Time for a short geography lesson. So far I’ve mentioned several townships here at Graham Ancestry. Townships in Arkansas were formerly used as electoral districts for Justices of the Peace. The United States Federal Census was also enumerated by township. Here is a map of Searcy County townships as they existed circa 1930. Most of…
Find the Cemetery, Snap Photographs
In April 2010 I was attending a military course at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The course was two weeks long, but classes were not conducted on the weekend. I took the opportunity of the free weekend to drive up to Marshall, Arkansas to see if I could find Rambo Cemetery,…
Historical Geography
I had a minor revelation today while looking at online maps of Searcy County, Arkansas. Many of the "towns" listed on old United States Federal Census documents for the county are probably just roads. I've driven through the mountains of Searcy County (most recently in April 2010) and I didn't see much evidence for a…
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