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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Albany. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Albany to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Albany, please Contact Us.

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 Albany (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 Albany. 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/Parishes ...

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

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

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Albany is historic, it would have been located within present day Caddo Parish.

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

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Caddo Parish: Lafayette (AR), Miller (AR), Bossier, De Soto, Red River, Cass (TX), Harrison (TX), Marion (TX) & Panola (TX).

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

  • Caddo Parish     (The home parish of Albany)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Blanchard
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mooringsport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Belcher
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Longwood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
    • Western Hills Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Shreveport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Longwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Normandy Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Normandy Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
    • Oil City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Chateau Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Chateau Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Village
    • Silver Pine Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
    • Reisor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
  • Bossier Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Benton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bossier City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkland Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
    • Alden Bridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
    • Espanita Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
    • Red Chute
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
    • Bodcau
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Eastwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Bellevue
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bellevue is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Fillmore
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Fillmore is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
    • Princeton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Haughton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • De Soto Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Stonewall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Frierson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Gloster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Keachi
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Webster Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Doyline
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Cotton Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dixie Inn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dixie Inn is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Inn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
    • Sarepta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Yellow Pine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Yellow Pine is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
  • Miller County (AR)
    • Capps City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Capps City is located in Miller County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
  • Cass County (TX)
    • McLeod
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Waskom
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <2>
    • Jonesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Uncertain
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Karnack
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Baldwin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Baldwin is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Scottsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Elysian Fields
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pope City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Pope City is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope City
    • Woodlawn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodlawn is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
  • Panola County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Panola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • De Berry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Albany ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Albany.

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 Albany - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Walker Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Light Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Round Grove Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hebrew Rest Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Benton Community Club Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jewella Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Star Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hebrew Rest Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (182 more) ...
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Red River Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Macedonia Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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.

While we didn't find Albany in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Albany.

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

  • Blanchard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Vanceville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Vanceville is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceville
  • Brownlee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Brownlee is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
  • Benton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mooringsport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Longwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Shreveport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bossier City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jewella ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jewella is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewella
  • Flournoy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Alden Bridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
  • Latex
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Latex is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latex
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Reisor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
    • Greenwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • La Rosen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • La Rosen is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosen

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

Newspapers Published in Albany ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Albany.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Albany, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Albany.

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 helpful 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 Albany:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Albany, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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- Albany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.