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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 Barmen (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 Barmen. 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 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

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

Barmen is located in Ascension 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 Ascension Parish: Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston & Saint James.

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

  • Ascension Parish     (The home parish of Barmen)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Sorrento
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Brittany
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Amant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Weber City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
    • Burnside
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Gonzales
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cofield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Brignac
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
    • Aben
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Lake is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
    • Cornerview
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
    • Darrow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Brulie Maurin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
    • Belle Terre
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
    • Belle Alliance
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
    • Belle Rose
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Burbank ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
    • Freetown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
    • Kessler
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
    • Lula
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
    • Monty
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Monty is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
    • Sweet Home
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
    • Plattenville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Star
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Star is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Old Jefferson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
    • Shenandoah
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Perkins Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
    • Village Saint George
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
    • Oak Hills Place
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
    • Woodshire Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
    • Burtville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
    • Essen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
    • Gardere
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
    • Inniswold
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynwood Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
    • Westminster
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Carville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Saint Gabriel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • White Castle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Iberville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Sunshine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Bayou Goula
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Morrisonville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • Plaquemine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Chackbay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Kraemer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Thibodaux
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Acadia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • French Settlement
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Port Vincent
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
    • Maurepas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Clio
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Clio is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Killian
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Killian is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
    • Walker
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Walker is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
    • Denham Springs
      (23 miles [37 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>
    • Livingston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Springfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Holden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Albany
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Albany is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <1>
    • Starns
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Starns is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Gypsy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
    • Killona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Montz
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
    • Taft
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Norco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hahnville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • New Sarpy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Vallier
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Paradis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Chatman Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Free Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
    • Uncle Sam
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Burton Lane
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Convent
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Gramercy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lutcher
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <1>
    • Paulina
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Vacherie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lagan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Saint James
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Wallace
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Garyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Airy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Edgard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Reserve
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Laplace
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Frenier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • Bayou Geneve
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
  • Tangipahoa Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Akers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Manchac
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
    • Wadesboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
    • Baptist
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
    • Ponchatoula
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Schriever
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barmen, with the one closest to Barmen listed first.
    • Addis
      (30 miles [48.3 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Barmen ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barmen.

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

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

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

  • Richardson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Peter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Monroe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Philippian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope Haven Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Burnside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Buena Vista Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lusk Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Doug Decoteau Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Faithful Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (180 more) ...

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 Barmen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barmen.

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

  • Saint Amant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Burnside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Cofield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
  • Lauderdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lauderdale is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
  • Union
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Union is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • White Hall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Central
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Central is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Welcome
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Welcome is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Gonzales
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Head of Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Head of Island is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Island
  • Convent
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • French Settlement
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Darrow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Remy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Remy is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy

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

Newspapers Published in Barmen ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barmen.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barmen, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barmen.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Barmen:

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 Barmen, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barmen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.