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

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

Belmont is located in Sabine Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Sabine Parish: De Soto, Natchitoches, Vernon, Newton (TX), Sabine (TX) & Shelby (TX).

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

  • Sabine Parish     (The home parish of Belmont)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belmont, with the one closest to Belmont listed first.
    • Bayou Scie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Scie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Scie
      • Bayou Scie is located in Sabine Parish
    • Pleasant Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Sabine Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <2>
    • Zwolle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Many
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Many
      • Many is located in Sabine Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,667 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Many <2>
    • Noble
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noble have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
      • Noble is located in Sabine Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noble <2>
    • Converse
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Converse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
      • Converse is located in Sabine Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Converse <2>
    • Fisher
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Negreet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Negreet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negreet
      • Negreet is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Negreet <2>
    • Florien
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florien have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florien
      • Florien is located in Sabine Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florien <2>
    • Toro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
      • Toro is located in Sabine Parish
  • De Soto Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belmont, with the one closest to Belmont listed first.
    • Butler ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in De Soto Parish
    • Pelican
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelican have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican
      • Pelican is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelican <2>
    • Oxford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
    • Mansfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • South Mansfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Mansfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mansfield
      • South Mansfield is located in De Soto Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Stanley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in De Soto Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Grand Cane
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Natchitoches Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belmont, with the one closest to Belmont listed first.
    • Marthaville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Robeline
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Victoria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
      • Victoria is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Vowells Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vowells Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowells Mill
      • Vowells Mill is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Provencal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Powhatan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Natchitoches
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Flora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
      • Flora is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flora <2>
    • Campti
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campti have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
      • Campti is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campti <2>
    • Natchez
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natchez have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natchez
      • Natchez is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natchez <2>
    • Clarence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
      • Clarence is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarence <2>
  • Red River Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belmont, with the one closest to Belmont listed first.
    • Lake End
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake End have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
      • Lake End is located in Red River Parish
    • Hanna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
      • Hanna is located in Red River Parish
    • Coushatta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Harmon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon
      • Harmon is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harmon <2>
    • Edgefield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
      • Edgefield is located in Red River Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
    • Abington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
      • Abington is located in Red River Parish
    • Halfway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
      • Halfway is located in Red River Parish
  • Vernon Parish
    • Hornbeck
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hornbeck have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornbeck
      • Hornbeck is located in Vernon Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hornbeck <2>
  • Sabine County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Belmont, with the one closest to Belmont listed first.
    • Milam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milam
      • Milam is located in Sabine County (TX)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milam <2>
    • Geneva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shelby County (TX)
    • Huxley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huxley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
      • Huxley is located in Shelby County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people

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

Newspapers Published in Belmont ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belmont.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belmont, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belmont.

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 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 Belmont:

Cemeteries Near Belmont ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belmont.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Wofed Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wofed Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wofed Cemetery
  • Linn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Linn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Linn Cemetery
  • Parrott Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parrott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parrott Cemetery
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sardis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sardis Cemetery
  • McCartney Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCartney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCartney Cemetery
  • Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
  • Ft. Jesup Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Jesup Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Jesup Cemetery
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
  • Clyde Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clyde Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clyde Cemetery
  • Old St. Joseph Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Continue List   (198 more) ...
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Jerusalem Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Noble Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Noble Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Noble Cemetery

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.<4>

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

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

  • Bayou Scie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Scie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Scie
    • Bayou Scie is located in Sabine Parish
  • Marthaville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Sabine Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <2>
  • Mitchell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
    • Mitchell is located in Sabine Parish
  • Many
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Many
    • Many is located in Sabine Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,667 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Many <2>
  • Pelican
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelican have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican
    • Pelican is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelican <2>
  • Robeline
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Butler ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Butler is located in De Soto Parish
  • Allen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Allen is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Vowells Mill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vowells Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowells Mill
    • Vowells Mill is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Victoria
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
    • Victoria is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Oxford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Negreet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Negreet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negreet
      • Negreet is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Negreet <2>
    • Corleyville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corleyville
      • Corleyville is located in Sabine Parish
    • Provencal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Belmont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 from Point A (ie- Belmont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7163, Longitude: -93.5091       In this case, the coordinates for Belmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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 Belmont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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