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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 Buhler (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 Buhler. 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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the east. 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/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 north 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.

Buhler is located in Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu Parish: Beauregard, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Newton (TX) & Orange (TX).

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

  • Calcasieu Parish     (The home parish of Buhler)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buhler, with the one closest to Buhler listed first.
    • Sulphur
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Westlake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ararat
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Ararat is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
    • Dequincy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Moss Bluff
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Carlyss
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyss
    • Lake Charles
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Prien
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Prien is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prien
    • Edgerly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
    • Greinwich Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Greinwich Village is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greinwich Village
    • Vinton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <1>
    • Starks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Iowa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
  • Allen Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buhler, with the one closest to Buhler listed first.
    • Reeves
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Indian Village is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Le Blanc
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Le Blanc is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Blanc
  • Beauregard Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buhler, with the one closest to Buhler listed first.
    • Helme
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Helme is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
    • Ragley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fayette ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Fayette is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
    • Longville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Singer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Newlin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
    • Dry Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Merryville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Cameron Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buhler, with the one closest to Buhler listed first.
    • Grand Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
    • Hackberry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jefferson Davis Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buhler, with the one closest to Buhler listed first.
    • Fenton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Fenton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fenton <1>
    • Lacassine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Newton County (TX)
  • Orange County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buhler, with the one closest to Buhler listed first.
    • Orange
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange is located in Orange County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,832 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <1>
    • Pinehurst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pinehurst is located in Orange County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
    • West Orange
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lemonville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Lemonville is located in Orange County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville

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

Cemeteries Near Buhler ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buhler.

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

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

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

  • Royer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Alston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Perkins Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Perkins Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Dequincy.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68548 <2>
  • Rigmaiden Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Roseland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Perkins Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bagdad Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • West Fork Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ritchie Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Big Woods Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bilbo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Farqurar Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (74 more) ...
    • Goos Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Emanuel Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Birdsnest Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Westlake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgerly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
  • Lake Charles
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Vinton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <1>
  • Chloe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chloe is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
  • Grand Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
  • Iowa
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
  • Hackberry
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Echo
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Echo is located in Orange County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Orange
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange is located in Orange County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,832 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Buhler ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buhler.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buhler, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buhler.

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 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 Buhler:

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>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.
<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 Buhler, 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- Buhler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.