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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 Blairstown (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 Blairstown. 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 hospitals and 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.

Blairstown is located in East Feliciana 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 Feliciana Parish: East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena, West Feliciana, Amite (MS) & Wilkinson (MS).

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

  • East Feliciana Parish     (The home parish of Blairstown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blairstown, with the one closest to Blairstown listed first.
    • Clinton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <1>
    • Ethel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Slaughter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bells Store ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
    • Woodland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Wilson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
    • Lindsay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Troy ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Norwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blairstown, with the one closest to Blairstown listed first.
    • Galvez Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
    • Hope Villa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
    • Bullion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
    • Claybank
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
    • Hobart
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
    • Little Prairie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
    • Oak Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Summerfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blairstown, with the one closest to Blairstown listed first.
    • Pride
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Baywood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stonypoint ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
    • Greenwell Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Zachary
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Central
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <1>
    • Boganvilla
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Tristian Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
    • Baker
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownfields
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
    • Monticello
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Port Hudson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Merrydale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blairstown, with the one closest to Blairstown listed first.
    • Oldfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
    • Watson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Denham Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Walker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Georgeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Livingston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Starns
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Albany
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Port Vincent
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Saint Helena Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blairstown, with the one closest to Blairstown listed first.
    • Grangeville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pine Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Coleman Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
    • Chipola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Greensburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Montpelier
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
  • Tangipahoa Parish
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
  • West Feliciana Parish
  • Amite County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blairstown, with the one closest to Blairstown listed first.
    • Gillsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Liberty is located in Amite County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Gloster
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Huron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilkinson County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blairstown, with the one closest to Blairstown listed first.
    • Whitaker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Centreville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Turnbull
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Blairstown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blairstown.

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

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

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

  • Mahoney Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lipscomb Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cooper Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • New Zion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Irwin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Drehr Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Fairchild Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nesom Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Haney Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • South Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rylander Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Patterson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (532 more) ...
    • Booker Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Douglass Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ballard Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Blairstown had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Olive Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
  • Grangeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Stonypoint ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
  • Clinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <1>
  • Kents Store ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Kents Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
  • Slaughter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Ethel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Oldfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
  • Pine Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bells Store ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
  • Zachary
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Darlington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Darlington is located in Saint Helena Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Blairstown ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blairstown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blairstown, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blairstown.

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 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 Blairstown:

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 Blairstown, 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 from Point A (ie- Blairstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.