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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 Weiner (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 Weiner. 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 and hospitals 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.

Weiner is located in Poinsett County.

To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Poinsett County: Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Jackson & Mississippi.

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

  • Poinsett County     (The home county of Weiner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weiner, with the one closest to Weiner listed first.
    • Waldenburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fisher
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Fisher is located in Poinsett County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
    • Greenfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Harrisburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • Harrisburg is located in Poinsett County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisburg <1>
    • Trumann
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trumann have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumann
      • Trumann is located in Poinsett County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trumann <1>
    • Hatchie Coon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Marked Tree
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Black Oak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
      • Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
  • Craighead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weiner, with the one closest to Weiner listed first.
    • Obear ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Obear have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
      • Obear is located in Craighead County
    • Cash
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cash have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
      • Cash is located in Craighead County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
    • Egypt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
      • Egypt is located in Craighead County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Egypt <1>
    • Jonesboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bono
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bono have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
      • Bono is located in Craighead County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bono <1>
    • Bay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Philadelphia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brookland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Lake City is located in Craighead County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,735 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake City <1>
  • Cross County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weiner, with the one closest to Weiner listed first.
    • Hickory Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Bay Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
      • Bay Village is located in Cross County
    • Cherry Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
      • Cherry Valley is located in Cross County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherry Valley <1>
    • Vanndale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Wynne
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wynne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynne
      • Wynne is located in Cross County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,618 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wynne <1>
    • Twist
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twist have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
      • Twist is located in Cross County
    • Levesque
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Levesque. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
      • Levesque is located in Cross County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Levesque
      • From Weiner to Levesque
  • Independence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weiner, with the one closest to Weiner listed first.
    • Cord
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Newark
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
      • Newark is located in Independence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,193 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <1>
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Newark
      • From Weiner to Newark
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weiner, with the one closest to Weiner listed first.
    • Grubbs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Balch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Amagon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Algoa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Remmel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Remmel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
      • Remmel is located in Jackson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Remmel
      • From Weiner to Remmel
    • Airport Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
      • Airport Village is located in Jackson County
    • Beedeville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beedeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beedeville
      • Beedeville is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Swifton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuckerman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Auvergne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Auvergne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvergne
      • Auvergne is located in Jackson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Auvergne
      • From Weiner to Auvergne
    • Campbell Station
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbell Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Station
      • Campbell Station is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
    • Diaz
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diaz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
      • Diaz is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weiner, with the one closest to Weiner listed first.
    • Alicia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedgwick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Minturn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minturn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Minturn is located in Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Hoxie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Saffell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Woodruff County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weiner, with the one closest to Weiner listed first.
    • Morton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
      • Morton is located in Woodruff County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Morton
      • From Weiner to Morton
    • Riverside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riverside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Woodruff County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Riverside
      • From Weiner to Riverside
    • McCrory
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Weiner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weiner.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weiner, with the one closest to Weiner 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Weiner had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Weiner had a population of 662 people.

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

  • McDaniel
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDaniel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniel
    • McDaniel is located in Poinsett County
  • Obear ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Obear have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
    • Obear is located in Craighead County
  • Fisher
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Fisher is located in Poinsett County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
  • Grubbs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Harrisburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Harrisburg is located in Poinsett County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,289 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisburg <1>
  • Greenfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Buffalolick ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalolick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalolick
    • Buffalolick is located in Poinsett County
  • Cash
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cash have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
    • Cash is located in Craighead County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
  • Whitehall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
    • Whitehall is located in Poinsett County
  • Ridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Ridge is located in Craighead County
  • Remmel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Remmel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
    • Remmel is located in Jackson County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Remmel
    • From Weiner to Remmel
  • Hickory Ridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Cherry Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
      • Cherry Valley is located in Cross County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherry Valley <1>
    • Bay Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
      • Bay Village is located in Cross County
    • Egypt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
      • Egypt is located in Craighead County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Egypt <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Weiner ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weiner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weiner, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weiner.

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 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 Weiner:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Weiner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Poinsett County: www.poinsettco.com/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>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- Weiner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Weiner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6217, Longitude: -90.9025    
<6>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 Weiner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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