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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Carola. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Carola to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carola, 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 Carola (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 Carola. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Carola is historic, it would have been located within present day Butler 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 Butler County: Clay (AR), Carter, Dunklin, Ripley, Stoddard & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Carola. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carola:
- Butler County (The home county of Carola)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Oglesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Fagus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Qulin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Broseley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Neelyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harviell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kelly Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Poplar Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fisk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rombauer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Campbell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gibson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Wrightsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Malden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Holcomb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Clarkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- White Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Sumach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Kennett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Senath
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Gideon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Parma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Parma is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Risco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tallapoosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Peach Orchard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Bragg City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Ripley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Naylor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Naylor is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Fairdealing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
- Gamburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gamburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
- Oxly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oxly is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxly
- Current View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Current View is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Doniphan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Bernie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dudley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Dexter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Puxico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wayne County
- Wappapello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- McDougal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Pollard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Saint Francis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Piggott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Corning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rector
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bell City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Nimmons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Knobel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Success
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Success is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Current View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Current View is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Stonewall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Lafe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lafe is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Marmaduke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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
- Beech Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Randolph County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Reyno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reyno is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyno
- Population from the 2020 Census: 391 people
- Former names for Reyno:
- Cherokee Bay
- Esselwood
- Needmore
- Biggers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carola, see our County-by-County Page for Carola.
Cemeteries Near Carola ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carola.
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 Carola - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carola covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Carola Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Qulin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hvam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coon Island Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kelly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hillis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Melton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ashcraft Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crockett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Browns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Chapel Cemetery
- The Brown Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brown Chapel General Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27790 <3>
- Lutz Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- Neeleyville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Roberts Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rogers Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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.
Carola itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carola, with the one closest to Carola listed first.
- Qulin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Pollard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Neelyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harviell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moark is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moark
- Crockett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Crockett is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Saint Francis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Piggott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Valley Ridge is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge
- Boydsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boydsville is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydsville
- Poplar Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greenway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Campbell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Roxie ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roxie is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxie
- Ash Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ash Hill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carola. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carola.
Newspapers Published in Carola ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carola.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carola, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carola.
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 Carola:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Ripley County
- Stoddard County
- Wayne County
- Clay County
- Greene County
- Randolph 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 Carola, 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 '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- Carola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |