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 Stark City (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 Stark City. 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 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.
Stark City is located in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County: Craighead, Crittenden, Poinsett, Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer (TN), Lauderdale (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Stark City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stark City:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Stark City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Gosnell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Dell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Blytheville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Manila
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Burdette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Victoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Arkmo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Leachville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Armorel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Luxora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Barfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Carroll's Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Bell City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Nimmons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Rector
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Monette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Red Onion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Black Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Caraway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lake City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brookland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Bard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Marmaduke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paragould
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Rivervale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Lepanto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Hornersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Rington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Cotton Plant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Rives
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Arkmo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Caruth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Arbyrd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Senath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Cardwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tinkerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Cockrum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Kennett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Holland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Cooter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Steele
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Deering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Braggadocio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Mid City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Hayti Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Pascola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Hayti
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hayti is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayti <1>
- Caruthersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Ayers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Mengelwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Richwoods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Lake County (TN)
- Powells Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Ashport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Luckett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Fort Pillow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Arp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Glimp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Edith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Detroit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Walnut Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Garland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Bride
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bride is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Burlison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilt Edge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Randolph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stark City, see our County-by-County Page for Stark City.
Cemeteries Near Stark City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stark City.
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 Stark City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stark City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mooney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Sawba Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gethsemane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Box Elder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manila Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Sawyer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Stark City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stark City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stark City, with the one closest to Stark City listed first.
- Hornersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cotton Plant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Clear Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Nesbit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Caruth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Cooter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Covington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Barfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Senath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Vincit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Osceola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Golddust
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tyler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Cockrum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Athelstan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stark City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stark City.
Newspapers Published in Stark City ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stark City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stark City, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stark City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Stark City:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Poinsett County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot County
- Dyer County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Tipton 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 Stark City, 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- Stark City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |