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 Whitehead Ford (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 Whitehead Ford. 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.
Whitehead Ford is located in Cleburne 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 Cleburne County: Faulkner, Independence, Stone, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Whitehead Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitehead Ford:
- Cleburne County (The home county of Whitehead Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead Ford, with the one closest to Whitehead Ford listed first.
- Yuba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Rainbow Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rainbow Island is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Island
- Heber Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Pearson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pearson is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Wilburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilburn is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburn
- Tumbling Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Miller ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miller is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Quitman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Drasco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Drasco is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Greers Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Higden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead Ford, with the one closest to Whitehead Ford listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Enders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Enola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Enola is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Guy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Guy is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
- Holland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holland is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Vilonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbrier
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Groves
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Beryl
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beryl is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Hamlet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Otto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Otto is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Wooster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead Ford, with the one closest to Whitehead Ford listed first.
- Floral
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Floral is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
- Pleasant Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Locust Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Desha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Desha is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desha
- Southside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Southside is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
- Bethesda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bethesda is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Salado
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Salado is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
- Thida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thida is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thida
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead Ford, with the one closest to Whitehead Ford listed first.
- Ward
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Austin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,504 people
- Cabot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Prairie County
- Hickory Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Plains is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Plains
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead Ford, with the one closest to Whitehead Ford listed first.
- Marcella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marcella is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Pleasant Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead Ford, with the one closest to Whitehead Ford listed first.
- Chalk ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chalk is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
- Gravesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Morganton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Eglantine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
- Fairfield Bay
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bee Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
- Damascus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Green Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Shirley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Formosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Formosa is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitehead Ford, with the one closest to Whitehead Ford listed first.
- Rose Bud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Letona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Letona is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Pangburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Center Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Clay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Romance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Floyd is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Sunnydale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sunnydale is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
- Davenport ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Davenport is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Searcy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- El Paso
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bliss ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bliss is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
- Garner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitehead Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Whitehead Ford.
Cemeteries Near Whitehead Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitehead Ford.
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 Whitehead Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitehead Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitehead Ford, with the one closest to Whitehead Ford listed first.
- Sidon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Good Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Crossroads Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Crossroads Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Crossroads Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the south of Heber Springs.
- The South Crossroads Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crossroads Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983981 <2>
- Apostolic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Firstborn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Freewill Baptissst Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sugarloaf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sugarloaf Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Heber Springs.
- The Sugarloaf Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55267 <2>
- Moon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Bud Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cleburne County Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goff Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Heber Springs.
- The Goff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Golf Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2695110 <2>
- Starkey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Whitehead Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whitehead Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitehead Ford, with the one closest to Whitehead Ford listed first.
- Yuba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yuba is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Turnip ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turnip is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnip
- Rose Bud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heber Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
- Former name for Heber Springs:
- Sugar Loaf
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <1>
- Pangburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hiram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hiram is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Romance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clay is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Floyd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Floyd is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Mount Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Tyler ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Quitman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Enders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Enders is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
- Little Red
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Little Red is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Red
- Ida
(14 miles [22.5 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 Whitehead Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitehead Ford.
Newspapers Published in Whitehead Ford ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitehead Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitehead Ford, 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 Whitehead Ford.
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 Whitehead Ford:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Cleburne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Faulkner County
- Independence County
- Lonoke County
- Prairie County
- Stone County
- Van Buren County
- White 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' (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- Whitehead Ford) 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 Whitehead Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |