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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Ben Hut. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ben Hut to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ben Hut, please Contact Us.
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 Ben Hut (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 Ben Hut. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Ben Hut is historic, it would have been located within present day East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish: Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana.
Below are the parishes that are near Ben Hut. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ben Hut:
- East Baton Rouge Parish (The home parish of Ben Hut)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Gardere
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Essen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Lynwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Oak Hills Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Perkins Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Baton Rouge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beauregard Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
- Inniswold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Old Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Bullion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Hope Villa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Southwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prairieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dutch Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Geismar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Cornerview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Duplessis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Little Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Galvez Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Bruly Saint Martin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Lula
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Belle Terre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Belle Rose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Freetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Kessler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Monty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Belle Alliance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
- Grand Bayou
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Brulie Maurin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- East Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Lindsay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Slaughter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Ethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blairstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Iberville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Plaquemine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Gabriel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Goula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- White Castle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grosse Tete
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rosedale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maringouin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Denham Springs
(15 miles [24.1 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 <2>
- Port Vincent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Walker
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- French Settlement
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Livingston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oldfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Maurepas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Glynn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rougon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Jarreau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oscar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Livonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ventress
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
- New Roads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fordoche
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Free Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Chatman Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Burton Lane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Convent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Uncle Sam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Martin Parish
- Bayou Chene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Brusly
(5 miles [8 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 <2>
- Addis
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Port Allen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lobdell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Carey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Erwinville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Arbroth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Ben Hut, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Ben Hut.
Cemeteries Near Ben Hut ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ben Hut.
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 Ben Hut - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ben Hut covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Conrad Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nazarene Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Laboring Society Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kleinpeter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jewish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Highlands Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (207 more) ...
- St. George Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sweet Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Baton Rouge National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Ben Hut in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ben Hut.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ben Hut, with the one closest to Ben Hut listed first.
- Gardere
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Brusly Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brusly Landing is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Landing
- Sunshine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Plaquemine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baton Rouge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Port Allen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Gabriel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Goula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lobdell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Southwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Hopeville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Dorcyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dutch Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Hohen Solms
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
- Geismar
(13 miles [20.9 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 Ben Hut. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ben Hut.
Newspapers Published in Ben Hut ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ben Hut.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ben Hut, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ben Hut.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Ben Hut:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to East Baton Rouge Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ben Hut, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ben Hut) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |