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 Audubon (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 Audubon. 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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the east. 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/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 north 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.
Audubon is located in Saint Tammany 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 Saint Tammany Parish: Jefferson, Orleans, Tangipahoa, Washington, Hancock (MS) & Pearl River (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Audubon. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Audubon:
- Saint Tammany Parish (The home parish of Audubon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Audubon, with the one closest to Audubon listed first.
- Hickory
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hickory is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Pearl River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Browns Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Browns Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
- Northwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Northwood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
- Bon Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
- Huntwyck Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huntwyck Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntwyck Village
- Lake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Tanglewood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tanglewood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Village
- Slidell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Talisheek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Shore Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Shore Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Village
- McClane City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McClane City is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClane City
- Orleans Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Audubon, with the one closest to Audubon listed first.
- Lake Catherine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Pine Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Katie ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
- Washington Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Audubon, with the one closest to Audubon listed first.
- Lees Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Bogalusa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Enon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enon is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Hancock County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Audubon, with the one closest to Audubon listed first.
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Napoleon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Pearlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kiln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shoreline Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
- Lakeshore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeshore is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Diamondhead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waveland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Necaise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Necaise is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
- Bay Saint Louis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pearl River County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Audubon, with the one closest to Audubon listed first.
- Nicholson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholson is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Picayune
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Juniper Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Juniper Grove is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Audubon, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Audubon.
Cemeteries Near Audubon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Audubon.
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 Audubon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Audubon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Audubon, with the one closest to Audubon listed first.
- Hickory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Austin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Henry Talley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crawford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Charter Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Porters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Welch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Amos Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Evans Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Little Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Haaswood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (173 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Peace Grove 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.<3>
While we didn't find Audubon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Audubon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Audubon, with the one closest to Audubon listed first.
- Florenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenville
- Pearl River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slidell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Talisheek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Pearlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sun
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sun is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun <1>
- Mandeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rigolets
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rigolets is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigolets
- Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lake Catherine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Kiln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chinquapin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chinquapin is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
- Madisonville
(22 miles [35.4 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 Audubon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Audubon.
Newspapers Published in Audubon ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Audubon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Audubon, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Audubon.
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 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 Audubon:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Saint Tammany Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Orleans Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Washington Parish
- Hancock County
- Pearl River County
- 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> | 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 Audubon, 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' (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- Audubon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |