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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 Carlyss (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 Carlyss. 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/Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived 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.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes/counties 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Calcasieu Parish: Beauregard, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Newton (TX) & Orange (TX).

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

  • Calcasieu Parish     (The home parish of Carlyss)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlyss, with the one closest to Carlyss listed first.
    • Sulphur
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Prien
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Edgerly
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Charles
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Westlake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westlake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
      • Westlake is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,873 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westlake <1>
    • Greinwich Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greinwich Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greinwich Village
      • Greinwich Village is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Vinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
      • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <1>
    • Ararat
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Moss Bluff
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moss Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Bluff
      • Moss Bluff is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moss Bluff <1>
    • DeQuincy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for DeQuincy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeQuincy
      • DeQuincy is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,009 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeQuincy <1>
    • Starks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Iowa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Bell City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Allen Parish
    • Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Allen Parish
  • Beauregard Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlyss, with the one closest to Carlyss listed first.
    • Helme
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Helme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
      • Helme is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Helme
      • From Carlyss to Helme
    • Ragley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ragley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragley
      • Ragley is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ragley <1>
    • Fayette ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayette have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Fayette is located in Beauregard Parish
  • Cameron Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlyss, with the one closest to Carlyss listed first.
    • Grand Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
      • Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Grand Lake
      • From Carlyss to Grand Lake
    • Hackberry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Cameron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Creole
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Creole. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creole
      • Creole is located in Cameron Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Creole
      • From Carlyss to Creole
  • Jefferson Davis Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlyss, with the one closest to Carlyss listed first.
    • Lacassine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacassine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacassine
      • Lacassine is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lacassine <1>
    • Fenton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
      • Fenton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fenton <1>
  • Newton County (TX)
  • Orange County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlyss, with the one closest to Carlyss listed first.
    • Orange
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • West Orange
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Orange have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Orange
      • West Orange is located in Orange County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Orange <1>
    • Pinehurst
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Lemonville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
      • Lemonville is located in Orange County (TX)
    • Bridge City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridge City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge City
      • Bridge City is located in Orange County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,810 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridge City <1>
    • Mauriceville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Orangefield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangefield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangefield
      • Orangefield is located in Orange County (TX)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orangefield <1>
    • Texla
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Carlyss ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carlyss.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Mimosa - Pines South Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Farqurar Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Farqurar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Farqurar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roseland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roseland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roseland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • H.J. Moss Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Landry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Landry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Landry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dutch Cove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dutch Cove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dutch Cove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burleson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burleson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burleson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Benoit Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benoit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benoit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Prien Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Consolata Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Perkins Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Royer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Royer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Royer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (70 more) ...
    • Highland Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bagdad Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bagdad Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bagdad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bilbo Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bilbo Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bilbo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

While we didn't find Carlyss in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carlyss.

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

  • Edgerly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Charles
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Westlake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westlake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Westlake is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,873 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westlake <1>
  • Grand Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
    • Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Grand Lake
    • From Carlyss to Grand Lake
  • Hackberry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Vinton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
    • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <1>
  • Chloe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chloe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
    • Chloe is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Echo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
    • Echo is located in Orange County (TX)
  • Orange
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Iowa
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Cameron
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Tulane
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tulane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulane
    • Tulane is located in Orange County (TX)

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

Newspapers Published in Carlyss ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carlyss.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carlyss, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carlyss.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Carlyss:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carlyss. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Calcasieu Parish: www.cppj.net/

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carlyss) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carlyss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1689, Longitude: -93.3761    
<5>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.
<6>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 Carlyss, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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