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 Whitehall (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 Whitehall. 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 Whitehall ...
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.
Another variation: White Hall.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Whitehall. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Whitehall.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Whitehall is located in Poinsett 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 Poinsett County: Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Jackson & Mississippi.
Below are the counties that are near Whitehall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitehall:
- Poinsett County (The home county of Whitehall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Waldenburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weiner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Fisher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Hatchie Coon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Black Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Marked Tree
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Trumann
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tyronza
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alto
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lepanto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Obear ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bay is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Jonesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cash
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Philadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bono
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Egypt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Caraway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crittenden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Poindexter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Earle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heafer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Gilmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Turrell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jennette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Crawfordsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarkedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Bay Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Cherry Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vanndale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Twist
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Hickory Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Levesque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Wynne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Parkin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Balch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Balch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balch
- Algoa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Algoa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoa
- Amagon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Amagon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amagon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Beedeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Beedeville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beedeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Grubbs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Gourd Neck
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gourd Neck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gourd Neck
- Remmel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Remmel is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remmel
- Auvergne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Auvergne is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auvergne
- Shoffner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shoffner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoffner
- Weldon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Airport Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Tupelo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Birdsong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Whitton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Denwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Dyess
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Colt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <1>
- Caldwell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Heth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodruff County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Morton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morton is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Bemis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- DeView
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- DeView is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeView
- McCrory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCrory is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,496 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitehall, see our County-by-County Page for Whitehall.
Cemeteries Near Whitehall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitehall.
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 Whitehall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitehall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Farm Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tyer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stancell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hays Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Newsom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bowers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harrisburg Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Riley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Halk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Whitehall had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitehall, with the one closest to Whitehall listed first.
- Bay Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Cherry Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Vanndale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Buffalolick ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Buffalolick is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalolick
- McDaniel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McDaniel is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniel
- Weiner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Fisher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fisher is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Hickory Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Levesque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Wynne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Obear ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obear
- Parkin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchie Coon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitehall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitehall.
Newspapers Published in Whitehall ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitehall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitehall, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitehall.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Whitehall:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Poinsett County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craighead County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Jackson County
- Mississippi County
- Saint Francis County
- Woodruff 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitehall) 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 Whitehall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |