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 Stumptoe (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 Stumptoe. 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 and doctors 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.
Stumptoe is located in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County: Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Searcy & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Stumptoe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stumptoe:
- Van Buren County (The home county of Stumptoe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Rex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rex is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Scotland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alread
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alread is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
- Copeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Copeland is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Crabtree
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Formosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- Choctaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bee Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Damascus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Green Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Dennard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Conway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cleveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Hickory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Hattieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Middleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Center Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Solgohachia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Solgohachia is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solgohachia
- Austin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morrilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winrock
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Winrock is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winrock
- Plumerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oppelo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oppelo is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Twin Groves
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Wooster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Greenbrier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Hagarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hagarville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagarville
- Piney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Piney is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Knoxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Strawberry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Strawberry is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Logan County
- Delaware
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Adona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Adona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Perry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Houston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Toad Suck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toad Suck is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Suck
- Pope County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Appleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Caglesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caglesville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caglesville
- Hector
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Moreland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moreland is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Laurel ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Economy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Economy is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Scottsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Scottsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
- Atkins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tilly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tilly is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
- Center Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Taral
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taral is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taral
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Witt's Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
- Watts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Watts is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Leslie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Dardanelle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stumptoe, see our County-by-County Page for Stumptoe.
Cemeteries Near Stumptoe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stumptoe.
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 Stumptoe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stumptoe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Cato Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wiley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sulphur Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lowder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kinslow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McKay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- Tate Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Prospect 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.<2>
While we didn't find Stumptoe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stumptoe.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stumptoe, with the one closest to Stumptoe listed first.
- Appleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Springs is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Springs
- Cleveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Caglesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Caglesville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caglesville
- Hector
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Northwood ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Northwood is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Old Hickory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Old Hickory is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hickory
- Edge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Edge is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
- Latham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Latham is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Moreland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moreland is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Laurel ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Economy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Economy is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Hattieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hattieville is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
- Saint Vincent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Vincent is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vincent
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stumptoe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stumptoe.
Newspapers Published in Stumptoe ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stumptoe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stumptoe, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stumptoe.
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 Stumptoe:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Van Buren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Conway County
- Faulkner County
- Johnson County
- Logan County
- Perry County
- Pope County
- Searcy County
- Yell 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> | 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 Stumptoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stumptoe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |