Our Genealogy Helper
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 Annadale (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 Annadale. 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 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.
Annadale is located in Iberville 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 Iberville Parish: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Pointe Coupee, Saint Martin & West Baton Rouge.
Below are the parishes that are near Annadale. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Annadale:
- Iberville Parish (The home parish of Annadale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- White Castle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bayou Goula
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Gabriel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sunshine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Iberville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Plaquemine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Grosse Tete
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Barton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Southwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Darrow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Donaldsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Geismar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aben
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aben is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
- Aben has also been known as:
- Abend
- Cofield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Dutch Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Burnside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cornerview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Gonzales
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Duplessis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brittany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Bruly Saint Martin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Lula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Belle Rose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Freetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Kessler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Monty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
- Grand Bayou
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Belle Alliance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Belle Terre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Gardere
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Oak Hills Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Perkins Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Lynwood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Essen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Old Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Inniswold
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Shenandoah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Beauregard Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
- Woodshire Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Lafourche Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Chackbay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Thibodaux
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- French Settlement
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Port Vincent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Denham Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- 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 <1>
- Maurepas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Free Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Chatman Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Burton Lane
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Uncle Sam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Convent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Hester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Gramercy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lutcher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Paulina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vacherie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Wallace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Mount Airy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Martin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Bayou Geneve
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- Stephenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
- Bayou Chene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
- Saint Mary Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Irish Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
- Fairville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Wilsons Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wilsons Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Landing
- Charenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan City Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
- Morgan City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Caffery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Caffery is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffery
- Katy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Katy is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Verdunville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verdunville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdunville
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Addis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Brusly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- 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 <1>
- Port Allen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Lobdell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Carey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Annadale, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Annadale.
Cemeteries Near Annadale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Annadale.
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 Annadale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Annadale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- St. Paul Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- First Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- White Castle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. John Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Raspberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brazil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (144 more) ...
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Annadale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Annadale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Annadale, with the one closest to Annadale listed first.
- Dorcyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
- Bayou Goula
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McCall
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McCall is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
- Geary ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Geary is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
- Smoke Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
- Hohen Solms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
- Belle Rose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Donaldsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Darrow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Belle Helene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
- Geismar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Saint Gabriel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Paincourtville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Annadale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Annadale.
Newspapers Published in Annadale ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Annadale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Annadale, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Annadale.
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 websites either 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 Annadale:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Iberville Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- Saint Mary Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Annadale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Annadale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |