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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Stoops. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Stoops to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stoops, 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 Stoops (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 Stoops. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Stoops is historic, it would have been located within present day Monroe 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 Monroe County: Arkansas, Lee, Phillips, Prairie, Saint Francis & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Stoops. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stoops:
- Monroe County (The home county of Stoops)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoops, with the one closest to Stoops listed first.
- Monroe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Brinkley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fargo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fargo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Clarendon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Pine City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Palmer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Palmer is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Roe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Arkansas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoops, with the one closest to Stoops listed first.
- Preston Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Preston Ferry is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ferry
- Casscoe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Casscoe is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casscoe
- Crockett's Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crockett's Bluff is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett's Bluff
- Parham ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parham is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parham
- Saint Charles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Almyra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stuttgart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoops, with the one closest to Stoops listed first.
- Moro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Aubrey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aubrey is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Vineyard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vineyard is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Felton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Felton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
- Haynes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Haynes is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Rondo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rondo is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Marianna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- LaGrange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- LaGrange is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Phillips Bayou
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- Phillips County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoops, with the one closest to Stoops listed first.
- Turkey Scratch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Scratch is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Scratch
- Tyner ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tyner is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Marvell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Turner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Turner is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- North Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Creek is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Poplar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Lexa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Latour
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Latour is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Prairie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoops, with the one closest to Stoops listed first.
- Brasfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brasfield is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasfield
- Biscoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Biscoe is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscoe
- Fredonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- De Valls Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Little Dixie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Little Dixie is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
- Sand Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Ulm
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ulm is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulm
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Tollville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tollville is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollville
- Des Arc
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hazen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cuneo ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cuneo is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
- Fairmount
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoops, with the one closest to Stoops listed first.
- Wheatley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Goodwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodwin is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Palestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Bonair
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Forrest City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <2>
- White County
- Georgetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stoops, with the one closest to Stoops listed first.
- Cotton Plant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hunter
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hunter is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Howell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Howell is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Bemis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Flynn ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Flynn is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
- Colona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Colona is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
- Gregory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- DeView
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stoops, see our County-by-County Page for Stoops.
Cemeteries Near Stoops ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stoops.
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 Stoops - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stoops covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stoops, with the one closest to Stoops listed first.
- Jordan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Upper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. John Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Finell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bonds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Choctaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Haven Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Long Cane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prospect 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.
While we didn't find Stoops in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stoops.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stoops, with the one closest to Stoops listed first.
- Monroe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Keevil
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Keevil is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keevil
- Brinkley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wheatley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Moro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clarendon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saulsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Saulsburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsburg
- Goodwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodwin is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Duncan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Holly Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Pine City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Oak Forest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Forest is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Palmer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Palmer is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Cotton Plant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stoops. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stoops.
Newspapers Published in Stoops ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stoops.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stoops, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stoops.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Stoops:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arkansas County
- Lee County
- Phillips County
- Prairie County
- Saint Francis County
- White County
- Woodruff 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 Stoops, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stoops) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |