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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 Trident (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 Trident. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Trident is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Carroll, Madison, Washington, Barry (MO), McDonald (MO), Adair (OK) & Delaware (OK).

Below are the counties that are near Trident. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trident:

  • Benton County     (The home county of Trident)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.
    • Siloam Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hico
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hico is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
    • Logan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gentry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Springtown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Springtown is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
    • Cherokee City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Highfill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Highfill is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 916 people
    • Mason Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Decatur
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cave Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pactolus ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Pactolus is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
    • Gallatin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Gallatin is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
    • Centerton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.
    • Stop ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Stop is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
    • Anna ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Anna is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
    • Lee Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
  • Washington County
  • McDonald County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.
    • South West City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Noel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Noel is located in McDonald County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <1>
  • Adair County (OK)
  • Cherokee County (OK)
  • Delaware County (OK)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.
    • West Siloam Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dripping Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
    • Beckwith
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Flint Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Flint Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
    • Colcord
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cloud Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Kansas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Kansas is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kansas <1>
    • Oaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Oaks is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oaks <1>
    • Twin Oaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sycamore is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Rocky Ford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Leach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Leach is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
    • Brush Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Brush Creek is located in Delaware County (OK)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trident, see our County-by-County Page for Trident.

Cemeteries Near Trident ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trident.

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 Trident - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trident covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Trident had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Trident, with the one closest to Trident listed first.

  • Cincinnati
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Siloam Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hico
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hico is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
  • Summers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rickert ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rickert is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickert
  • Robinson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Robinson is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
  • Logan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Flint ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Flint is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Lincoln
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Viney Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Springtown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Springtown is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Bloomfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bloomfield is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sexton ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Sexton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
    • Prairie Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trident. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trident.

Newspapers Published in Trident ...

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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trident.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trident, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trident.

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 websites either 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 Trident:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Chance (OK) and Watts (OK). The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trident) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Trident, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.