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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bark Camp. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bark Camp to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bark Camp, 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 Bark Camp (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 Bark Camp. 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 Bark Camp ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Barkcamp.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bark Camp. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bark Camp.
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 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 Bark Camp is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Bark Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bark Camp:
- Dunklin County (The home county of Bark Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Kennett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Sumach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Caruth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Tinkerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Pine City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Senath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Holcomb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cotton Plant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Rives
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Gibson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Hornersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Clarkton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Fagus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Qulin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Oglesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Broseley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Gideon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tallapoosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Portageville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Risco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parma is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Conran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Bragg City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Gobler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Mid City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Peach Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Deering
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Pascola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Braggadocio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Homestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- North Wardell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Wardell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Steele
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hayti Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Stoddard County
- Bernie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Nimmons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Bell City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Greenway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Piggott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rector
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Francis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- McDougal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Knobel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Knobel is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Moark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Corning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Craighead County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Red Onion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Marmaduke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Lafe
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lafe is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Oak Grove Heights
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Stonewall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Paragould
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Rington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arkmo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Gosnell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Stark City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Leachville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Blytheville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Manila
(26 miles [41.8 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 <2>
- Dell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Armorel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Barfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Ayers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Lake County (TN)
- Powells Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bark Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Bark Camp.
Cemeteries Near Bark Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bark Camp.
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 Bark Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bark Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dunklin Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marsh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marsh Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Kennett.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30001 <3>
- Nimmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gregory Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCulley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the east of Senath.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29820 <3>
- Senath Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sumach Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Leonard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (220 more) ...
- Lanier Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 Bark Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bark Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bark Camp, with the one closest to Bark Camp listed first.
- Kennett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vincit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- White Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Sumach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Caruth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Senath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Greenway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Piggott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holcomb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nesbit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Cotton Plant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Rector
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Saint Francis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hornersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bark Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bark Camp.
Newspapers Published in Bark Camp ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bark Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bark Camp, 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 Bark Camp.
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 helpful 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 Bark Camp:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dunklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Stoddard County
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Dyer County
- Lake County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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 Bark Camp, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bark Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |