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 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.
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance 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 Website: https://www.plaqueminesparish.gov/
- Parish Seat for Plaquemines: Pointe a la Hache
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the south and the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- 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)
- South Pass is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pass
- Pilottown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pilotsville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Balize ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Balize is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balize
- Orchard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Orchard is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Venice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Duvic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Duvic is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvic
- Boothville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gulftown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gulftown is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulftown
- Olga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Olga is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Triumph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Triumph is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Buras
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Jackson is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jackson
- Fort Saint Phillip
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Saint Phillip is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Saint Phillip
- Quarantine ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Quarantine is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarantine
- Ostrica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ostrica is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrica
- Sunrise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burrwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |
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