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Welcome to Southern Home ...

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.

Southern Home would have been located within present day Yell County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Southern Home, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Southern Home is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Southern Home was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Southern Home was located: 479

Communities near Southern Home ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Southern Home.

  • Booneville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Paris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Danville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • 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
  • Subiaco
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Belleville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Havana
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • 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)
  • 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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Southern Home. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Southern Home.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Southern Home. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Southern Home.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Southern Home. See our Newspapers Page for Southern Home.

Adding Southern Home to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Southern Home in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Southern Home was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Southern Home post office opened in 1879. The Southern Home post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Southern Home.

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Yell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Southern Home - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/