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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 Abbeville (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 Abbeville. 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 Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes instead of the parish in which they lived:  their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the west contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Abbeville is located in Vermilion Parish and is the Parish Seat.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Vermilion Parish: Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis & Lafayette.

Below are the parishes that are near Abbeville. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Abbeville:

  • Vermilion Parish     (The home parish of Abbeville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abbeville, with the one closest to Abbeville listed first.
    • Youngs
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Perry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Perry is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <2>
    • Meaux
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Erath
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Delcambre
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delcambre have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delcambre
      • Delcambre is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,837 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delcambre <2>
    • Leroy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Maurice
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kaplan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Andrew
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Bayou
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Intracoastal City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Intracoastal City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intracoastal City
      • Intracoastal City is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Intracoastal City <2>
    • Gueydan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gueydan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gueydan
      • Gueydan is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gueydan <2>
  • Acadia Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abbeville, with the one closest to Abbeville listed first.
    • Ebenezer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rayne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Crowley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Castille
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Castille. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castille
      • Castille is located in Acadia Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Castille
      • From Abbeville to Castille
    • Estherwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estherwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estherwood
      • Estherwood is located in Acadia Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Estherwood <2>
    • Morse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
      • Morse is located in Acadia Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morse <2>
    • Higginbotham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Branch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
      • Branch is located in Acadia Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branch <2>
    • Ellis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Egan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Church Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Church Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Point
      • Church Point is located in Acadia Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,367 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Church Point <2>
  • Iberia Parish
  • Lafayette Parish
  • Saint Landry Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abbeville, with the one closest to Abbeville listed first.
    • Cankton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cankton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cankton
      • Cankton is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
    • Frozard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Sunset
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abbeville, with the one closest to Abbeville listed first.
    • Cade
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cade have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cade
      • Cade is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cade <2>
    • Duchamp
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duchamp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchamp
      • Duchamp is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Delacroix
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delacroix. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delacroix
      • Delacroix is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Delacroix
      • From Abbeville to Delacroix
    • Keystone
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keystone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
      • Keystone is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Keystone
      • From Abbeville to Keystone
    • Saint Martinville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Levert
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Levert. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levert
      • Levert is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Levert
      • From Abbeville to Levert
    • Saint John
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint John. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
      • Saint John is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saint John
      • From Abbeville to Saint John
    • Banker Plantation
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Breaux Bridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Isle Labbe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle Labbe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Labbe
      • Isle Labbe is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Parks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks
      • Parks is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parks <2>
    • Bankers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bankers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankers
      • Bankers is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bankers
      • From Abbeville to Bankers
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Abbeville, with the one closest to Abbeville listed first.
    • Cypremort Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypremort Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypremort Point
      • Cypremort Point is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Cypremort
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cypremort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypremort
      • Cypremort is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cypremort
      • From Abbeville to Cypremort
    • Florence
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Florence. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
      • Florence is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Florence
      • From Abbeville to Florence
    • Glencoe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glencoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
      • Glencoe is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Home Place
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Home Place. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
      • Home Place is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Home Place
      • From Abbeville to Home Place
    • Cote Blanche Landing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cote Blanche Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cote Blanche Landing
      • Cote Blanche Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Abbeville, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Abbeville.

Cemeteries Near Abbeville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Abbeville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Abbeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Abbeville, with the one closest to Abbeville listed first.

  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Perry - O'Bryan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perry - O'Bryan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perry - O'Bryan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bares Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bares Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bares Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Broussard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Broussard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Broussard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hebert Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Landry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Landry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Landry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trahan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trahan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trahan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Abshire Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Nunez Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nunez Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nunez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bancker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bancker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bancker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (96 more) ...
    • Gallet Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gallet Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gallet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Badon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Briggs Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Briggs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Briggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Abbeville had a population of 637 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Abbeville had a population of 11,927 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Abbeville, with the one closest to Abbeville listed first.

  • Perry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Perry is located in Vermilion Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <2>
  • Henry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
    • Henry is located in Vermilion Parish
  • Youngsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Youngsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsville
    • Youngsville is located in Lafayette Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,262 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Youngsville <2>
  • Indian Bayou
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Derouen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Burke
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Burke is located in Iberia Parish
  • Cade
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cade have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cade
    • Cade is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cade <2>
  • Duchamp
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duchamp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchamp
    • Duchamp is located in Saint Martin Parish
  • Broussard
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Segura
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Segura have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Segura
    • Segura is located in Iberia Parish
  • Delacroix
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delacroix. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delacroix
    • Delacroix is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Delacroix
    • From Abbeville to Delacroix
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Abbeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Abbeville.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Abbeville ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Abbeville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Abbeville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Abbeville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Abbeville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<6> of Abbeville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Abbeville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Abbeville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Abbeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Abbeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Abbeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9728, Longitude: -92.1277    









 

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