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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 Whitton (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 Whitton. 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 and doctors 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.

Whitton is located in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County: Craighead, Crittenden, Poinsett, Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer (TN), Lauderdale (TN) & Tipton (TN).

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

  • Mississippi County     (The home county of Whitton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
    • Denwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Birdsong
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Frenchmans Bayou
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bardstown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Joiner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Dyess
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dyess is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyess
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyess <1>
    • Bassett
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • West Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
    • Marie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Marie is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Wilson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Wilson is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
    • Athelstan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Etowah
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Etowah is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
    • Keiser
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Keiser is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
  • Craighead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
    • Caraway
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Black Oak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Black Oak is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Monette
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lake View
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Lake View is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Crittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
    • Gilmore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Turrell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Heafer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Poindexter
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarkedale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jericho
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • James Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Earle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Crawfordsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Marion
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sunset
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunset is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Mound City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Mound City is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Jennette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jennette is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
  • Cross County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton listed first.
    • Twist
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Twist is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
    • Parkin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Bay Village is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
    • Cherry Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Poinsett County
  • Lauderdale County (TN)
  • Shelby County (TN)
  • Tipton County (TN)

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

Cemeteries Near Whitton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitton.

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 Whitton - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitton, with the one closest to Whitton 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.<4>

While we didn't find Whitton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whitton.

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

  • Tyronza
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Gilmore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
  • Bardstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Thomas is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
  • Shawnee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Shawnee is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Marked Tree
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lambethville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lambethville is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambethville
  • Corona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Poindexter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Golden Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
  • Pecan Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
  • Athelstan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Whitton ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitton, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitton.

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 Whitton:

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- Whitton) 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 Whitton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.