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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Catahoula Cove (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 Catahoula Cove. 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.

Name Variations for Catahoula Cove ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Catahoula Cove: Catahoula Cv.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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 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.

Catahoula Cove is located in Saint Martin 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 Saint Martin Parish: Assumption, Iberia, Iberville, Lafayette, Pointe Coupee, Saint Landry & Saint Mary.

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

  • Saint Martin Parish     (The home parish of Catahoula Cove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula Cove, with the one closest to Catahoula Cove listed first.
    • Isle Labbe
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Isle Labbe is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Labbe
    • Bankers
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Bankers is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankers
    • Coteau Holmes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Coteau Holmes is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coteau Holmes
    • Banker Plantation
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Banker Plantation is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Plantation
    • Saint John
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint John is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
    • Levert
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Levert is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levert
    • Parks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Parks is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parks <1>
    • Saint Martinville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Henderson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Keystone
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Keystone is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Breaux Bridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Delacroix
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Delacroix is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delacroix
    • Cecilia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Acadia Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula Cove, with the one closest to Catahoula Cove listed first.
    • Higginbotham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Higginbotham is located in Acadia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginbotham
    • Castille
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Castille is located in Acadia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castille
  • Iberia Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula Cove, with the one closest to Catahoula Cove listed first.
    • Loreauville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Morbihan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Morbihan is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morbihan
    • New Iberia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Lydia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Derouen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Derouen is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derouen
    • Jeanerette
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Patoutville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Patoutville is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoutville
    • Avery Island
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula Cove, with the one closest to Catahoula Cove listed first.
    • Grosse Tete
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Maringouin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosedale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Plaquemine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lafayette Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula Cove, with the one closest to Catahoula Cove listed first.
    • Billeaud
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Billeaud is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billeaud
    • Broussard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Youngsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lafayette
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Stekey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Stekey is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stekey
    • Carencro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Milton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Scott
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Scott is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,787 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott <1>
    • Ossun
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Ossun is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossun
    • Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Ridge is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Duson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Duson is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duson <1>
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula Cove, with the one closest to Catahoula Cove listed first.
    • East Krotz Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Krotz Springs is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Krotz Springs
    • Elliot City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Elliot City is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot City
    • Lottie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Livonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Livonia is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,399 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Livonia <1>
    • Fordoche
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Saint Landry Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula Cove, with the one closest to Catahoula Cove listed first.
    • Portage
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Portage is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
    • Arnaudville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Frozard
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Frozard is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozard
    • Krotz Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Grand Coteau
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Leonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Cankton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Cankton is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cankton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
    • Sunset
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunset is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,962 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunset <1>
    • Port Barre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lewisburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lewisburg is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
    • Opelousas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula Cove, with the one closest to Catahoula Cove listed first.
    • Adeline
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Adeline is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adeline
    • Charenton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bodin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Bodin is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodin
    • Home Place
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Home Place is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
    • Ashton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Ashton is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
    • Caneland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Caneland is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caneland
    • Glencoe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Glencoe is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Baldwin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypremort
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Cypremort is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypremort
    • Florence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Florence is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Katy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Katy is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
    • Franklin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Vermilion Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula Cove, with the one closest to Catahoula Cove listed first.
    • Delcambre
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Erath
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Erath is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,030 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erath <1>
    • Maurice
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Abbeville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Youngs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Youngs is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
    • Leroy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Leroy is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Meaux
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Meaux is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meaux
    • Perry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Bayou
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Indian Bayou is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bayou
    • Andrew
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Andrew is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrew
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Addis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Catahoula Cove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catahoula Cove.

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 Catahoula Cove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Mound Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Butte La Rose Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • #1 Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Henderson.
    • The St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68504 <2>
  • St. Bernard Cemetery #2
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Bernard Cemetery #1
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bunk Johnsons Grave
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • St. Peter's Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (84 more) ...
    • Memorial Park Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lafayette Memorial Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Saint Martinville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Loreauville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Delacroix
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Delacroix is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delacroix
  • Breaux Bridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Duchamp
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Duchamp is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchamp
  • Cade
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Burke
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Burke is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
  • Segura
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Segura is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Segura
  • Bayou Chene
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
  • Broussard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • New Iberia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Youngsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lafayette
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Derouen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Derouen is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derouen
    • Arnaudville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Catahoula Cove ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catahoula Cove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Catahoula Cove, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Catahoula Cove.

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 websites either 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 Catahoula Cove:

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 Catahoula Cove, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Catahoula Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.