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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 Campbell (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 Campbell. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Campbell is located in Rapides 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 Rapides Parish: Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Grant, La Salle, Natchitoches & Vernon.

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

  • Rapides Parish     (The home parish of Campbell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Lena
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
    • Flatwoods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Zimmerman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Zimmerman is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Hot Wells
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hot Wells is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Wells
    • Boyce
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mora
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hemphill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Hemphill is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
    • Gardner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Otis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sieper
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Weil
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Weil is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weil
    • Hineston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Grant Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Fairmount
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Colfax
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Creola
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Creola is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • Creola has also been known as:
      • Creola village
    • Stay
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Stay is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
    • Montgomery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bentley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dry Prong
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Creek ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
    • Pollock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Antonia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Antonia is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonia
    • Fishville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
  • Natchitoches Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Marco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Marco is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
    • Gorum
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cloutierville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Derry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Derry is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
    • Melrose
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Flora
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Natchez
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Bellwood is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
    • Provencal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Natchitoches
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Vernon Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Simpson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Leander
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Leander is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Lacamp
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hicks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hicks is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
    • Alco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Alco is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • Walnut Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Kurthwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Slagle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Fullerton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Winn Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbell, with the one closest to Campbell listed first.
    • Saint Maurice
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Atlanta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Whitford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Whitford is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford

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

Cemeteries Near Campbell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campbell.

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

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

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

  • Watkin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Campbell Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Knight Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Carnahan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • James Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dark - Neal Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Flatwoods Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Calvert Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Deloges Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bay Spring Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (181 more) ...
    • Boyce Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • St. Aloysius Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lacour Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Lena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Boyce
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fairmount
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Chopin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Chopin is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopin
  • Crane
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Crane is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Mora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Colfax
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gorum
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hemphill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hemphill is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
  • Milford ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Milford is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
  • Rapides
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Rapides is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapides
  • Cloutierville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Derry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Derry is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
    • Weil
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Weil is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weil
    • Simpson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Campbell ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campbell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campbell, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campbell.

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 helpful 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 Campbell:

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 Campbell, 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 from Point A (ie- Campbell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.