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 Church Spur (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 Church Spur. 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 and doctors 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.
Church Spur is located in Assumption 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 Assumption Parish: Ascension, Iberia, Iberville, Lafourche, Saint James, Saint Martin, Saint Mary & Terrebonne.
Below are the parishes that are near Church Spur. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Church Spur:
- Assumption Parish (The home parish of Church Spur)
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Plattenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Munsons
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Munsons is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons
- Sweet Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Napoleonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ratliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ratliff is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff
- Glenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Paincourtville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Plaincourtville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Plaincourtville is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaincourtville
- Elmfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
- Madewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
- Brusle Saint Vincent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brusle Saint Vincent is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusle Saint Vincent
- Elm Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Hall is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hall
- Enola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enola is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Barton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Donaldsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Darrow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Aben
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aben is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
- Aben has also been known as:
- Abend
- Cofield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Burnside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Geismar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Southwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Sorrento
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gonzales
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brittany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cornerview
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Dutch Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Gardere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Oak Hills Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Perkins Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Old Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Lynwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Essen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Inniswold
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Westminster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Woodshire Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- White Castle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bayou Goula
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Gabriel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Iberville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Plaquemine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Lafourche Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Chackbay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Thibodaux
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Acadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
- Kraemer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Godchaux
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
- Bayou Blue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
- Raceland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- French Settlement
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Port Vincent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Maurepas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Burton Lane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Free Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Chatman Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Convent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Saint James
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lagan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Uncle Sam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Vacherie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Paulina
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lutcher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Vacherie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Wallace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Mount Airy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Garyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edgard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Reserve
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Martin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Bayou Geneve
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- Stephenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Morgan City Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
- Amelia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fairville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Morgan City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Landing
- Bayou Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Verdunville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Verdunville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdunville
- Calumet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calumet is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
- Ricohoc
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ricohoc is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricohoc
- Terrebonne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Chacahoula
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
- Donner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gibson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Schriever
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Plantation
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
- Minerva Plantation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
- Gray
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ardoyne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
- Bayou Cane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
- Broadmoor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- Addis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Church Spur, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Church Spur.
Cemeteries Near Church Spur ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Church Spur.
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 Church Spur - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Church Spur covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Christ Episcopal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Virginia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pugh Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Christ Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Jules Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Evening Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (113 more) ...
- Ascension Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Church Spur in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Church Spur.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Church Spur, with the one closest to Church Spur listed first.
- Plattenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Napoleonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Paincourtville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Belle Rose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bertie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
- Albemarle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
- Smoke Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
- Donaldsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Central
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Central is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- White Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Lauderdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Darrow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Geary ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Geary is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
- McCall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McCall is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Church Spur. See our List of 1890's Communities around Church Spur.
Newspapers Published in Church Spur ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Church Spur.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Church Spur, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Church Spur.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Church Spur:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Assumption Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- Saint Mary Parish
- Terrebonne Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 Church Spur, 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- Church Spur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |