Nearest Communities to Burrwood,
Listed Parish-By-Parish
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Burrwood, on a Parish-by-Parish basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Burrwood:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring parishes in addition to 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 checked the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Burrwood.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Burrwood is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Plaquemines Parish.
The following 3 parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Plaquemines Parish: Jefferson, Orleans & Saint Bernard.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Burrwood.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home parish for Burrwood (which is Plaquemines Parish), we list the parishes in alphabetical order and for each of those parishes, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Burrwood
For the following list, only those parishes that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Plaquemines Parish (where Burrwood resides)
- Parish Seat for Plaquemines: Pointe a la Hache
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the south and the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- Nearest Communities to Burrwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Burrwood.
- Port Eads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - South Pass
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Pass have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pass
- South Pass is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Pilottown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilottown
- Pilottown is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pilottown <5>
- Pilotsville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pilotsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilotsville
- Pilotsville is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Balize ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Orchard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Venice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venice have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Venice is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venice <5>
- Duvic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Boothville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boothville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothville
- Boothville is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boothville <5>
- Gulftown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Olga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Triumph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Buras
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buras have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Buras is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buras <5>
- Fort Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jackson
- Fort Jackson is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Fort Saint Phillip
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Saint Phillip have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Saint Phillip
- Fort Saint Phillip is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Quarantine ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quarantine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarantine
- Quarantine is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Ostrica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Sunrise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buras
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Burrwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burrwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9677, Longitude: -89.3771 In this case, the coordinates for Burrwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Burrwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. 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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |