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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Veits. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Veits to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Veits, 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 Veits (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 Veits. 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 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 Veits is historic, it would have been located within present day Prairie 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 Prairie County: Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, White & Woodruff.

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

  • Prairie County     (The home county of Veits)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Veits, with the one closest to Veits listed first.
    • Tollville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Tollville is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollville
    • Hazen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Hazen is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazen <2>
    • Cuneo ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cuneo is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
    • Screeton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Screeton is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
    • De Valls Bluff
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairmount
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Fairmount is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Fredonia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fredonia is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
    • Biscoe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Biscoe is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscoe
    • Ulm
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ulm is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Brasfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Brasfield is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasfield
    • Des Arc
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Plains
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Hickory Plains is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Plains
    • Sand Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sand Hill is located in Prairie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Arkansas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Veits, with the one closest to Veits listed first.
    • Parham ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Parham is located in Arkansas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parham
    • Stuttgart
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Casscoe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Casscoe is located in Arkansas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casscoe
    • Preston Ferry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Preston Ferry is located in Arkansas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Ferry
    • Humphrey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Almyra
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Crockett's Bluff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Crockett's Bluff is located in Arkansas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett's Bluff
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Veits, with the one closest to Veits listed first.
    • Tucker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Tucker is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Wabbaseka
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Lonoke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Veits, with the one closest to Veits listed first.
    • Carlisle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkers Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkers Corner is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corner
    • McCreanor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
    • Seaton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Seaton is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
    • Sisemore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
    • Humnoke
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Meto
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
    • Allport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Allport is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
    • Lonoke
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Coy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Coy is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
    • Oak Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • England
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cobbs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Veits, with the one closest to Veits listed first.
    • Roe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Roe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Clarendon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Holly Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Holly Grove is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
    • Brinkley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Monroe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Monroe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Fargo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fargo is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
    • Lawrenceville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lawrenceville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
    • Pine City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Pine City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
  • Pulaski County
  • Saint Francis County
    • Wheatley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Veits, with the one closest to Veits listed first.
    • Griffithville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Griffithville is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Walker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Walker is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Georgetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Georgetown is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
    • Beebe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • McRae
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • McRae is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
    • Garner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Woodruff County
    • Cotton Plant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Veits ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Veits.

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

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

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

  • Czech National Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hazen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Hazen.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54281 <3>
  • Hazen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Old Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Russian Orthodox Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairmount Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Green Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Carlisle Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...

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 Veits in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Veits.

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

  • Hazen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hazen is located in Prairie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazen <2>
  • Cuneo ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cuneo is located in Prairie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
  • Screeton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Screeton is located in Prairie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
  • De Valls Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairmount
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Fairmount is located in Prairie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Carlisle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Barrettsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Barrettsville is located in Prairie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
  • McCreanor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
  • Parham ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Parham is located in Arkansas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parham
  • Roe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Roe is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Stuttgart
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Clarendon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sisemore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
    • Bayou Meto
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
    • Des Arc
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Veits ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Veits.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Veits, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Veits.

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 helpful 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 Veits:

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 Veits, 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Veits) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.