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 Arkansas (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 Arkansas. 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 hospitals and 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.
Arkansas is located in Hardy County.
To see how the shape of West Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hardy County: Frederick (VA), Rockingham (VA), Shenandoah (VA), Grant, Hampshire & Pendleton.
Below are the counties that are near Arkansas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Arkansas:
- Hardy County (The home county of Arkansas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Baker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Inkerman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Wardensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Lost City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moorefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mathias
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Durgon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Peru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Medley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Arthur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Petersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dorcas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Maysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Greenland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Pansy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Seemly ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Seemly is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemly
- Hopeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Sedan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Yellow Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Augusta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lehew
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lehew is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Romney
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Vance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- North River Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North River Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River Mills
- Three Churches
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Wapocomo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Capon Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slanesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Slanesville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slanesville
- Ritters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Burlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Headsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- New Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Keyser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Ashby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sulphur City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- Frederick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Lehew
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lehew is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehew
- Mountain Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Rock Enon Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Enon Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Enon Springs
- Fawcett Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Rosenberger
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rosenberger is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenberger
- Middletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hayfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hayfield is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
- Chambersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chambersville is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Day - Mar Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Day - Mar Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day - Mar Village
- Stephens City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tulip
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Good
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Nordic Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nordic Village is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordic Village
- Page County (VA)
- Rileyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockingham County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Tunis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Criders
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Criders is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criders
- Plains Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Plains Mill is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Mill
- Cootes Store
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cootes Store is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cootes Store
- Fulks Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fulks Run is located in Rockingham County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulks Run
- Timberville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Zepp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Zepp is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zepp
- Columbia Furnace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Columbia Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Furnace
- Jerome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Calvary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Mount Olive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Maurertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Toms Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Strasburg Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Strasburg Junction is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg Junction
- Orkney Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Edinburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Warren County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Waterlick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Reliance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Bentonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Overall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Overall is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overall
- Limeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Limeton is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeton
- Riverton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Riverton is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Royal Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Royal Village is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
- Cedarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Front Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Viscose City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Viscose City is located in Warren County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscose City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Arkansas, see our County-by-County Page for Arkansas.
Cemeteries Near Arkansas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arkansas.
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 Arkansas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Arkansas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clagett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Dale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alum - Bank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Heare Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hotts Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burlington Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Lane Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Mountaindale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Olivet Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 Arkansas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Arkansas.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Arkansas, with the one closest to Arkansas listed first.
- Needmore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Needmore is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Inkerman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Rio
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Doman ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Doman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doman
- Fabius ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fabius is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Wardensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kirby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kirby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Rockland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Delray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Van Buren Furnace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren Furnace is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren Furnace
- Ruckman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ruckman is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckman
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Glebe ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glebe is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe
- Old Fields
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Old Fields is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fields
- Moorefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Arkansas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Arkansas.
Newspapers Published in Arkansas ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arkansas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arkansas, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arkansas.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Arkansas:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Hardy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Frederick County
- Page County
- Rockingham County
- Shenandoah County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
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 Arkansas, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arkansas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |