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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Brabston. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Brabston to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brabston, 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 Brabston (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 Brabston. 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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals 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/counties 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/counties, 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 Brabston is historic, it would have been located within present day Concordia 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 Concordia Parish: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Pointe Coupee, Tensas, West Feliciana, Adams (MS) & Wilkinson (MS).

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

  • Concordia Parish     (The home parish of Brabston)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brabston, with the one closest to Brabston listed first.
    • Fairview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairview is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Bougere
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bougere is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
    • Monterey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
    • Armagh
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Armagh is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armagh
    • Acme
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Vidalia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridgecrest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Sycamore
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Ferriday
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • West Ferriday
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • West Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ferriday
    • Athlone
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Athlone is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athlone
    • Chevey Chase
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Chevey Chase is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevey Chase
    • Wildsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Avoyelles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brabston, with the one closest to Brabston listed first.
    • Bordelonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Simmesport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Catahoula Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brabston, with the one closest to Brabston listed first.
    • Parhams
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
    • Trinity
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Jonesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Utility
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
    • Greenville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Wildwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brabston, with the one closest to Brabston listed first.
    • Legonier
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Legonier is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legonier
    • Lettsworth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Smithland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Smithland is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
  • West Feliciana Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brabston, with the one closest to Brabston listed first.
    • Angola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Tunica
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Weyanoke
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Adams County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brabston, with the one closest to Brabston listed first.
    • Cloverdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cloverdale is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Carthage
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Carthage is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
    • Natchez
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Natchez is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natchez
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,362 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natchez <2>
    • Jeannette
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jeannette is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
    • Washington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Washington is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Selma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Selma is located in Adams County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
  • Franklin County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brabston, with the one closest to Brabston listed first.
    • Garden City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Garden City is located in Franklin County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Knoxville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Knoxville is located in Franklin County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Wilkinson County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brabston, with the one closest to Brabston listed first.
    • Artonish
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Artonish is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
    • Wilkinson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
    • Woodville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosetta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
    • Turnbull
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull

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

Cemeteries Near Brabston ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brabston.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Fairview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Bougere
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bougere is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
  • Arnot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Arnot is located in Adams County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
  • Kienstra
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Kienstra is located in Adams County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kienstra
  • Artonish
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Artonish is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
  • Monterey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
  • Morville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Morville is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morville
  • Black Hawk
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Black Hawk is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
  • Doloroso
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Doloroso is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doloroso
  • Eva
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Eva is located in Concordia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eva
  • Acme
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Parhams
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • New Era
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • New Era is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
    • Lismore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lismore is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lismore
    • Fort Adams
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Fort Adams is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Adams

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

Newspapers Published in Brabston ...

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 133 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brabston.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brabston, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brabston.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Brabston:

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 Brabston, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brabston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.