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 Wright (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 Wright. 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 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.
Wright is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Arkansas, Cleveland, Grant, Lincoln, Lonoke & Pulaski.
Below are the counties that are near Wright. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wright:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Wright)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Plum Bayou ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plum Bayou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bayou
- Pastoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pastoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
- Tucker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tucker is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Redfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sherrill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- White Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Altheimer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rob Roy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rob Roy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Pine Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wabbaseka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Sulphur Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Madding
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Madding is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madding
- Arkansas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Humphrey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Stuttgart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Staves
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Staves is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staves
- White Oak Bluff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak Bluff is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Bluff
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Center Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Center Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Ebb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ebb is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Ico ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ico is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ico
- Sheridan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slabtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Slabtown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Cherry Grove ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Grapevine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grapevine is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Turin ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Turin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
- Prattsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dogwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
- Tull
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- England
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cobbs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Coy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coy is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Allport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allport is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Humnoke
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Seaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Seaton is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Bayou Meto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Lonoke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Parkers Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parkers Corner is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corner
- Sisemore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
- McCreanor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
- Prairie County
- Fairmount
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Hensley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
- Bingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bingham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Wrightsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
- Scott
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Landmark
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Landmark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Landmark has also been known as:
- Parkers - Iron Springs
- College Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Willowdale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Willowdale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Wakefield Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wakefield Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Village
- Windamere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Windamere is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windamere
- Little Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mabelvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- East End
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East End is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- Shannon Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
- Bauxite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bauxite is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Bryant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wright, see our County-by-County Page for Wright.
Cemeteries Near Wright ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wright.
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 Wright - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wright covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Watkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clark Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cheek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fields Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tucker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hendricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bluff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Wright in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wright.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
- Plum Bayou ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plum Bayou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bayou
- Pastoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pastoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
- Red Bluff ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bluff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Kearney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kearney is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Redfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Samples
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Samples is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samples
- Sherrill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Dexter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dexter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Wampoo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wampoo is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampoo
- England
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dickey ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dickey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Tomberlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tomberlin is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomberlin
- Keo
(12 miles [19.3 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 Wright. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wright.
Newspapers Published in Wright ...
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 228 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wright.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wright, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wright.
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 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 Wright:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arkansas County
- Cleveland County
- Grant County
- Lonoke County
- Prairie County
- Pulaski County
- Saline 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> | 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 Wright, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Wright) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |