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

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

Bosco is located in Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parish: Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Morehouse, Richland & Union.

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

  • Ouachita Parish     (The home parish of Bosco)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bosco, with the one closest to Bosco listed first.
    • Cuba
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pino Bayou Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Pino Bayou Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino Bayou Village
    • Richwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Richwood is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,375 people
    • Lapine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Monroe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Claiborne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
    • Spanish City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Spanish City is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish City
    • West Monroe
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Leisure Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • Northpark Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Northpark Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northpark Village
    • Swartz
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Forksville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Calhoun
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Caldwell Parish
  • Catahoula Parish
  • Franklin Parish
  • Jackson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bosco, with the one closest to Bosco listed first.
    • Zoar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Eros
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Eros is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eros <1>
    • Nash ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Nash is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
    • Chatham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Dalley ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
    • Cartwright
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Weston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • La Salle Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bosco, with the one closest to Bosco listed first.
    • Standard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Olla
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Olla is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,371 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olla <1>
  • Lincoln Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bosco, with the one closest to Bosco listed first.
    • Averit ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
    • Choudrant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sibley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Morehouse Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bosco, with the one closest to Bosco listed first.
    • Windsor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Collinston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Richland Parish
  • Union Parish
  • Winn Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bosco, with the one closest to Bosco listed first.
    • Newport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sikes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Flat Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Bosco ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bosco.

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

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

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

  • Cuba Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Faust Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Faulks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Landerneau Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Riser Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Furlow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pritchard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Thomason Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Myers Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Duchene Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (212 more) ...
    • Fellowship Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Etier Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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, Bosco had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Cuba
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Logtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Logtown is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
  • Blankston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blankston is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blankston
  • Corey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Corey is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
  • Riverton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Riverton is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
  • Charlieville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Charlieville is located in Richland Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlieville
  • Mount Pleasant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lapine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Alto
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Millhaven
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Millhaven is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
  • Monroe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • West Monroe
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cotton Plant
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cotton Plant is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
    • Sicard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Sicard is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicard

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

Newspapers Published in Bosco ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bosco.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bosco, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bosco.

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 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 Bosco:

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 Bosco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bosco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.