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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wildcat. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wildcat to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wildcat, please Contact Us.
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 Wildcat (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 Wildcat. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Wildcat is historic, it would have been located within present day Crittenden 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 Crittenden County: Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, Saint Francis, DeSoto (MS), Tunica (MS), Shelby (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Wildcat. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wildcat:
- Crittenden County (The home county of Wildcat)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Earle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jennette
(4 miles [6.4 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Proctor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poindexter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Edmondson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Heafer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- James Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Sunset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Clarkedale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Anthonyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Amanca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Parkin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twist
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Levesque
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Vanndale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Wynne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bay Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Cherry Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Bledsoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Brickeys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Peters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Peters is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Haynes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Birdsong
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Whitton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Frenchmans Bayou
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Joiner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bardstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Bassett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Dyess
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Black Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Tyronza
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Marked Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Lepanto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hatchie Coon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Heth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hughes
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Widener
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Madison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rawlinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Colt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Caldwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forrest City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bonair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Palestine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Norfolk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Southhaven
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Glover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Walls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <2>
- Lake Cormorant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lynchburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Horn Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tunica County (MS)
- Banks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Hunt Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Memphis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ramsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Giles Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Binghampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Cuba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lucy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Oakville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- The Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Tipton County (TN)
- Corona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wildcat, see our County-by-County Page for Wildcat.
Cemeteries Near Wildcat ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wildcat.
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 Wildcat - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wildcat covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Buck Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Medley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kinsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Berry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Wildcat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wildcat.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wildcat, with the one closest to Wildcat listed first.
- Earle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lansing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lansing is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Parkin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfordsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vincent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vincent is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Poindexter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Blackfish
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackfish is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfish
- Gavin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gavin is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gavin
- James Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Riceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- West Memphis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wittsburg ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wittsburg is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittsburg
- Hulbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wildcat. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wildcat.
Newspapers Published in Wildcat ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wildcat.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wildcat, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wildcat.
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 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 Wildcat:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Crittenden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cross County
- Lee County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- DeSoto County
- Tunica County
- Shelby County
- Tipton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wildcat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wildcat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |