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 Arbyrd (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 Arbyrd. 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 hospitals 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.
Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dunklin County: Clay (AR), Craighead (AR), Greene (AR), Mississippi (AR), Butler, New Madrid, Pemiscot & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Arbyrd. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arbyrd:
- Dunklin County (The home county of Arbyrd)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arbyrd, with the one closest to Arbyrd listed first.
- Cardwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arkmo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Hornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cockrum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Senath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Cotton Plant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Caruth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rives
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- White Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arbyrd, with the one closest to Arbyrd listed first.
- Gobler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Holland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Deering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Braggadocio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Cooter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pascola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Peach Orchard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Hayti Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Homestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arbyrd, with the one closest to Arbyrd listed first.
- Rector
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bell City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Greenway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Nimmons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Piggott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- McDougal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Knobel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Saint Francis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Peach Orchard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Craighead County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arbyrd, with the one closest to Arbyrd listed first.
- Red Onion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Lake View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lake City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caraway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brookland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bay is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Philadelphia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Jonesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arbyrd, with the one closest to Arbyrd listed first.
- Bard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Marmaduke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paragould
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Lafe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lafe is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Pine Knot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Stonewall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Crowley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Finch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Beech Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Walcott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Light
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Light is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Delaplaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arbyrd, with the one closest to Arbyrd listed first.
- Arkmo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Leachville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Manila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Manila is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,339 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manila <1>
- Stark City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Gosnell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Dell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Blytheville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll's Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Etowah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Victoria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Burdette
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Athelstan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Poinsett County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arbyrd, with the one closest to Arbyrd listed first.
- Rivervale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Trumann
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arbyrd, see our County-by-County Page for Arbyrd.
Cemeteries Near Arbyrd ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arbyrd.
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 Arbyrd - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arbyrd covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arbyrd, with the one closest to Arbyrd listed first.
- Silverdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Horners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the south of Senath.
- The Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lulu Baptist Church Cemetery
- Lulu Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #243731 <3>
- Parsell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McGrew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cochran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Box Elder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hornersville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Cude Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lanier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reddick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Arbyrd in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arbyrd.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arbyrd, with the one closest to Arbyrd listed first.
- Cockrum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Hornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Nesbit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Senath
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Bard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Cotton Plant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Macey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Macey is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Caruth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Halliday
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halliday is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Vincit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Marmaduke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rector
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Paragould
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bethel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Kennett
(16 miles [25.7 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 Arbyrd. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arbyrd.
Newspapers Published in Arbyrd ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arbyrd.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arbyrd, 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 Arbyrd.
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 Arbyrd:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dunklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Pemiscot County
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arbyrd) 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 Arbyrd, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |