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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 Brewtons Mill (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 Brewtons Mill. 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.
Name Variations for Brewtons Mill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Brewtons Mill: Brewtons Ml. (or less commonly used: Brewtons Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Brewtons Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Brewtons Mill may originally have been Brewton's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Brewtons Mill might be written as Brewton Mill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.
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 north 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.
Brewtons Mill is located in Winn 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 Winn Parish: Bienville, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, La Salle & Natchitoches.
Below are the parishes that are near Brewtons Mill. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brewtons Mill:
- Winn Parish (The home parish of Brewtons Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewtons Mill, with the one closest to Brewtons Mill listed first.
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Gansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gansville is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Bethlehem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Dodson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Calvin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hudson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Winnfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Couley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Couley is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couley
- Joyce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sikes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Whitford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Whitford is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford
- Bienville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewtons Mill, with the one closest to Brewtons Mill listed first.
- Saline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- English
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- English is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Burkplace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burkplace is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkplace
- Lucky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lucky is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Liberty Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Bienville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alberta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alberta is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Castor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Bryceland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bryceland is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryceland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Jackson Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewtons Mill, with the one closest to Brewtons Mill listed first.
- Jonesboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hodge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Hodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- North Hodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Weston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Quitman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ansley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ansley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
- Dalley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
- Chatham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Zoar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Zoar is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Nash ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nash is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Eros
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewtons Mill, with the one closest to Brewtons Mill listed first.
- Simsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grambling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ruston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Natchitoches Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewtons Mill, with the one closest to Brewtons Mill listed first.
- Goldonna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Ashland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Caspari ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caspari is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspari
- Campti
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grappes Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grappes Bluff is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grappes Bluff
- Powhatan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Natchitoches
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forest is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Red River Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brewtons Mill, with the one closest to Brewtons Mill listed first.
- Martin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
- Hall Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Edgefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Edgefield is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Lake End
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake End is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
- Coushatta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Halfway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Halfway is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brewtons Mill, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Brewtons Mill.
Cemeteries Near Brewtons Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brewtons Mill.
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 Brewtons Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brewtons Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brewtons Mill, with the one closest to Brewtons Mill listed first.
- Gansville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Goldonna Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McDonald Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Danville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam Springs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blake Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Blake Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDade Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (167 more) ...
- Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Galilee Cemetery
- Gallilee Baptist Church Cemetery
- Hodge Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Henrys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Brewtons Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brewtons Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brewtons Mill, with the one closest to Brewtons Mill listed first.
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Gansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gansville is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Saline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Chestnut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Burkplace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burkplace is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkplace
- Brown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brown is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Blume
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blume is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blume
- Liberty Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Gaars Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gaars Mill is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaars Mill
- Weston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Winnfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Couley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Couley is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brewtons Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brewtons Mill.
Newspapers Published in Brewtons Mill ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brewtons Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brewtons Mill, 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 Brewtons Mill.
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 Brewtons Mill:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Winn Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Bienville Parish
- Jackson Parish
- Lincoln Parish
- Natchitoches Parish
- Red River Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Brewtons Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Brewtons Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |