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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 Chenango (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 Chenango. 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.

Chenango is located in West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish: East Baton Rouge, Iberville & Pointe Coupee.

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

  • West Baton Rouge Parish     (The home parish of Chenango)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenango, with the one closest to Chenango listed first.
    • Addis
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Brusly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Port Allen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Wilbert ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
    • Lobdell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
    • Carey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Devalls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
    • Erwinville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Arbroth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenango, with the one closest to Chenango listed first.
    • Southwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
    • Bullion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
    • Dutch Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
    • Hope Villa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
    • Oak Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Geismar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Prairieville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Cornerview
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
    • Hobart
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
    • Duplessis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Little Prairie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
    • Barton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Darrow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenango, with the one closest to Chenango listed first.
    • Bruly Saint Martin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
    • Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
    • Burbank ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
    • Lula
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
    • Grand Bayou
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
    • Belle Alliance
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
    • Belle Rose
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Belle Terre
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
    • Freetown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
    • Kessler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
    • Monty
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Monty is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
    • Star
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Star is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Brulie Maurin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenango, with the one closest to Chenango listed first.
    • Gardere
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
    • Burtville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
    • Beauregard Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
    • Essen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
    • Lynwood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
    • Oak Hills Place
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
    • Baton Rouge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Perkins Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
    • Village Saint George
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
    • Inniswold
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Westminster
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
    • Maribel Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village
    • Merrydale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
  • East Feliciana Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenango, with the one closest to Chenango listed first.
    • Lindsay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
    • Slaughter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Bells Store ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenango, with the one closest to Chenango listed first.
    • Morrisonville ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • Plaquemine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Indian Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Iberville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Sunshine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Bayou Goula
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Gabriel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Grosse Tete
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Carville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • White Castle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosedale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Maringouin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenango, with the one closest to Chenango listed first.
    • Denham Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Port Vincent
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
    • Watson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Walker
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Walker is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
    • French Settlement
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenango, with the one closest to Chenango listed first.
    • Rougon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lakeland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Glynn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hermitage
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Jarreau
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Livonia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Oscar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Ventress
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Dupont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Patin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
    • Fordoche
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lottie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • New Roads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chenango, with the one closest to Chenango listed first.
    • Bayou Chene
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
    • Catahoula Cove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Catahoula Cove is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catahoula Cove

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

Cemeteries Near Chenango ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chenango.

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

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

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

  • Nazarene Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Conrad Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Highlands Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Antioch Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Grace Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rock Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Laboring Society Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (181 more) ...
    • Pilgrim Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pt. Pleasant Baptist Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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 Chenango in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chenango.

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

  • Plaquemine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Brusly Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Brusly Landing is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Landing
  • Gardere
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
  • Sunshine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Port Allen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Bayou Goula
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Gabriel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Baton Rouge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lobdell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
  • Dorcyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
  • Grosse Tete
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Devalls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Southwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
    • Rosedale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hohen Solms
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms

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

Newspapers Published in Chenango ...

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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chenango.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chenango, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chenango.

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 Chenango:

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 Chenango, 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- Chenango) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.