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 Cooters Landing (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 Cooters Landing. 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.
Name Variations for Cooters Landing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Cooters Landing: Cooters Lndg. (or less commonly used: Cooters Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Cooters Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cooters Landing may originally have been Cooter's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cooters Landing might be written as Cooter Landing.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most 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/counties 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/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Cooters Landing is located in Tensas 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 Tensas Parish: Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Madison, Adams (MS), Claiborne (MS), Jefferson (MS) & Warren (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Cooters Landing. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cooters Landing:
- Tensas Parish (The home parish of Cooters Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Waterproof
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newlight
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Newellton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yucatan Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Yucatan Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan Landing
- Caldwell Parish
- Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Catahoula Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Wildwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Sicily Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Harrisonburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Trinity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Jonesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rosefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
- Aimwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Concordia Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dunbarton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbarton is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Ferriday
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Ferriday
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ferriday
- Sycamore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Ridgecrest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Vidalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Athlone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Athlone is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athlone
- Chevey Chase
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chevey Chase is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevey Chase
- Wildsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- Elam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elam is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
- Wisner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jigger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chase
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Extension
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Extension is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension
- Swampers
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Swampers is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampers
- Fort Necessity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Winnsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crowville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Liddieville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liddieville is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liddieville
- Baskin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Richland Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- New Light
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Light is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Mangham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adams County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- Natchez
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Selma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Selma is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Carthage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carthage is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Cloverdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Claiborne County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- Westside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Westside is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Grand Gulf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grand Gulf is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Gulf
- Jefferson County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- Rodney
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rodney is located in Jefferson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Fayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cooters Landing, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Cooters Landing.
Cemeteries Near Cooters Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cooters Landing.
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 Cooters Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cooters Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- Elder Shade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Helena Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mayflower Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eureka Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cross Keys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Estate Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Light Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- Loam Land Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Powells Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gold Bell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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 Cooters Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cooters Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cooters Landing, with the one closest to Cooters Landing listed first.
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Oakley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakley is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Sicily Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Greenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Wildwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Goldman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goldman is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldman
- Waterproof
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Como
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Como is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Newlight
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
- Leland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leland is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gibson Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gibson Landing is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Landing
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cooters Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cooters Landing.
Newspapers Published in Cooters Landing ...
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 Cooters Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cooters Landing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cooters Landing.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Cooters Landing:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Tensas Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Caldwell Parish
- Catahoula Parish
- Concordia Parish
- Franklin Parish
- Richland Parish
- Adams County
- Claiborne County
- Jefferson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cooters Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cooters Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |