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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 Chenal Crossing (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 Chenal Crossing. 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 Chenal Crossing ...

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 Chenal Crossing: Chenal Xing.

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.

Chenal Crossing is located in Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee Parish: Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana.

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

  • Pointe Coupee Parish     (The home parish of Chenal Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenal Crossing, with the one closest to Chenal Crossing listed first.
    • Glynn
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hermitage
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Rougon
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lakeland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Patin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
    • Ventress
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jarreau
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • New Roads
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oscar
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dupont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Livonia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Morganza
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fordoche
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenal Crossing, with the one closest to Chenal Crossing listed first.
    • Bullion
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
    • Hope Villa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenal Crossing, with the one closest to Chenal Crossing listed first.
    • Port Hudson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
    • Baker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <1>
    • Tristian Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
    • Zachary
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <1>
    • Brownfields
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
    • Zion City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
    • Beauregard Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
    • Baton Rouge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Maribel Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village
    • Merrydale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
    • Boganvilla
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
    • Central
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <1>
    • Monticello
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
  • East Feliciana Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenal Crossing, with the one closest to Chenal Crossing listed first.
    • Lindsay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
    • Bells Store ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
    • Slaughter
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
    • Ethel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wilson is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <1>
    • Blairstown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
    • Clinton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <1>
    • Norwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenal Crossing, with the one closest to Chenal Crossing listed first.
    • Maringouin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosedale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Grosse Tete
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Morrisonville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • Plaquemine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Indian Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Iberville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Sunshine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Saint Gabriel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenal Crossing, with the one closest to Chenal Crossing listed first.
    • Watson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Denham Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
      • Former names for Denham Springs:
      • Amite Springs
      • Hill's Springs
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <1>
    • Oldfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
  • Saint Landry Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenal Crossing, with the one closest to Chenal Crossing listed first.
    • Melville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Krotz Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Elba
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Elba is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • Half Moon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Half Moon is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
    • Swayze Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Swayze Lake is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swayze Lake
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenal Crossing, with the one closest to Chenal Crossing listed first.
    • Arbroth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
    • Erwinville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Devalls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
    • Carey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Lobdell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
    • Wilbert ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
    • Port Allen
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brusly
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <1>
    • Addis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • 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>
  • West Feliciana Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenal Crossing, with the one closest to Chenal Crossing listed first.
    • Saint Francisville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bains
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bains is located in West Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bains
    • Converse ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
    • Wakefield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rogillioville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
    • Weyanoke
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Tunica
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Angola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilkinson County (MS)
    • Turnbull
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull

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

Cemeteries Near Chenal Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chenal Crossing.

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 Chenal Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<4>

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

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

  • Lakeland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Arbroth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
  • Anchor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Anchor is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
  • Waterloo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Waterloo is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Ventress
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Hudson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
  • New Roads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Irene
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Irene is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
  • Devalls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
  • Pointe Coupee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pointe Coupee is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointe Coupee
  • Lindsay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
  • Lobdell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Livonia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
    • Baker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <1>
    • Zachary
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Chenal Crossing ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chenal Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chenal Crossing, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chenal Crossing.

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 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 Chenal Crossing:

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>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- Chenal Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Chenal Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.