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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 Chackbay (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 Chackbay. 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 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.

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 west 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.

Chackbay is located in Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish: Assumption, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Terrebonne.

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

  • Lafourche Parish     (The home parish of Chackbay)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • Kraemer
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Thibodaux
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Acadia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Godchaux
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Raceland Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bayou Blue
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Mathews
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gheens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • Aben
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Cofield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Donaldsonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Burnside
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Darrow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Barton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Sorrento
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Brittany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Saint Amant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Gonzales
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Weber City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
    • Geismar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornerview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • Chula
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Chula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Albemarle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Cedar Grove Plantation
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Labadieville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Leche
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Leche is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
    • Rosedale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Woodlawn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Brule
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Bertie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
    • Georgia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Ingleside
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Madewood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
    • Supreme
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • White Castle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Carville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • French Settlement
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Maurepas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • Des Allemands
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Vallier
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Killona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Paradis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Montz
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
    • Taft
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Gypsy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
    • Bayou Gauche
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Boutte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Hahnville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Norco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • New Sarpy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Destrehan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • Lagan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • South Vacherie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • Saint James
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Convent
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • North Vacherie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Burton Lane
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Chatman Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Uncle Sam
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Vacherie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Free Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
    • Paulina
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lutcher
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <1>
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • Wallace
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Garyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Airy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Reserve
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Laplace
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Frenier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • Bayou Geneve
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • Morgan City Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
    • Amelia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Morgan City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Berwick
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chackbay, with the one closest to Chackbay listed first.
    • Schriever
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Gray
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Minerva Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Chacahoula
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
    • Donner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ardoyne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Broadmoor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Gibson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Cane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Houma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
    • Bourg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Theriot
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Theriot is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theriot

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

Cemeteries Near Chackbay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chackbay.

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

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

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

  • Trosclair Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Highway Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Philomena Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Celestin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Third Zion Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Phillips Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (94 more) ...
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn UMC Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Bell Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Thibodaux
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint James
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Convent
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Thibodaux Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Thibodaux Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thibodaux Junction
  • Hester
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
  • Labadieville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Schriever
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Ewing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Vacherie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Remy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Remy is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
  • Albemarle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
  • Paulina
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bertie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
    • Welcome
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Welcome is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • Central
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Central is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central

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

Newspapers Published in Chackbay ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chackbay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chackbay, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chackbay.

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 Chackbay:

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