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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ambrosia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ambrosia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ambrosia, 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 Ambrosia (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 Ambrosia. 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 southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the west. 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 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 south 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Ambrosia is historic, it would have been located within present day East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish: Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana.
Below are the parishes that are near Ambrosia. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ambrosia:
- East Baton Rouge Parish (The home parish of Ambrosia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Zachary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <2>
- Tristian Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
- Port Hudson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
- Baker
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
- Brownfields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
- Zion City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
- Boganvilla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
- Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <2>
- Merrydale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
- Greenwell Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maribel Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village
- Pride
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Baton Rouge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Hope Villa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Bullion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Galvez Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Hobart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Little Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Prairieville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Claybank
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Galvez
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Duplessis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- East Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Lindsay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Slaughter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Ethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blairstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Norwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woodland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Troy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Grosse Tete
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Maringouin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iberville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Plaquemine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sunshine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Saint Gabriel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Indian Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Bayou Goula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Watson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Denham Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
- Former names for Denham Springs:
- Amite Springs
- Hill's Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <2>
- Oldfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Walker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Livingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Port Vincent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Hermitage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Glynn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rougon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Patin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
- Ventress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Roads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jarreau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oscar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dupont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Livonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Morganza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fordoche
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Helena Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Grangeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Pine Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coleman Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Chipola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Arbroth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Devalls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Lobdell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Carey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Erwinville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Port Allen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Brusly
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <2>
- Addis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <2>
- West Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bains is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bains
- Rogillioville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
- Converse ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Wakefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Weyanoke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tunica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Angola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkinson County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Turnbull
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Whitaker
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Centreville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ambrosia, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Ambrosia.
Cemeteries Near Ambrosia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ambrosia.
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 Ambrosia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ambrosia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Azalea Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stanford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McHugh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Port Hudson National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
- The Hillcrest Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Hillcrest Gardens Cemetery
- Strangers Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Port Hudson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Ambrosia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ambrosia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ambrosia, with the one closest to Ambrosia listed first.
- Zachary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <2>
- Irene
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Irene is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Lindsay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Port Hudson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
- Baker
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
- Slaughter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Arbroth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Olive Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Anchor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Anchor is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Devalls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Ethel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waterloo is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Lobdell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Lakeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ambrosia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ambrosia.
Newspapers Published in Ambrosia ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ambrosia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ambrosia, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ambrosia.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Ambrosia:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to East Baton Rouge Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint Helena Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- Wilkinson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 Ambrosia, 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- Ambrosia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |