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 Corbin (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 Corbin. 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 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.
Corbin 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 Corbin. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Corbin:
- Livingston Parish (The home parish of Corbin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- Walker
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Livingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Denham Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Watson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Holden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Port Vincent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Starns
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- French Settlement
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Albany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Georgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Georgeville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Maurepas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Killian
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- Claybank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Galvez Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Summerfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Little Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Galvez
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Hobart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Hope Villa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Bullion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Oak Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Brignac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
- Prairieville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duplessis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- Greenwell Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Woodshire Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Shenandoah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Monticello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Old Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Baywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Baywood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Boganvilla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
- Inniswold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Maribel Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village
- Merrydale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
- East Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- Blairstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Slaughter
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Ethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- Iberville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Saint Gabriel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Bayou Goula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plaquemine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Hermitage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Saint Helena Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- Pine Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Grangeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Montpelier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Greensburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Chipola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- Baptist
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Genessee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Genessee is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genessee
- Natalbany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tickfaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wadesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- Independence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ponchatoula
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Amite City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roseland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Loranger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fluker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Akers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- Port Allen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lobdell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Brusly
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 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>
- Devalls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Carey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Arbroth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Corbin, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Corbin.
Cemeteries Near Corbin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Corbin.
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 Corbin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Corbin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- St. Mark Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Palmetto Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Minton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Walker Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Judson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Satsuma Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- S. Stafford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sibley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- H Stafford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Petes Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Vickers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hebron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Corbin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Corbin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Corbin, with the one closest to Corbin listed first.
- Walker
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Denham Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Colyell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colyell is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colyell
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Oldfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Port Vincent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Springville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Springville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Starns
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Hopeville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Galvez
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- French Settlement
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bayou Barbary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Barbary is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Barbary
- Pine Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Head of Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Head of Island is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Island
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Corbin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Corbin.
Newspapers Published in Corbin ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Corbin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Corbin, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Corbin.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Corbin:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Livingston Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint Helena 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> | 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 Corbin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Corbin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |