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 Eastern Heights (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 Eastern Heights. 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 Eastern Heights ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Eastern Heights: Eastern Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Eastern Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eastern Heights.
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 and hospitals 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.
Eastern Heights is located in Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu Parish: Beauregard, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Newton (TX) & Orange (TX).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Eastern Heights. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eastern Heights:
- Calcasieu Parish (The home parish of Eastern Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastern Heights, with the one closest to Eastern Heights listed first.
- Dequincy
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sulphur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Edgerly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Ararat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ararat is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Moss Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Westlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Starks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carlyss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyss
- Lake Charles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prien
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prien is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prien
- Vinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greinwich Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greinwich Village is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greinwich Village
- Allen Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastern Heights, with the one closest to Eastern Heights listed first.
- Reeves
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Le Blanc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Le Blanc is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Blanc
- Beauregard Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastern Heights, with the one closest to Eastern Heights listed first.
- Helme
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Helme is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
- Ragley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Singer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fayette ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Newlin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Longville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dry Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- DeRidder
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ludington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ludington is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Cameron Parish
- Grand Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Fenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Newton County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eastern Heights, with the one closest to Eastern Heights listed first.
- Deweyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bon Wier
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Bleakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
- Call
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Orange County (TX)
- Lemonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lemonville is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eastern Heights, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Eastern Heights.
Cemeteries Near Eastern Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eastern Heights.
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 Eastern Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eastern Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eastern Heights, with the one closest to Eastern Heights listed first.
- Rigmaiden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Perkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Perkins Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Dequincy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68548 <2>
- Alston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oretta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gillie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stanley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hyatt Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Royer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Big Woods Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carter Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Havens Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (84 more) ...
- Babe Clark Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babe Clark Cemetery
- The Babe Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Archie Clark Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie Clark Cemetery
- The Archie Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Ritchie Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Eastern Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eastern Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eastern Heights, with the one closest to Eastern Heights listed first.
- Edgerly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Westlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Charles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belgrade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belgrade is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
- Chloe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chloe is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
- Echo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Iowa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Bleakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eastern Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eastern Heights.
Newspapers Published in Eastern Heights ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eastern Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eastern Heights, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eastern Heights.
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 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 Eastern Heights:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Calcasieu Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Allen Parish
- Beauregard Parish
- Cameron Parish
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Newton County
- Orange 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 Eastern Heights, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eastern Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |