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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Burbank. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Burbank to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Burbank, 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 Burbank (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 Burbank. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Burbank is historic, it would have been located within present day Assumption 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 Assumption Parish: Ascension, Iberia, Iberville, Lafourche, Saint James, Saint Martin, Saint Mary & Terrebonne.
Below are the parishes that are near Burbank. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burbank:
- Assumption Parish (The home parish of Burbank)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Belle Rose
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Belle Alliance
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Belle Terre
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Freetown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Kessler
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Lula
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Monty
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Star
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Brulie Maurin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Magnolia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Sweet Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Bruly Saint Martin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Paincourtville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Barton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Donaldsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Darrow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Aben
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Aben is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
- Aben has also been known as:
- Abend
- Cofield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Burnside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geismar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Southwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Cornerview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Dutch Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Gonzales
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sorrento
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brittany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Gardere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Oak Hills Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Village Saint George
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Perkins Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Lynwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Old Jefferson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Essen
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Inniswold
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Westminster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Woodshire Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Baton Rouge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- White Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bayou Goula
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Gabriel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Iberville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Plaquemine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Lafourche Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Chackbay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Thibodaux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Acadia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
- Kraemer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- French Settlement
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Port Vincent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Maurepas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Denham Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
- Former names for Denham Springs:
- Amite Springs
- Hill's Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <2>
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Free Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Burton Lane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Chatman Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Convent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Saint James
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Uncle Sam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lagan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Hester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Vacherie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lutcher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Paulina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gramercy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Wallace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Mount Airy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Garyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Edgard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Reserve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Martin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Bayou Geneve
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- Stephenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
- Bayou Chene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
- Saint Mary Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Morgan City Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
- Morgan City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Amelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Berwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wilsons Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Landing
- Bayou Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
- Patterson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verdunville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Verdunville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdunville
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terrebonne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Chacahoula
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
- Donner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gibson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Schriever
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Plantation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
- Minerva Plantation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
- Gray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Addis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <2>
- Brusly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <2>
- Port Allen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burbank, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Burbank.
Cemeteries Near Burbank ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burbank.
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 Burbank - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burbank covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- St. Jules Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Christ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Virginia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ascension Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Christ Episcopal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (128 more) ...
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Phillip Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- First Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Burbank in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burbank.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
- Belle Rose
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smoke Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
- Geary ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Geary is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
- McCall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McCall is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
- Paincourtville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Donaldsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plattenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Darrow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- White Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Lauderdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cofield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Belle Helene
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
- Central
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burbank. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burbank.
Newspapers Published in Burbank ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burbank.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burbank, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burbank.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Burbank:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Assumption Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- Saint Mary Parish
- Terrebonne Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 Burbank, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burbank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |