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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 Bennett (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 Bennett. 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 and doctors 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.

Bennett is located in Ripley 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 Ripley County: Clay (AR), Randolph (AR), Butler, Carter & Oregon.

Below are the counties that are near Bennett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bennett:

  • Ripley County     (The home county of Bennett)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Briar
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Briar is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
    • Bardley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bardley is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardley
    • Ponder
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Gatewood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gatewood is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
    • Doniphan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oxly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Oxly is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
    • Current View
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairdealing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
    • Gamburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Naylor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Naylor is located in Ripley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Butler County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Harviell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Neelyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Carter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Grandin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Grandin is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
    • Chicopee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Fremont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fremont is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
    • Van Buren
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Ellsinore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Oregon County
  • Shannon County
    • Winona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Mill Spring
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Williamsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Clay County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.
    • Current View
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Success
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Success is located in Clay County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
    • Datto
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Datto is located in Clay County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Datto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
  • Randolph County (AR)
  • Sharp County (AR)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bennett, see our County-by-County Page for Bennett.

Cemeteries Near Bennett ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bennett.

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 Bennett - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bennett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.

  • Bennett Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Chestnut Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Hufstedler Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hannars Graveyard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ponder Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bardley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Little Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Shirley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kennon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rosson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (258 more) ...
    • Good Hope Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooks Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bristol Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Bennett had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bennett, with the one closest to Bennett listed first.

  • Barren ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Barren is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren
  • Pleasant Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Ponder
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Gatewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gatewood is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
  • Wilderness
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Wilderness is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness
  • Doniphan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Grandin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grandin is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Tucker
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Tucker is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
  • Hunter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunter is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Chilton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Chilton is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilton
  • Poynor
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Poynor is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynor
  • Billmore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Billmore is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmore
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bennett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bennett.

Newspapers Published in Bennett ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bennett.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bennett, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bennett.

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 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 Bennett:

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>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 Bennett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Bennett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.