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 Augusta (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 Augusta. 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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Augusta 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 Augusta. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Augusta:
- Iberville Parish (The home parish of Augusta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Bayou Goula
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plaquemine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Saint Gabriel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Iberville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Grosse Tete
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maringouin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Southwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Geismar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Darrow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dutch Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Donaldsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornerview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Bullion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prairieville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aben
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Aben is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
- Aben has also been known as:
- Abend
- Burnside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cofield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
- Bruly Saint Martin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Grand Bayou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Lula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Monty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Belle Rose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Freetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Kessler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Star
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Belle Alliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 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 Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Gardere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Oak Hills Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Lynwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Village Saint George
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Essen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Perkins Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Inniswold
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beauregard Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
- Old Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Westminster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Baton Rouge
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Port Vincent
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- French Settlement
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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
- Watson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Lakeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rougon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Free Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Chatman Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Burton Lane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Convent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Uncle Sam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Lagan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Saint Martin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Bayou Chene
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
- Bayou Geneve
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- Stephenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
- Coteau Holmes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coteau Holmes is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coteau Holmes
- Saint Mary Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Charenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
- 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
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Addis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Lobdell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Carey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Erwinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arbroth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Augusta, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Augusta.
Cemeteries Near Augusta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Augusta.
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 Augusta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Augusta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- First Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Castle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Raspberry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brazil Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (143 more) ...
- Grace Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highlands Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Augusta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Augusta.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Augusta, with the one closest to Augusta listed first.
- Dorcyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
- Bayou Goula
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plaquemine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Gabriel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Hohen Solms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
- Southwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- McCall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCall is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
- Geismar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gardere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Geary ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Geary is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
- Smoke Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Belle Helene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
- Brusly Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brusly Landing is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Landing
- Belle Rose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Augusta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Augusta.
Newspapers Published in Augusta ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Augusta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Augusta, 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 Augusta.
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 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 Augusta:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Iberville Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint James 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 Augusta, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Augusta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |