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 Concord (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 Concord. 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/Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast 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 north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes/counties 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Concord is located in West Carroll 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 Carroll Parish: Chicot (AR), East Carroll, Morehouse & Richland.
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Concord. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Concord:
- West Carroll Parish (The home parish of Concord)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Fiske
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fiske is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiske
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kilbourne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pioneer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Darnell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Darnell is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell
- Epps
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Epps is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epps
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epps <1>
- East Carroll Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Lake Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Transylvania
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Morehouse Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Jones
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bonita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brodnax ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brodnax is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodnax
- Mer Rouge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bastrop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Collinston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ashley County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Wilmot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilmot is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Parkdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Montrose is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Elon ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Elon is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Hamburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chicot County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Eudora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Drew County (AR)
- Jerome
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jerome is located in Drew County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Issaquena County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Tallula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tallula is located in Issaquena County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallula
- Mayersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mayersville is located in Issaquena County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
- Booth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Booth is located in Issaquena County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Washington County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Byrne City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Byrne City is located in Washington County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrne City
- Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Washington County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- James
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- James is located in Washington County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Avon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Washington County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Concord, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Concord.
Cemeteries Near Concord ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Concord.
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 Concord - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Concord covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millers Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wonner Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Church of God Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wilmot Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McGaha Memorial
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGaha Memorial
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McGaha Memorial is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southwest of Oak Grove.
- The McGaha Memorial has also been known as:
- Redwing Cemetery Addition
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1959643 <2>
- Redwing Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Redwing Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southwest of Oak Grove.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1451349 <2>
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (99 more) ...
- Forest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Panola Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Parkdale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Concord in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Concord.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kilbourne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jones
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Parkdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bonita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shelburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shelburn is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelburn
- Pilcher Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pilcher Point is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilcher Point
- Sunshine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Brunett ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brunett is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunett
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sterling is located in Chicot County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Grand Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Lake is located in Chicot County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Robertdale ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Robertdale is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertdale
- Lake Providence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Portland
(19 miles [30.6 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 Concord. See our List of 1890's Communities around Concord.
Newspapers Published in Concord ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Concord.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Concord, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Concord.
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 Concord:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to West Carroll Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- East Carroll Parish
- Morehouse Parish
- Ashley County
- Chicot County
- Drew County
- Issaquena County
- Washington County
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Concord) 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 Concord, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |