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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Southern Home. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Southern Home to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Southern Home, 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 Southern Home (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 Southern Home. 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 Southern Home is historic, it would have been located within present day Yell 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 Yell County: Conway, Garland, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Pope & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Southern Home. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Southern Home:
- Yell County (The home county of Southern Home)
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- Marvinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marvinville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvinville
- Waltreak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waltreak is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltreak
- Havana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Belleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bluffton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bluffton is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Corinth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Corinth is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Gravelly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gravelly is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly
- Briggsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Briggsville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- Danville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wing is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Rover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chula
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Chula is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Aly
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Aly is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aly
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- Leon ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leon is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Branch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Etna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Donald ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Donald is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Alix
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alix is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alix
- Denning
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Denning is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Altus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Charleston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dahoma ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dahoma is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahoma
- Webb City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Webb City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb City
- Wiederkehr Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wiederkehr Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiederkehr Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Ozark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cecil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cecil is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- Coal Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hartman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hartman is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
- Spadra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spadra is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Knoxville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Piney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Piney is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Smeadley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Smeadley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeadley
- Union City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Union City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Clarksville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lamar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- Blue Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Magazine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Magazine is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
- Corley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Corley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Booneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Golden City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Golden City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden City
- Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Subiaco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sand Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Ridge is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Carbon City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon City
- Carolan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Carolan is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolan
- Caulksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caulksville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caulksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Ratcliff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cotton Town is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- Sims
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sims is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Story
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fannie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fannie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannie
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- London
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nebraska is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Harvey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Harvey is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Little Texas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Little Texas is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Cardiff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cardiff is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Parks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parks is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks
- Waldron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sebastian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- Ursula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ursula is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursula
- Bloomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomer is located in Sebastian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Southern Home, see our County-by-County Page for Southern Home.
Cemeteries Near Southern Home ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Southern Home.
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 Southern Home - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Southern Home covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- County Line Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moores Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Small Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Alexander A Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Underwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ellington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shoot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Catlett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Evans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
Southern Home itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Southern Home, with the one closest to Southern Home listed first.
- Waveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Waveland is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Marvinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marvinville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvinville
- Revilee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Revilee is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revilee
- Magazine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Magazine is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people
- Blue Ball
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blue Ball is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball
- Corley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Corley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Shark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shark is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shark
- Driggs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Driggs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driggs
- Bluffton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bluffton is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Belleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Booneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Golden City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Golden City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden City
- Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Olio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olio is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olio
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Southern Home. See our List of 1890's Communities around Southern Home.
Newspapers Published in Southern Home ...
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 Southern Home.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Southern Home, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Southern Home.
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 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 Southern Home:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Yell County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Johnson County
- Logan County
- Montgomery County
- Pope County
- Scott County
- Sebastian 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 Southern Home, 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southern Home) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |