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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Cooper. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cooper to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cooper, please Contact Us.

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 Cooper (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 Cooper. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Cooper is historic, it would have been located within present day Caldwell 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 Caldwell Parish: Catahoula, Franklin, Jackson, La Salle, Ouachita, Richland & Winn.

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

  • Caldwell Parish     (The home parish of Cooper)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Clarks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grayson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Kelly
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Banks Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Banks Springs is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Springs
    • Columbia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Vixen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Vixen is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vixen
    • Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Catahoula Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Rosefield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
    • Enterprise
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Aimwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Harrisonburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Liddieville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Liddieville is located in Franklin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liddieville
    • Fort Necessity
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Extension
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Extension is located in Franklin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension
    • Jigger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Winnsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Chase
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Baskin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Creek is located in Franklin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
  • Grant Parish
    • Georgetown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Zoar
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Zoar is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
    • Chatham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dalley ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
    • Nash ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Nash is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
    • Eros
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Eros is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eros <2>
    • Weston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Weston is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
  • La Salle Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Standard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Standard is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
    • Olla
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Olla is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,371 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olla <2>
    • Urania
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Tullos
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Summerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Summerville is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Zenoria
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Zenoria is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenoria
    • Trout
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jena is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jena <2>
    • Midway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Midway is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Ouachita Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Cuba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cuba is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Bosco
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bosco is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosco
    • Lapine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lapine is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
    • Richwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Richwood is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,375 people
    • Pino Bayou Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Pino Bayou Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino Bayou Village
    • Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Indian Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Richland Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • New Light
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • New Light is located in Richland Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
    • Alto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alto is located in Richland Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
    • Mangham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Winn Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Newport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Newport is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Flat Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
    • Sikes
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hudson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Hudson is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Joyce
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Dodson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Winnfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Gansville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Gansville is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville

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

Cemeteries Near Cooper ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cooper.

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

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

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

  • Cross Roads Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Powers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Old Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kelly Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Newsom Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Adams Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Benson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (219 more) ...
    • Hargrove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • McDaniel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Brown Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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.

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

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

  • Cotton Plant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cotton Plant is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Columbia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Newport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Newport is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Holum
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Holum is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holum
  • Riverton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverton is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
  • Copenhagen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Copenhagen is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
  • Hickory Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Valley is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
  • Flat Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
  • Corey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Corey is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
  • Blankston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Blankston is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blankston
  • Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cuba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cuba is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Rosefield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
    • Bosco
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bosco is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosco

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

Newspapers Published in Cooper ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooper.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cooper, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cooper.

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 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 Cooper:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Cooper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Cooper) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.