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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 Chaudiere Casse (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 Chaudiere Casse. 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the west. 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 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 north 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.

Chaudiere Casse is located in Saint Charles 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 Charles Parish: Jefferson, Lafourche & Saint John the Baptist.

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

  • Saint Charles Parish     (The home parish of Chaudiere Casse)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaudiere Casse, with the one closest to Chaudiere Casse listed first.
    • Tabatiere Perdue
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Tabatiere Perdue is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabatiere Perdue
    • Camardelle
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Camardelle is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camardelle
    • Bayou Gauche
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Des Allemands
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Paradis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Boutte
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Mimosa Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
    • Vallier
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Davis ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Lone Star
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lone Star is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Destrehan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Elkinsville ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Elkinsville is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
      • Elkinsville has also been known as:
      • Freetown
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaudiere Casse, with the one closest to Chaudiere Casse listed first.
    • Barataria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jean Lafitte
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Lafitte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
    • Lafitte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Avondale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Waggaman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Crown Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Estelle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Estelle is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Harahan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Westwego
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridge City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • River Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaudiere Casse, with the one closest to Chaudiere Casse listed first.
    • Gheens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Larose
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cut Off
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lockport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mathews
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Raceland Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Godchaux
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Galliano
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bayou Blue
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Faleau ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Faleau is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faleau
    • Golden Meadow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Orleans Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaudiere Casse, with the one closest to Chaudiere Casse listed first.
    • New Orleans
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gentilly Terrace
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gentilly Terrace is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly Terrace
    • Gentilly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gentilly is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Milneburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
    • Pine Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
  • Plaquemines Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaudiere Casse, with the one closest to Chaudiere Casse listed first.
    • Jesuit Bend
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jesuit Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesuit Bend
    • Cedar Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Linwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Linwood is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
    • Stella
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Stella is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
    • Carlisle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Monsecour
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Monsecour is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monsecour
    • Scarsdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Scarsdale is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
    • Belle Chasse
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Myrtle Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Myrtle Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
    • English Turn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • English Turn is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Turn
    • Braithwaite
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Bernard Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaudiere Casse, with the one closest to Chaudiere Casse listed first.
    • Arabi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Chalmette
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Meraux
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Versailles
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Versailles is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
    • Poydras
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Poydras is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poydras
    • Mohawk City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
    • Saxonholm
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Saxonholm is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonholm
    • Story
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Violet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Bernard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Sebastopol
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sebastopol is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaudiere Casse, with the one closest to Chaudiere Casse listed first.
    • South Vacherie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • North Vacherie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Lutcher
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Paulina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Vacherie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaudiere Casse, with the one closest to Chaudiere Casse listed first.
    • Laplace
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Edgard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Reserve
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Frenier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
    • Garyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Airy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wallace
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaudiere Casse, with the one closest to Chaudiere Casse listed first.
    • Bourg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Montegut
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Houma
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Chauvin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Point Barre
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Point Barre is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Barre
    • Broadmoor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Bayou Cane
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Lapeyrouse
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lapeyrouse is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeyrouse
    • Gray
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Ardoyne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation

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

Cemeteries Near Chaudiere Casse ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chaudiere Casse.

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 Chaudiere Casse - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bayou Gauche Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Des Allemands Mennonite Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fleming Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Shell Mound Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Young Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • New Fountain Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Holy Savior Church Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Savior Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Savior Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lockport.
    • The Holy Savior Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Savior Catholic Church Cemetery
    • Holy Savior Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1286890 <2>
  • Continue List   (109 more) ...
    • Bailey Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Coulon Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Little Village Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Gheens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Des Allemands
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Boutte
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Cut Off
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Barataria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Vallier
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
  • Lockport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
  • Waggaman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Elkinsville ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Elkinsville is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
    • Elkinsville has also been known as:
    • Freetown
  • Luling
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ama
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Raceland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Westwego
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hahnville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Chaudiere Casse ...

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 539 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chaudiere Casse.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chaudiere Casse, 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 Chaudiere Casse.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Chaudiere Casse:

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 Chaudiere Casse, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chaudiere Casse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.