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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 Tuttleton (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 Tuttleton. 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 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.

Tuttleton is located in Saint Francis 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 Saint Francis County: Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Monroe & Woodruff.

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

  • Saint Francis County     (The home county of Tuttleton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuttleton, with the one closest to Tuttleton listed first.
    • Rawlinson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
    • Madison
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Madison is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <1>
    • Bonair
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
    • Widener
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Widener is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
    • Forrest City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Caldwell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hughes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Hughes is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughes <1>
    • Palestine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
    • Heth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Colt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Goodwin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Goodwin is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
    • Wheatley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Crittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuttleton, with the one closest to Tuttleton listed first.
    • Anthonyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
    • Horseshoe Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
    • Proctor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinckney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Pinckney is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
    • Seyppel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Seyppel is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
    • Jennette
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jennette is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Edmondson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Edmondson is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
    • Earle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Earle is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,164 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earle <1>
    • Amanca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Amanca is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
    • Crawfordsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cross County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuttleton, with the one closest to Tuttleton listed first.
    • Levesque
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Levesque is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
    • Wynne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Parkin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Vanndale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Vanndale is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuttleton, with the one closest to Tuttleton listed first.
    • Haynes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Haynes is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Brickeys
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Brickeys is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
    • Bledsoe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Bledsoe is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
    • Winona ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Winona is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Felton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Felton is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
    • Marianna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Peters
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Peters is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
    • Aubrey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Aubrey is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • LaGrange
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • LaGrange is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Phillips Bayou
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
    • Moro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rondo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Rondo is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuttleton, with the one closest to Tuttleton listed first.
    • Monroe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Monroe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Fargo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Fargo is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
    • Brinkley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Phillips County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuttleton, with the one closest to Tuttleton listed first.
    • Tyner ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Tyner is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
    • Lexa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Lexa is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexa <1>
    • Turkey Scratch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Turkey Scratch is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Scratch
    • Latour
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Latour is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
    • North Creek ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • North Creek is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
    • Barton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Barton is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • West Helena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Helena - West Helena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
    • Huma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Huma is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
    • Poplar Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Poplar Grove is located in Phillips County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
    • Helena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Marvell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodruff County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuttleton, with the one closest to Tuttleton listed first.
    • Hunter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Hunter is located in Woodruff County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
    • Bemis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bemis is located in Woodruff County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
  • DeSoto County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuttleton, with the one closest to Tuttleton listed first.
    • Newport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Newport is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Norfolk
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
    • Lake Cormorant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Memphis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
    • Glover
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Walls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
      • Former name for Walls:
      • Alpika
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <1>
  • Tunica County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuttleton, with the one closest to Tuttleton listed first.
    • Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
    • North Tunica
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • North Tunica is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
    • Austin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Austin is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Peyton ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Peyton is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
    • Tunica
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tunica is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunica
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 823 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunica <1>
    • Evansville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Evansville is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
    • Banks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
    • Clayton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Clayton is located in Tunica County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton

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

Cemeteries Near Tuttleton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tuttleton.

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

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

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

  • Linden Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Wyles Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Casteel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Clay Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dansby Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • McDonald Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Andrews Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Haynie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (224 more) ...
    • Forrest Park Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Soudan Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ward Farm Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Farm Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ward Farm Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Marianna and Winona.  The cemetery lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Winona.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56706 <4>

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>

While we didn't find Tuttleton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tuttleton.

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

  • Madison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Madison is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <1>
  • Rawlinson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
  • Bonair
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
  • Haynes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Haynes is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Widener
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Widener is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Forrest City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Park Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Park Place is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Place
  • Bledsoe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bledsoe is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
  • Felton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Felton is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
  • Marianna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Blackfish
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackfish is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfish
  • Caldwell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Palestine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
    • Askew ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Askew is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
    • Newcastle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Newcastle is located in Saint Francis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle

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

Newspapers Published in Tuttleton ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tuttleton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tuttleton, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tuttleton.

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 Tuttleton:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Marianna and Winona. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<3>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- Tuttleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<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 Tuttleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.