2017 Map of Ashdown West

About this map

Ashdown serves as the primary hub in this southwestern Arkansas landscape, where the street grid of the county seat transitions into a complex network of rural roads and creek drainages. The area is defined by its many small burying grounds, including Wilton Cem, Oak Hill Cem, and Rhodes Cem, which provide significant points of interest for genealogical research in Little River County. To the south, the settlement of Richmond sits near the headwaters of Hemphill Creek, while the smaller community of Comet is situated to the west. The terrain is intricately carved by watercourses like Hurricane Cr, Murl Br, and Lick Cr, punctuated by low-lying features such as Beaver Pond and Tyler Slough. The distribution of these family cemeteries and named branches suggests a long-standing pattern of dispersed agricultural settlement tied to the local watersheds.