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 Eros (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 Eros. 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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the east. 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 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 south 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.
Eros is located in Jackson 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 Jackson Parish: Bienville, Caldwell, Lincoln, Ouachita & Winn.
Below are the parishes that are near Eros. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eros:
- Jackson Parish (The home parish of Eros)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eros, with the one closest to Eros listed first.
- Nash ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nash is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Cartwright
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cartwright is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Chatham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dalley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
- Zoar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zoar is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Ansley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ansley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
- Quitman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Hodge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- North Hodge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Hodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bienville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Eros, with the one closest to Eros listed first.
- English
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- English is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Liberty Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Caldwell Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Eros, with the one closest to Eros listed first.
- Vixen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vixen is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vixen
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Banks Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Banks Springs is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Springs
- Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Eros, with the one closest to Eros listed first.
- Averit ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
- Choudrant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sibley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Ruston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cedarton is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarton
- Grambling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vienna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
- Unionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Simsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dubach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vining Mills ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vining Mills is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining Mills
- Hico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hico is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Ouachita Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Eros, with the one closest to Eros listed first.
- Indian Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Lapine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lapine is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
- Calhoun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forksville is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
- Frost Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Frost Town is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Town
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Claiborne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- West Monroe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Monroe is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,086 people
- Monroe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bosco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bosco is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosco
- Cuba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Pino Bayou Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pino Bayou Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino Bayou Village
- Union Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Eros, with the one closest to Eros listed first.
- Downsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wilhite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilhite is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhite
- Farmerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ouachita City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ouachita City is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouachita City
- Winn Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Eros, with the one closest to Eros listed first.
- Newport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Sikes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dodson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gansville is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hudson is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Flat Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eros, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Eros.
Cemeteries Near Eros ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eros.
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 Eros - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eros covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eros, with the one closest to Eros listed first.
- Eros Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bonett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Frantom Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zeigler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greater Apostolic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Zeigler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Henson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bryan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (201 more) ...
- Old Bryan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Eros in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eros.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eros, with the one closest to Eros listed first.
- Nash ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nash is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Dalley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
- Cadeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cadeville is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadeville
- Indian Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Averit ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
- Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Lapine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lapine is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
- Forksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forksville is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
- Calhoun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Choudrant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sibley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cheniere
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cheniere is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheniere
- Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Douglas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eros. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eros.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Eros ...
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 Eros.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Eros. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Eros and those printed in the larger area surrounding Eros.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of Eros.
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 helpful 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 Eros:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Jackson Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Bienville Parish
- Caldwell Parish
- Lincoln Parish
- Ouachita Parish
- Union Parish
- Winn 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 Eros, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eros) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |