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 Deer Park (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 Deer Park. 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 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.
Deer Park is located in Concordia 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 Concordia Parish: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Pointe Coupee, Tensas, West Feliciana, Adams (MS) & Wilkinson (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Deer Park. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deer Park:
- Concordia Parish (The home parish of Deer Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Monterey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Bougere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bougere is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
- Armagh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Armagh is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armagh
- Ridgecrest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Sycamore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Vidalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ferriday
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Ferriday
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ferriday
- Athlone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Athlone is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athlone
- Acme
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chevey Chase
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chevey Chase is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevey Chase
- Wildsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Avoyelles Parish
- Bordelonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Catahoula Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
- Parhams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Jonesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Utility
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Wildwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Harrisonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sicily Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Rhinehart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tensas Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
- Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Waterproof
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
- Carthage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carthage is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Cloverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Natchez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Washington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Washington is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Jeannette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jeannette is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Selma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Selma is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Franklin County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
- Garden City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Franklin County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Knoxville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Franklin County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Roxie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Apple
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Wilkinson County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
- Artonish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Artonish is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
- Wilkinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rosetta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deer Park, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Deer Park.
Cemeteries Near Deer Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deer Park.
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 Deer Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deer Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
- St. James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sawyer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Homeplace Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pt. Pleasant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lambert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crane Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ashland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rice Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Ford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Luckett Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Parhams Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Deer Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deer Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deer Park, with the one closest to Deer Park listed first.
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Morville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morville is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morville
- Monterey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Bougere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bougere is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
- Arnot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Arnot is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
- Taconey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Taconey is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taconey
- Parhams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Eva
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eva is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eva
- Kienstra
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kienstra is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kienstra
- Frogmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frogmore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Vidalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lismore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lismore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lismore
- Turtle Lake ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Turtle Lake is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- New Era
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deer Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deer Park.
Newspapers Published in Deer Park ...
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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deer Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deer Park, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deer Park.
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 Deer Park:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Concordia Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Avoyelles Parish
- Catahoula Parish
- Tensas Parish
- Adams County
- Franklin County
- Wilkinson 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> | 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 Deer Park, 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' (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- Deer Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |