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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 Des Allemands (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 Des Allemands. 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.

Des Allemands is primarily located in Saint Charles Parish. A portion of Des Allemands extends into Lafourche 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 Saint Charles Parish: Jefferson, Lafourche & Saint John the Baptist.

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

  • Saint Charles Parish     (The home parish of Des Allemands)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Des Allemands, with the one closest to Des Allemands listed first.
    • Vallier
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Paradis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bayou Gauche
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Boutte
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Luling
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mimosa Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
    • Camardelle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Camardelle is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camardelle
    • Lone Star
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Star is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Chaudiere Casse
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chaudiere Casse is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaudiere Casse
    • Tabatiere Perdue
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Tabatiere Perdue is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabatiere Perdue
    • Hahnville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Davis ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Destrehan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Des Allemands, with the one closest to Des Allemands listed first.
    • Chula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Chula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Labadieville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Brule
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Cedar Grove Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Leche
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Leche is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
    • Albemarle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Georgia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Rosedale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Supreme
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
    • Woodlawn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Des Allemands, with the one closest to Des Allemands listed first.
    • Avondale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Harahan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Waggaman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • River Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridge City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Kenner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Kenner is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,288 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenner <1>
    • Westwego
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jefferson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Metairie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Barataria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Estelle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Estelle is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Jean Lafitte
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Lafitte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Des Allemands, with the one closest to Des Allemands listed first.
    • Raceland Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gheens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Godchaux
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Mathews
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Kraemer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bayou Blue
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Larose
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Acadia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Chackbay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Thibodaux
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Cut Off
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Orleans Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Des Allemands, with the one closest to Des Allemands listed first.
    • New Orleans
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Gentilly Terrace
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gentilly Terrace is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly Terrace
    • Gentilly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gentilly is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Milneburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
    • Pine Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
  • Plaquemines Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Des Allemands, with the one closest to Des Allemands listed first.
    • Cedar Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Jesuit Bend
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jesuit Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesuit Bend
    • Linwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Linwood is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
    • Stella
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Stella is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
    • Belle Chasse
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Scarsdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Scarsdale is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
    • English Turn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • English Turn is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Turn
  • Saint Bernard Parish
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Des Allemands, with the one closest to Des Allemands listed first.
    • South Vacherie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • North Vacherie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Paulina
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Vacherie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gramercy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lutcher
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <1>
    • Hester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Lagan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Saint James
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Burton Lane
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Convent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Uncle Sam
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chatman Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Des Allemands, with the one closest to Des Allemands listed first.
    • Edgard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Laplace
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Reserve
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Garyville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Airy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Frenier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
    • Wallace
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Des Allemands, with the one closest to Des Allemands listed first.
    • Bourg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Broadmoor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Gray
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Cane
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Houma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Schriever
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Ardoyne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Montegut
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Chauvin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Chacahoula
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
    • Point Barre
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Point Barre is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Barre

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

Cemeteries Near Des Allemands ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Des Allemands.

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 Des Allemands - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Des Allemands Mennonite Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Shell Mound Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bayou Gauche Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Young Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hadley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Green Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...
    • New Fountain Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Holy Savior Church Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Savior Church Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Savior Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lockport.
      • The Holy Savior Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Holy Savior Catholic Church Cemetery
      • Holy Savior Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1286890 <2>
    • Montz Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Des Allemands had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Vallier
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
  • Boutte
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Raceland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Luling
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gheens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Davis ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
  • Hahnville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Killona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Elkinsville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Elkinsville is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
    • Elkinsville has also been known as:
    • Freetown
  • Sarpy ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Sarpy is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarpy
  • Ewing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Lockport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Ama
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Lucy is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
    • Edgard
      (16 miles [25.7 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 Des Allemands. See our List of 1890's Communities around Des Allemands.

Newspapers Published in Des Allemands ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Des Allemands.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Des Allemands, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Des Allemands.

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 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 Des Allemands:

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 Des Allemands, 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- Des Allemands) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.