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 Togo (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 Togo. 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.
Togo is located in Cross 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 Cross County: Crittenden, Jackson, Poinsett, Saint Francis & Woodruff.
Below are the counties that are near Togo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Togo:
- Cross County (The home county of Togo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- Twist
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Parkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bay Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Levesque
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Cherry Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vanndale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Wynne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Obear ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- Earle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poindexter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Heafer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Crawfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jennette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Turrell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gilmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Clarkedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jericho
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- James Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Proctor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- Bledsoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- Birdsong
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Whitton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Frenchmans Bayou
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Bardstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Dyess
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bassett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- West Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- Black Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Marked Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tyronza
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Hatchie Coon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Lepanto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Trumann
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rivervale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Fisher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Waldenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- Heth
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Colt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <1>
- Widener
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Caldwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Madison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forrest City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rawlinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Bonair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- Giles Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Tipton County (TN)
- Corona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Togo, see our County-by-County Page for Togo.
Cemeteries Near Togo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Togo.
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 Togo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Togo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- McDonald Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Berry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson Bayou Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Layton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Richard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cloar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- King Solomon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Russell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (155 more) ...
- Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Akin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Akin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Vanndale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52794 <2>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Togo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Togo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Togo, with the one closest to Togo listed first.
- Parkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Earle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poindexter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Bay Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Levesque
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Lansing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lansing is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Wittsburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wittsburg is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittsburg
- Cherry Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vanndale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Crawfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tyronza
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marked Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Whitehall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehall is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Wynne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vincent is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Togo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Togo.
Newspapers Published in Togo ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Togo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Togo, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Togo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Togo:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Lee County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- Shelby 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Togo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Togo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |