Nearest Communities to Cameron,
Listed Parish-By-Parish
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cameron, on a Parish-by-Parish basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cameron:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the south.
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 west contained birth and death records; the parish to the south 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 Cameron.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Cameron is located in Cameron Parish and is the Parish/County Seat.
The following 5 parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Cameron Parish: Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion, Jefferson (TX) & Orange (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cameron. Of these communities, 24 are located in parishes/counties other than Cameron Parish.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home parish for Cameron (which is Cameron Parish), we list the parishes/counties in alphabetical order and for each of those parishes/counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Cameron
For the following list, only those parishes/counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Cameron Parish (where Cameron resides)
- Parish Seat for Cameron: Cameron
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- Nearest Communities to Cameron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cameron.
- Holly Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Beach
- Holly Beach is located in Cameron Parish
- Creole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Hackberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
- Hackberry is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hackberry <4>
- Peveto Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peveto Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peveto Beach
- Peveto Beach is located in Cameron Parish
- Constance Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Constance Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance Beach
- Constance Beach is located in Cameron Parish
- Grand Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Gibbstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Sweet Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lake
- Sweet Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Grand Chenier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Chenier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Chenier
- Grand Chenier is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Chenier <4>
- Hacketts Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hacketts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacketts Corner
- Hacketts Corner is located in Cameron Parish
- Johnsons Bayou
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnsons Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Bayou
- Johnsons Bayou is located in Cameron Parish
- Lone Pine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Johnson Bayou Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson Bayou Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Bayou Landing
- Johnson Bayou Landing is located in Cameron Parish
- Calcasieu Parish
- Parish Website: www.cppj.net/
- Parish Seat for Calcasieu: Lake Charles
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- Nearest Communities to Cameron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cameron.
- Burton Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burton Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Landing
- Burton Landing is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Moss Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Prairieland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieland
- Prairieland is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Vincent Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vincent Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Landing
- Vincent Landing is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Carlyss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyss
- Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Choupique
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Prien
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prien
- Prien is located in Calcasieu Parish
- University Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
- University Place is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Holmwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Greinwich Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greinwich Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greinwich Village
- Greinwich Village is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Chalkley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Ged
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hollywood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Lake Charles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles
- Lake Charles is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78,433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Charles <4>
- Rose Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bluff
- Rose Bluff is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Illinois Plant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Illinois Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Plant
- Illinois Plant is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Rossignol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Lockmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Maplewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Sulphur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Sulphur is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,120 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sulphur <4>
- Bell City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Bell City is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell City <4>
- Bellevue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast) - Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Manchester is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Hollywood
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cameron) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cameron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7968, Longitude: -93.3232 |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |