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 Westbrook (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 Westbrook. 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.
Westbrook is located in Hempstead 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 Hempstead County: Clark, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada & Pike.
Below are the counties that are near Westbrook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westbrook:
- Hempstead County (The home county of Westbrook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
- McCaskill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McCaskill is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Blevins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blevins is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Doyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Tokio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tokio is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Ozan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Clow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oakhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Columbus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perrytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
- Okolona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Amity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
- Beirne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beirne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beirne
- Gurdon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Curtis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Curtis is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Whelen Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Whelen Springs is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelen Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
- Nashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Corinth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Buck Range
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Tollette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Mineral Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Bayou
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blue Bayou is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bayou
- Center Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Saratoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dierks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Little River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
- Yarborough Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Millwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Montgomery County
- Hickory Station ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
- Prescott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Emmet
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Boughton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Boughton is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boughton
- Laneburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Laneburg is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneburg
- Bodcaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bodcaw is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
- Billstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Roy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Kimberley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kimberley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberley
- Pisgah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bowen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Murfreesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Delight
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Mount Moriah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Pike City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Antoine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Antoine is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
- Paraloma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Ben Lomond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lockesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westbrook, see our County-by-County Page for Westbrook.
Cemeteries Near Westbrook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westbrook.
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 Westbrook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westbrook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
- Young Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Billstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nash Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Japany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Japany Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Japany Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Murfreesboro.
- Blevins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Shorter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pisgah Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Delight.
- The Pisgah Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Liberty Hill MB Church Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #632129 <3>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Westbrook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westbrook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westbrook, with the one closest to Westbrook listed first.
- Roy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Wallaceburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wallaceburg is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceburg
- Doyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Ozan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Clow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Bowen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bowen is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Murfreesboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brocktown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brocktown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brocktown
- Compton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Compton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arp ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Arp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Nashville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- De Ann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- De Ann is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Ann
- Garlandville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garlandville is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandville
- Arcadia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westbrook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westbrook.
Newspapers Published in Westbrook ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westbrook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westbrook, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westbrook.
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 Westbrook:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Hempstead County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Howard County
- Little River County
- Montgomery County
- Nevada County
- Pike County
- Sevier 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Westbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |