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 Westwood (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 Westwood. 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 hospitals 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.
Westwood is located in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County: Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Westwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westwood:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Westwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
- Wakefield Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wakefield Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Village
- Windamere
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Windamere is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windamere
- Mabelvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cammack Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cammack Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cammack Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
- Little Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alexander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- North Little Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Secluded Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Secluded Hills is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secluded Hills
- Landmark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Landmark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Landmark has also been known as:
- Parkers - Iron Springs
- Banty ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Banty is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banty
- College Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Argenta ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Argenta is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
- Mayflower
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Preston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Lollie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lollie is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lollie
- Otto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otto is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Hamlet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Beryl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beryl is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Conway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Vilonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Garland County
- Lonsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
- Ico ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ico is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ico
- Tull
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Ebb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ebb is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Center Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Center Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Sheridan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Prattsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Slabtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Slabtown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Turin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
- Poyen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Poyen is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poyen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
- Redfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Bayou ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Bayou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bayou
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Wright
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wright is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Tucker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Pastoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pastoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
- Cobbs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Keo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Parnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parnell is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- England
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lonoke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cabot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou Meto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Sisemore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
- Austin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,504 people
- Coy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coy is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
- Little Italy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Italy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Fourche
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fourche is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Bigelow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Toad Suck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Toad Suck is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Suck
- Houston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
- Shannon Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East End
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East End is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Bauxite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bauxite is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Avilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Avilla is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Congo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Benton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kentucky
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Shaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Haskell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplay ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplay is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Paron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Paron is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paron
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westwood, see our County-by-County Page for Westwood.
Cemeteries Near Westwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westwood.
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 Westwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
- Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dawson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elmlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haven of Rest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Halstead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- State Hospital Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
- The Pilgrim Rest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pilgrim Rest Church Cemetery
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55668 <2>
- Roselawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Douglass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Holly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Westwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westwood, with the one closest to Westwood listed first.
- Mabelvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alexander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Collegeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Collegeville is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Altharp ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Altharp is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altharp
- Sweet Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Fourche ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fourche is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche
- Ivesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ivesville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivesville
- Banty ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Banty is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banty
- Niemeyer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Niemeyer is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niemeyer
- Argenta ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Argenta is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
- Bryant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wrightsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
- Marche
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marche is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marche
- Maumelle
(10 miles [16.1 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 Westwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westwood.
Newspapers Published in Westwood ...
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 240 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westwood, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Westwood:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Faulkner County
- Garland County
- Grant County
- Jefferson County
- Lonoke County
- Perry County
- Saline 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> | 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 Westwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Westwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |