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 Walnut Hill (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 Walnut Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Walnut Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Walnuthill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Walnut Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walnut Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Walnut Hill 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 Walnut Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walnut Hill:
- Benton County (The home county of Walnut Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Garfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brightwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brightwater is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwater
- Lost Bridge Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Avoca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Clantonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clantonville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clantonville
- Gateway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Pea Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Little Flock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Little Flock is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Flock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Rogers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Mundell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mundell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundell
- Beaver
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gaskins ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gaskins is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins
- Eureka Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Holiday Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Winona Springs ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Winona Springs is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Springs
- Berryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Polo ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Polo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Urbanette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Urbanette is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanette
- Metalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Metalton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metalton
- Conway County
- Grandview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Hindsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Whitener
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Whitener is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitener
- Wesley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wesley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
- Huntsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Marble
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- War Eagle Cove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- Blue Springs Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Blue Springs Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs Village
- Spring Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Sonora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sonora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Springdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mayfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Goshen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Johnson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,771 people
- Tontitown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fayetteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wheeler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Barry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Seligman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Washburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eagle Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chain-O-Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Exeter
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Thompsons Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsons Corner is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Corner
- Cassville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ridgley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ridgley is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgley
- Golden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Emerald Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Arrow Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arrow Point is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Butterfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Butterfield is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- McDonald County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Powell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Powell is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Jane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jane is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jane <1>
- Rocky Comfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rocky Comfort is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Comfort
- Pineville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wylie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wylie is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
- Ginger Blue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Lanagan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Noel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Anderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Erie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Erie is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Newton County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Stella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boulder City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder City is located in Newton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walnut Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Walnut Hill.
Cemeteries Near Walnut Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walnut Hill.
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 Walnut Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walnut Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Snoderley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pratt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pace Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Webb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincents Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincents Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Avoca.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56132 <2>
- Ingersoll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Walnut Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walnut Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walnut Hill, with the one closest to Walnut Hill listed first.
- Garfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brightwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brightwater is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightwater
- Puckett ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Puckett is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Avoca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Larue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Larue is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue
- Buttry ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buttry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttry
- Key ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Key is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Mundell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mundell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundell
- Mayflower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mayflower is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Pea Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seligman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Seligman is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seligman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Rogers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Walden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walden is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
- Bentonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walnut Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walnut Hill.
Newspapers Published in Walnut Hill ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walnut Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walnut Hill, 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 Walnut Hill.
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 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 Walnut Hill:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Benton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Conway County
- Madison County
- Washington County
- Barry County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
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> | 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- Walnut Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Walnut Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |