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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 Social Hill (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 Social Hill. 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 doctors and 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.

Social Hill is located in Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County: Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Montgomery & Saline.

Below are the counties that are near Social Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Social Hill:

  • Hot Spring County     (The home county of Social Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Social Hill, with the one closest to Social Hill listed first.
    • Saginaw
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Etta ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Etta is located in Hot Spring County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
    • Malvern
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Malvern is located in Hot Spring County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,788 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malvern <1>
    • Donaldson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Midway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Midway is located in Hot Spring County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
    • Rockport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
    • Perla
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Perla is located in Hot Spring County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Magnet Cove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
    • Butterfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Friendship
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
    • Rolla
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bismarck
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Social Hill, with the one closest to Social Hill listed first.
    • Caddo Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Caddo Valley is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
    • Joan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Arkadelphia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Griffithtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Gum Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gum Springs is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Curtis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Curtis is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
    • Alpine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Alpine is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Social Hill, with the one closest to Social Hill listed first.
    • Dalark
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Manning
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Carthage
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Carthage is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
    • Sparkman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Garland County
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Social Hill, with the one closest to Social Hill listed first.
    • Poyen
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Poyen is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
    • Prattsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Tull
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Tull is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
    • Leola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Turin ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Turin is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
    • Cherry Grove ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Cherry Grove is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
    • Sheridan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Slabtown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Slabtown is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
  • Montgomery County
  • Saline County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Social Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Social Hill.

Cemeteries Near Social Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Social Hill.

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 Social Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Social Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Social Hill, with the one closest to Social Hill listed first.

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Social Hill had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Social Hill, with the one closest to Social Hill listed first.

  • Etta ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Etta is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
  • Elmore ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmore is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
  • Donaldson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Donaldson is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Malvern
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Malvern is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malvern
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,788 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malvern <1>
  • Sanders ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sanders is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
  • Butterfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cove Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cove Creek is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
  • De Roche
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • De Roche is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Roche
  • Friendship
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Friendship is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
  • Gifford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Gifford is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
  • Witherspoon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Witherspoon is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witherspoon
  • Hot Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Social Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Social Hill.

Newspapers Published in Social Hill ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Social Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Social Hill, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Social Hill.

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 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 Social Hill:

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>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- Social Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Social Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.