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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Townsley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Townsley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Townsley, 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 Townsley (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 Townsley. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Townsley is historic, it would have been located within present day Madison 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 Madison County: Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Newton & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Townsley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Townsley:
- Madison County (The home county of Townsley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsley, with the one closest to Townsley listed first.
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Witter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Witter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter
- Pettigrew
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dutton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Marble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Saint Paul
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Japton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Japton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japton
- Brashears
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brashears is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashears
- Combs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Delaney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Delaney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
- Boone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsley, with the one closest to Townsley listed first.
- Batavia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Alpena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsley, with the one closest to Townsley listed first.
- Dryfork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Osage
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Osage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Rudd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rudd is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudd
- Metalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- New Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Green Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Berryville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Crawford County
- Bidville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bidville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidville
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsley, with the one closest to Townsley listed first.
- Cass
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cass is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Mountain Top
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Top is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Watalula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watalula is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watalula
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsley, with the one closest to Townsley listed first.
- Oark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ozone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Batson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Batson is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Linville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Linville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linville
- Lone Pine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Harmony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Strawberry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Strawberry is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Ludwig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ludwig is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig
- Hagarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hagarville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagarville
- Smeadley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Smeadley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeadley
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsley, with the one closest to Townsley listed first.
- Mossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mossville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Boxley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Murray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Ponca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Swain is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Walnut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Parthenon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Limestone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Compton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jasper
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vendor
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Vendor is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vendor
- Mount Judea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Judea is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Townsley, with the one closest to Townsley listed first.
- Durham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Durham is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Hazel Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hazel Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Valley
- Mayfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Elkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Goshen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sulphur City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Townsley, see our County-by-County Page for Townsley.
Cemeteries Near Townsley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Townsley.
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 Townsley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Townsley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Townsley, with the one closest to Townsley listed first.
- Eagle Gap Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dripping Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kapark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mossville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Loy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Venus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ratford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (296 more) ...
- Curtis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Townsley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Townsley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Townsley, with the one closest to Townsley listed first.
- Ryker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ryker is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryker
- Mossville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mossville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Boxley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fallsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fallsville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsville
- Swain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Swain is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Murray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Walnut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Aurora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aurora is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Dutton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dutton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutton
- Dinsmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dinsmore is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Dryfork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Saint Paul
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Paul is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Townsley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Townsley.
Newspapers Published in Townsley ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Townsley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Townsley, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Townsley.
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 Townsley:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Boone County
- Carroll County
- Crawford County
- Franklin County
- Johnson County
- Newton County
- Washington 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 Townsley, 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 '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- Townsley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |