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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 Ashland (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 Ashland. 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/Counties ...

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

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 parishes/counties 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 parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

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

Ashland is located in Concordia 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 Concordia Parish: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Pointe Coupee, Tensas, West Feliciana, Adams (MS) & Wilkinson (MS).

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

  • Concordia Parish     (The home parish of Ashland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
    • Bougere
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Bougere is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
    • Fairview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairview is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Armagh
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Armagh is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armagh
    • Monterey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
    • Acme
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Vidalia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridgecrest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Sycamore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Ferriday
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Athlone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Athlone is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athlone
    • West Ferriday
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • West Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ferriday
    • Wildsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chevey Chase
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Chevey Chase is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevey Chase
  • Avoyelles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
    • Bordelonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Simmesport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Odenburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Odenburg is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odenburg
    • Moreauville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marksville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Catahoula Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
    • Parhams
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
    • Jonesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Trinity
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Utility
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
    • Lettsworth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Legonier
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Legonier is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legonier
    • Smithland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Smithland is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
    • Williamsport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Williamsport is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
    • Innis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • West Feliciana Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
    • Angola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Tunica
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Weyanoke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Converse ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
    • Wakefield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Adams County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
    • Cloverdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cloverdale is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Carthage
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Carthage is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
    • Natchez
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Natchez is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natchez
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,362 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natchez <1>
    • Jeannette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jeannette is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
    • Washington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Washington is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Selma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Selma is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
  • Amite County (MS)
    • Crosby
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Crosby is located in Amite County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crosby <1>
  • Franklin County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
    • Garden City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Garden City is located in Franklin County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Knoxville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Knoxville is located in Franklin County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Wilkinson County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashland, with the one closest to Ashland listed first.
    • Artonish
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Artonish is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
    • Wilkinson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
    • Woodville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Turnbull
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
    • Rosetta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta

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

Cemeteries Near Ashland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashland.

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

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

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

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.<3>

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

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

  • Arnot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Arnot is located in Adams County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
  • Bougere
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bougere is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
  • Fairview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairview is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Kienstra
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kienstra is located in Adams County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kienstra
  • Artonish
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Artonish is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
  • Black Hawk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Black Hawk is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
  • Fort Adams
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Fort Adams is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Adams
  • Doloroso
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Doloroso is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doloroso
  • Monterey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
  • Acme
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Morville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Morville is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morville
  • Eva
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Eva is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eva
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • New Era
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • New Era is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
    • Parhams
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
    • Big Bend
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Bend is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend

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

Newspapers Published in Ashland ...

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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ashland, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ashland.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Ashland:

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>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.
<3>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 Ashland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Ashland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.