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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 Wilson Junction (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 Wilson Junction. 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 Wilson Junction ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Wilson Junction: Wilson Jct. (or less commonly used: Wilson Jctn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Wilson Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wilson Junction.
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 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.
Wilson Junction 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 Wilson Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilson Junction:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Wilson Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Dell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Stark City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Victoria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Manila
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burdette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Gosnell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Luxora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Blytheville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll's Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Osceola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keiser
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Athelstan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Etowah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Clay County
- Bell City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Craighead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Caraway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Black Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Red Onion
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Lake City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Brookland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Bard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Paragould
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaduke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Rivervale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Lepanto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Hatchie Coon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Trumann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marked Tree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tyronza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Rington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Hornersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Arkmo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Cotton Plant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Rives
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Arbyrd
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Cardwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Caruth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Cockrum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Senath
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Tinkerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Kennett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Cooter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Steele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Deering
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Braggadocio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Mid City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Dyer County (TN)
- Ayers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Ashport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Luckett
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Glimp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Arp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Edith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Henning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ripley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ripley is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <1>
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Detroit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Walnut Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Garland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garland is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Gilt Edge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Randolph
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Bride
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bride is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Burlison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Corona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Drummonds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilson Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Wilson Junction.
Cemeteries Near Wilson Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilson Junction.
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 Wilson Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilson Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mooney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manila Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brinkley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brinkley Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest of Osceola.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53192 <3>
- New Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Rock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Citizen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gethsemane Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Wilson Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilson Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilson Junction, with the one closest to Wilson Junction listed first.
- Clear Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Osceola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Athelstan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Hornersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Carson Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carson Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Lake
- Sans Souci
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sans Souci is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
- Golddust
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Ashport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Barfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Cotton Plant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Mangrum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mangrum is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangrum
- Nesbit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Macey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Macey is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Cooter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilson Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilson Junction.
Newspapers Published in Wilson Junction ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilson Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilson Junction, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilson Junction.
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 Wilson Junction:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Poinsett County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot County
- Dyer County
- Lauderdale County
- Tipton 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilson Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Wilson Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |