A visit to the Friendship Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Friendship Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Friendship Cemetery (FG ID #67565).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Friendship Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Friendship Cemetery:
31.5380, -92.3617
The Friendship Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Pollock.
The cemetery is located in Grant Parish<3>.
The parish seat for Grant Parish is located in Colfax. Colfax lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the west of the Friendship Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Friendship Cemetery.
Establishment of the Friendship Cemetery ...
The Friendship Cemetery was established in 1870.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Friendship Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Friendship Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pollock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leckie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Guynes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whatley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Whatley Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whatley Cemetery
- Frazier Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Frazier Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Cemetery
- Pine Bluff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- McKay Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Hurricane Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Hurricane Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Gray Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Magnolia Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Cemetery
- Dayton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Dayton Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
- Dry Pong Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Coleman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frazier Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norris Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Norris Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Cemetery
- Whatley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Whatley Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whatley Cemetery
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Hawthorne Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Friendship Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Friendship Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fishville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pollock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Antonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bentley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ball
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Creola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Dry Prong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tioga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Libuse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sharp Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sharp Town is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Town
- Zenoria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pineville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Trout
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Alexandria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Black Creek ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Alexandria Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Deville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kolin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Weil
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Summerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tullos
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Friendship Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grant Parish.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Friendship Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Friendship Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Louisiana:
- Pages specific to Grant Parish:
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Friendship Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #67565
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #545767 (Friendship Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #545767 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- Parish: Grant
- Est. Elev: 49 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fishville
- Location given for Friendship Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.5382318 Lon: -92.3618034
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Friendship Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |