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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 Esther (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 Esther. 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 hospitals and 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.

Esther is located in Vermilion 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 Vermilion Parish: Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis & Lafayette.

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

  • Vermilion Parish     (The home parish of Esther)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Esther, with the one closest to Esther listed first.
    • Intracoastal City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Perry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Abbeville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Youngs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Youngs is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
    • Erath
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Erath is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,030 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erath <1>
    • Meaux
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Meaux is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meaux
    • Kaplan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kaplan is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaplan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,345 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaplan <1>
    • Delcambre
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Leroy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Leroy is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Andrew
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Andrew is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrew
    • Maurice
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Indian Bayou
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Indian Bayou is located in Vermilion Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bayou
  • Acadia Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Esther, with the one closest to Esther listed first.
    • Ebenezer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Ebenezer is located in Acadia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
    • Rayne
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Morse
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Crowley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Estherwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Iberia Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Esther, with the one closest to Esther listed first.
    • Avery Island
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Derouen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Derouen is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derouen
    • New Iberia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Lydia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Patoutville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Patoutville is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoutville
    • Morbihan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Morbihan is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morbihan
    • Jeanerette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Loreauville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lafayette Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Esther, with the one closest to Esther listed first.
    • Milton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Youngsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Ridge is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Billeaud
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Billeaud is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billeaud
    • Broussard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Duson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Duson is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duson <1>
    • Lafayette
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Scott
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Scott is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,787 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scott <1>
    • Ossun
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Ossun is located in Lafayette Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossun
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Esther, with the one closest to Esther listed first.
    • Cade
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Duchamp
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Duchamp is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchamp
    • Delacroix
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Delacroix is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delacroix
    • Keystone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Keystone is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Saint Martinville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Levert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Levert is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levert
    • Saint John
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint John is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Esther, with the one closest to Esther listed first.
    • Cypremort Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Cypremort Point is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypremort Point
    • Cypremort
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Cypremort is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypremort
    • Florence
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Florence is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Cote Blanche Landing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Cote Blanche Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cote Blanche Landing
    • Glencoe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Glencoe is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Home Place
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Home Place is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place

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

Cemeteries Near Esther ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Esther.

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

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

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

  • Briggs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mouton Cove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bancker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrington Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hebert Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Delino Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Landry Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Perry - O'Bryan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Greene Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Suire Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Badon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Abbeville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68864 <2>
  • Continue List   (76 more) ...
    • Nunez Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Le Maire Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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>

While we didn't find Esther in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Esther.

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

  • Henry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Henry is located in Vermilion Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  • Perry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Abbeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Derouen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Derouen is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derouen
  • Indian Bayou
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Indian Bayou is located in Vermilion Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bayou
  • Youngsville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Ridge
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Ridge is located in Lafayette Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
  • New Iberia
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Segura
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Segura is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Segura
  • Burke
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Burke is located in Iberia Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
  • Cade
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Duchamp
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Duchamp is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchamp
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Cypremort
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Cypremort is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypremort
    • Delacroix
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Delacroix is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delacroix
    • Broussard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Esther ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Esther.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Esther, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Esther.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Esther:

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 Esther, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Esther) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.