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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 Ellington (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 Ellington. 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 and hospitals 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.

Ellington is located in Saint Charles 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 Ellington. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ellington:

  • Saint Charles Parish     (The home parish of Ellington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • Boutte
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mimosa Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
    • Lone Star
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Star is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Luling
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Destrehan
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Paradis
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Elkinsville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 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
    • Saint Rose
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Vallier
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Hahnville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ama
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • Avondale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Harahan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • River Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Waggaman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Elmwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Kenner
      (11 miles [17.7 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>
    • Bridge City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jefferson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Metairie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Westwego
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Estelle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Estelle is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Marrero
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • Gheens
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Raceland Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Godchaux
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Mathews
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Kraemer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lockport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Larose
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Chackbay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Cut Off
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bayou Blue
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Acadia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
  • Livingston Parish
    • Clio
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Clio is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
  • Orleans Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • New Orleans
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gentilly Terrace
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Gentilly Terrace is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly Terrace
    • Gentilly
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Gentilly is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Milneburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
    • Pine Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • 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 Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • Cedar Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Belle Chasse
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Linwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Linwood is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
    • Stella
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Stella is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
    • Jesuit Bend
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jesuit Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesuit Bend
    • English Turn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • English Turn is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Turn
    • Scarsdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Scarsdale is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
    • Braithwaite
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Carlisle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Monsecour
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Monsecour is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monsecour
  • Saint Bernard Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • Arabi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Chalmette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Meraux
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Versailles
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Versailles is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
    • Saxonholm
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Saxonholm is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonholm
    • Mohawk City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
    • Story
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Violet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Poydras
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Poydras is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poydras
    • Sebastopol
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sebastopol is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • South Vacherie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • North Vacherie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Gramercy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lutcher
      (21 miles [33.8 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>
    • Paulina
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Vacherie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Lagan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Saint James
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Burton Lane
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Convent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Uncle Sam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • Laplace
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Frenier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
    • Edgard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Reserve
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Garyville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Airy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
  • Tangipahoa Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • Akers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Manchac
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellington, with the one closest to Ellington listed first.
    • Bourg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Broadmoor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Gray
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Schriever
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Cane
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Houma
      (29 miles [46.7 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation

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

Cemeteries Near Ellington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellington.

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 Ellington - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Young Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Shell Mound Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Des Allemands Mennonite Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bayou Gauche Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Green Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Montz Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Restlawn Park Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (97 more) ...
    • Waggaman Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Providence Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn Park Memorial Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 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 Ellington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ellington.

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

  • Boutte
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Luling
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Davis ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
  • Vallier
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
  • Elkinsville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 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
  • Hahnville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ama
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sarpy ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sarpy is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarpy
  • Des Allemands
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Killona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Waggaman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • La Branche
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • La Branche is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Branche
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Kenner
      (11 miles [17.7 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>
    • Lucy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lucy is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
    • Frenier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ellington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellington.

Newspapers Published in Ellington ...

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 545 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellington.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellington, 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 Ellington.

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 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 Ellington:

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