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 Colyell (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 Colyell. 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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Colyell is located in Livingston 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 Livingston Parish: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Tangipahoa.
Below are the parishes that are near Colyell. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Colyell:
- Livingston Parish (The home parish of Colyell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Port Vincent
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- French Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Livingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Maurepas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Killian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Clio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Denham Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Springfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Albany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Starns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Claybank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Summerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Galvez Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Brignac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
- Galvez
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Little Prairie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Hobart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Saint Amant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brittany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Duplessis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Villa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Belle Terre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Belle Alliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Brulie Maurin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Belle Rose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Freetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Kessler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Lula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Monty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Bruly Saint Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Star
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Sweet Home
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Shenandoah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Old Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Woodshire Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Monticello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Perkins Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Greenwell Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Inniswold
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Westminster
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Central
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Oak Hills Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- East Feliciana Parish
- Blairstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Saint Gabriel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Iberville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Carville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Bayou Goula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Plaquemine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Charles Parish
- Gypsy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Saint Helena Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Montpelier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Pine Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Grangeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Greensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Gramercy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chatman Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Free Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Lutcher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Uncle Sam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burton Lane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Convent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Paulina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Vacherie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Vacherie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Lagan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Garyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Airy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Edgard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reserve
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frenier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
- Laplace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Baptist
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Wadesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- Ponchatoula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hammond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Genessee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Genessee is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genessee
- Natalbany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tickfaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manchac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
- Akers
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Independence
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Robert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Loranger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Port Allen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brusly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Lobdell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Colyell, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Colyell.
Cemeteries Near Colyell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colyell.
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 Colyell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Colyell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Colyell Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wheat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Petes Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smiley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Felder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Watson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zeigler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. William Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (291 more) ...
- McLin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ealy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Colyell had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Colyell, with the one closest to Colyell listed first.
- Port Vincent
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- French Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bayou Barbary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Barbary is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Barbary
- Springville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Head of Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Head of Island is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Island
- Whitehall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whitehall is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Maurepas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Galvez
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Clio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Killian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Saint Amant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Denham Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Hopeville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Springfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Colyell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Colyell.
Newspapers Published in Colyell ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colyell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colyell, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colyell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Colyell:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Livingston Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Saint Charles Parish
- Saint Helena Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Tangipahoa 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 Colyell, 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- Colyell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |