Hi Evelyn: I am related to these folks.... My Grandmother was married to Walter Lackey's brother William Lackey. She was his last wife. I heard my Mother and Aunts talk about all these places I have listed. They used to "take a trip to Arkansas" when they would get together. I sure enjoyed their memory trips and miss them so much.... It's been so great getting to met cousins that I never knew I had until I started to dabble in genealogy <SMILE> Love and Prayers Billieirene in San Jose, California AHello, > If anyone has a town or settlement to add to this > list, please let me know. > Evelyn Flood > RKinfolks@aol.com > PLACE NAMES OF NEWTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS > LOCATION AND SOME EARLY FAMILIES > > BEECHWOODS > Named for the many beech trees > Section 36, Twp.16North,Range 23West > Clark, Keeton, Villines > > BEN HUR > Southeast corner > Section 35, Twp. 13N, Range 19West > Received its name from the Bible. > Standridge, Gregory > > BOXLEY > First known as "Whiteley". > Section 10, Twp.15North, Range 23West > Named for a store owner by name of Boxley > Location of the historical saltpeter mines > Whiteley, Casey,Villines, Duty > > DIAMOND CAVE > On Henson Creek three miles from Jasper in > Section 5, Twp.15North, Range 21 West. > Samuel and Andrew Hudson discovered the cave > while bear hunting. > ERBIE > NW corner, Section 33, T17North, Range 21 West > Bryant,Lawson,Villines,Hickman,Farmer > > GEORGE > NW part in Section 3, T16,Range 23West > Newberry, McCullough,Fowler, Allred > > HASTY > NorthEast part of county > Section 25, Twp.16 North, Range 20West > Agee,Bass,Baughman, Bowling ,Fiveash,Garner, > Gibson,Hill,Hoppis,Morrison,Waters > > > JASPER > Northcentral location > Section 27, T16, Range 21 West > County Seat of Newton County,Arkansas > Boomer,Brasel,Carter,Collins,Davis,Harp,Harrison, > Henderson,Jones,Moore, Moss,Phillips,Skaggs, > Sloan,Stacey,Taylor,Waters,Young > > LOWGAP > 10 miles west of Jasper > Roughly Section 34, Twp. 16 North, Range 22 West > The gap is hemmed in by two high mountains > drained by Henson and Steele Creek. > Kilgores,Wishons,Steeles,Lackeys, Eoffs, Villines > > MARBLE FALLS(CITY) > On Highway 7 between Jasper and Harrison(Boone Co.) > Section 20, T17, Range 20West > It received its name from the historical block of marble > quarried here and now a memorial marker in the > Washington Mounument on the 30 foot level. > Quarried in 1836 by Peter Bellah; Elijah, Samuel and > William Harp. Taken by log wagon with ten yoke of > oxen across the Boston Mountains to the Arkansas > River near Clarksville and shipped by boat to > Washington, D.C. > The falls that was located there once furnished water > power for a flour mill, cotton gin and saw mill. > It became famous for its health resort with many > mineral springs. > > > > > PARTHENON > Centrally located in county > Upper Little Buffalo Valley in Section 17, > Twp.15N, Range 21 West. First called Mt.Parthenon. > Bellah, Rowland, Archer, Seaboalt, Casey,Boen > Matlock,McCutcheon, Shelton, Hudson, Madewell, > McArtor, Noe, Reynolds, Thomas, Kilgore, Brasel, > Carlton, Brasel, Self, Daniels, Smith, Roberson, > > > PONCA > NorthWestern part of county > Located on Add's Creek near the "Y"that leads > to Low Gap and Boxley. Named for the > Ponca City, Oklahoma Mining Company. > Section 24, Twp.16N, Range 23West. > Known for its mining of lead ore > Davis, Murphy, Villines, Arrington, Black, Arbaugh, > Whiteley, Patty, Scroggins, Farmer, VanCuren, > Young > > SHILOH > Southwest part of county. > Section 19, Twp15North, Range 22West > The Shiloh Cemetery is located about 5-6miles > south of Low Gap on the Low Gap to Mossville Road. > The community between the two Buffaloes > and about half way between Low Gap and Mossville > is known as the Shiloh Community. > The "Hard Shell Baptists" > built a church here and called it "Shiloh" > Self, Boen, Reynolds, Cooksey, Robinson, > Woodward, Wright, McAfee, Lewis, Lemar, Oxford. > ections 26,27, Twp.14 North, Range23West > > > > References: "History of Newton County" by Walter Lackey. > "Arkansas County Maps",Arkansas Department of Transportation, > Arkansas Department of Parks,Recreation and Tourism. > Evelyn Flood > RKinfolks@aol.com > 21May2001 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >