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 Evergreen (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 Evergreen. 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/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 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 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.
Evergreen is located in Union 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 Union Parish: Ashley (AR), Union (AR), Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse & Ouachita.
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Evergreen. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evergreen:
- Union Parish (The home parish of Evergreen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Farmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bernice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cane Ridge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cane Ridge is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Ridge
- Pisgah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Downsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spearsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lillie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Truxno
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Truxno is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxno
- Wilhite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilhite is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhite
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Haile
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Haile is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haile
- Ouachita City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ouachita City is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouachita City
- Bienville Parish
- Arcadia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Claiborne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Weldon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weldon is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Lisbon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Summerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Summerfield is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Wards Mill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wards Mill is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wards Mill
- Junction City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Junction City is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Sugar Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Arizona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arizona is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jackson Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Cartwright
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cartwright is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Ansley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ansley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
- Eros
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Nash ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nash is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Dalley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
- Quitman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chatham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Dubach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Cedarton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedarton is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarton
- Hico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hico is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Vienna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
- Vining Mills ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vining Mills is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining Mills
- Sibley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Choudrant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ruston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Averit ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
- Grambling
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Simsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ouachita Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Eureka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Frost Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frost Town is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Town
- Calhoun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Forksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forksville is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
- Claiborne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- Sterlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Monroe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Monroe is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,086 people
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northpark Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northpark Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northpark Village
- Fairbanks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lapine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lapine is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
- Union County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Blanchard Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Blanchard Springs is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Springs
- Junction City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Junction City is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Scotland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Strong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Urbana is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Lapile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lapile is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapile
- Bolding
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bolding is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolding
- Huttig
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Huttig is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huttig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Dodge City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge City is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evergreen, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Evergreen.
Cemeteries Near Evergreen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evergreen.
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 Evergreen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evergreen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Culbertson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Patrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- G.H. Colvin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for G.H. Colvin Cemetery
- The G.H. Colvin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Colvin Family Cemetery
- Bryant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Feazel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barrett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Cemetery
- The Unionville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvin Memorial Cemetery
- Continue List (263 more) ...
- Baughman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rabun Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bernice Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Evergreen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Evergreen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evergreen, with the one closest to Evergreen listed first.
- Shiloh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- D'Arbonne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- D'Arbonne is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Arbonne
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Clayton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Cedarton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedarton is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarton
- Farmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cane Ridge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cane Ridge is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Ridge
- Hico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hico is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Vining Mills ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vining Mills is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining Mills
- Vienna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
- Sumpter ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sumpter is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Douglas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Douglas is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Downsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moselys Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Moselys Bluff is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselys Bluff
- Sibley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evergreen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evergreen.
Newspapers Published in Evergreen ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evergreen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evergreen, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evergreen.
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 Evergreen:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Union Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Bienville Parish
- Claiborne Parish
- Jackson Parish
- Lincoln Parish
- Ouachita Parish
- Union 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Evergreen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Evergreen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |