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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Villa Vale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Villa Vale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Villa Vale, 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 Villa Vale (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 Villa Vale. 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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 Villa Vale is historic, it would have been located within present day Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Drew & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Villa Vale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Villa Vale:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Villa Vale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Vale, with the one closest to Villa Vale listed first.
- Yorktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Yorktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Star City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crigler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crigler is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crigler
- Meroney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meroney is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meroney
- Grady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cornerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cornerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Sarassa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sarassa is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarassa
- Varner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Varner is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varner
- Tyro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tyro is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Warrenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Gould
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gould is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Arkansas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Vale, with the one closest to Villa Vale listed first.
- Bayou Meto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou Meto is located in Arkansas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Humphrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gillett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bradley County
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Vale, with the one closest to Villa Vale listed first.
- Pansy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pansy is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Toledo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toledo is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Rison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Annover ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Annover is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annover
- Rye
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rye is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Staves
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Staves is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staves
- White Oak Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- White Oak Bluff is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Bluff
- Saline
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Saline is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline
- Kingsland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsland is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Orlando
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orlando is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- New Edinburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Edinburg is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Edinburg
- Dallas County
- Ivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ivan is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
- Desha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Vale, with the one closest to Villa Vale listed first.
- Mitchellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mitchellville is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Dumas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pickens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens
- Hopedale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopedale is located in Desha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Drew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Vale, with the one closest to Villa Vale listed first.
- Barkada
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Barkada is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkada
- Rose Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Wilmar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wilmar is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Selma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Selma is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Vale, with the one closest to Villa Vale listed first.
- Grapevine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grapevine is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Center Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Ebb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ebb is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Villa Vale, with the one closest to Villa Vale listed first.
- Pinebergen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinebergen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebergen
- Noble Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- Moscow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Tamo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tamo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamo
- Madding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Madding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madding
- Pine Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cornerstone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Richardson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Richardson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Sulphur Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Rob Roy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rob Roy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- White Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Altheimer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Villa Vale, see our County-by-County Page for Villa Vale.
Cemeteries Near Villa Vale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Villa Vale.
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 Villa Vale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Villa Vale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Villa Vale, with the one closest to Villa Vale listed first.
- New Owen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grahams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zachary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Newman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- White Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Best Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heflin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- Jefferson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Villa Vale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Villa Vale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Villa Vale, with the one closest to Villa Vale listed first.
- Glendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Yorktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Yorktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Star City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Randall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Calmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calmer is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmer
- Tamo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tamo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamo
- Linwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Noble Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- Rowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rowell is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowell
- Grady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Faith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Faith is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
- Cornerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cornerville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
- Kedron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kedron is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kedron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Villa Vale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Villa Vale.
Newspapers Published in Villa Vale ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Villa Vale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Villa Vale, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Villa Vale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Villa Vale:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arkansas County
- Bradley County
- Cleveland County
- Dallas County
- Desha County
- Drew County
- Grant County
- Jefferson 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 Villa Vale, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Villa Vale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |