- Newhope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Newhope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhope
- Grandfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grandfield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfield
- Daisy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Kirby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Caney Valley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Nathan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Mount Moriah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slatington, with the one closest to Slatington listed first.
- Big Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Fork is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Fork
- Board Camp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Board Camp is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Board Camp
- Dallas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dallas is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Mena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Potter Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Potter Junction is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Junction
- Potter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Wickes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hatfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vandervoort
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vandervoort is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandervoort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Grannis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grannis is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grannis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Hatton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hatton is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slatington, with the one closest to Slatington listed first.
- Y City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Y City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Y City
- Parks
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Parks is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks
- Boles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gate ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gate is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate
- Harvey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Harvey is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Little Texas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Little Texas is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nebraska is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Yell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slatington, with the one closest to Slatington listed first.
- Chula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chula is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Gravelly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gravelly is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slatington, see our County-by-County Page for Slatington.
Cemeteries Near Slatington ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slatington.
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 Slatington - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slatington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slatington, with the one closest to Slatington listed first.
- Cox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Huddleston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Putman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Putman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Irby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fancy Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton - Crooks 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.
While we didn't find Slatington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slatington.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slatington, with the one closest to Slatington listed first.
- Big Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Fork is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Fork
- Black Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Black Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Langley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hopper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopper is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper
- Oden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Moon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Moon is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Manfred
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Manfred is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
- Board Camp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Board Camp is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Board Camp
- Lodi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lodi is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Pates ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pates is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pates
- Star of the West ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Star of the West is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star of the West
- Caddo Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ophir
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Mount Ida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Umpire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Umpire is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Slatington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slatington.
Newspapers Published in Slatington ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slatington.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slatington, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slatington.
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 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 Slatington:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clark County
- Garland County
- Hot Spring County
- Howard County
- Pike County
- Polk County
- Scott County
- Yell 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 Slatington, 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- Slatington) 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. |