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 Spring Lake Estates (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 Spring Lake Estates. 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 Spring Lake Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Spring Lake Estates: Spring Lk. Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Lake Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Lake Estates.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Spring Lake Estates is located in Baxter 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 Baxter County: Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone & Ozark (MO).
Below are the counties that are near Spring Lake Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Lake Estates:
- Baxter County (The home county of Spring Lake Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Mountain Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Colfax is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Gassville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Amos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Amos is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
- Clarkridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkridge is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkridge
- Cotter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Briarcliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Custer ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Custer is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Henderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Norfork Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- South Lead Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Lead Hill is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Diamond City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lead Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Zinc
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Zinc is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Elixir ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elixir is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elixir
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Elizabeth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gepp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gepp is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
- Ott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ott is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
- Bexar
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Viola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sturkie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sturkie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturkie
- Izard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Iuka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Dolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dolph is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
- Calico Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pineville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wideman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Newburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Bull Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flippin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rea Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rea Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
- Price Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Price Place is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Place
- Summit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Yellville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rush ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Peel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dodd City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dodd City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
- Monarch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Monarch is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Bruno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bruno is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Cozahome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Harriet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Gilbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Fifty-Six
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Onia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Howell County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Ott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ott is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott
- Caulfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moody
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moody is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Lebo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lebo is located in Howell County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebo
- Ozark County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Pontiac
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hardenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Udall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Udall is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Udall
- Gainesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tecumseh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bakersfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bakersfield is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Isabella
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sundown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sundown is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- Theodosia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Theodosia is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theodosia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Zanoni ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Zanoni is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zanoni
- Elijah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elijah is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elijah
- Ocie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ocie is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocie
- Taney County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Protem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rueter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rueter is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rueter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Lake Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Lake Estates.
Cemeteries Near Spring Lake Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Lake Estates.
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 Spring Lake Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Lake Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Baxter Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Conley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quality Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whiteville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gassville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Spring Lake Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spring Lake Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Lake Estates, with the one closest to Spring Lake Estates listed first.
- Mountain Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Independence ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Gassville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Amos is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
- Buford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buford is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Henderson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Flippin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wake ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wake is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
- Prestonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prestonia is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestonia
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stone ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stone is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Lone Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bennett's ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett's is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett's
- Pontiac
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ruth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Lake Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Lake Estates.
Newspapers Published in Spring Lake Estates ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Lake Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Lake Estates, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Lake Estates.
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 Spring Lake Estates:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Baxter County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Fulton County
- Izard County
- Marion County
- Searcy County
- Stone County
- Howell County
- Ozark County
- Taney County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Spring Lake Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Lake Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |