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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 Expressway Acres (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 Expressway Acres. 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 Counties/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast 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 north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Expressway Acres is located in Caddo 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 Caddo Parish: Lafayette (AR), Miller (AR), Bossier, De Soto, Red River, Cass (TX), Harrison (TX), Marion (TX) & Panola (TX).

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

  • Caddo Parish     (The home parish of Expressway Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Expressway Acres, with the one closest to Expressway Acres listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Reisor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
    • Western Hills Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgewood Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Edgewood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
    • South Towne Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • South Towne Heights is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Heights
    • Longwood Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
    • Bethany
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Pine Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
    • Summer Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
    • Spring Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Spring Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Ridge
    • Chateau Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Chateau Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Village
    • Keithville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bossier Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Expressway Acres, with the one closest to Expressway Acres listed first.
    • Bossier City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Parkland Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
    • Bodcau
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Espanita Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
    • Red Chute
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
    • Benton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elm Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Eastwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Atkins
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Atkins is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Haughton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Fillmore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Fillmore is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
    • Alden Bridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
  • De Soto Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Expressway Acres, with the one closest to Expressway Acres listed first.
    • Stonewall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Keachi
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Gloster
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Frierson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Longstreet
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Screamerville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Screamerville is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
    • Grand Cane
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Mansfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Logansport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • South Mansfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • South Mansfield is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mansfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Harrison County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Expressway Acres, with the one closest to Expressway Acres listed first.
    • Waskom
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <1>
    • Jonesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elysian Fields
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Scottsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Karnack
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Uncertain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Baldwin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Baldwin is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Marshall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Marshall is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,523 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
    • Pope City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Pope City is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope City
    • Woodlawn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
  • Panola County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Expressway Acres, with the one closest to Expressway Acres listed first.
    • Panola
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • De Berry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Midyett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Midyett is located in Panola County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett
    • Carthage
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Expressway Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Expressway Acres.

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 Expressway Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Walnut Hill St. Mary Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethlehem MB Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lester Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Draper Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Forest Park Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Park Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Greenwood.
    • The Forest Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Walden Ferry Road Cemetery
    • Whitworth Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141248 <2>
  • New Boggy Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ivory Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Park West Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park West Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Park West Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Shreveport.
    • The Forest Park West Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Forest Park Cemetery East
    • Forest Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67545 <2>
  • New Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Restland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (172 more) ...
    • State Line Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Davidson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pollard Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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 Expressway Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Expressway Acres.

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

  • Greenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Flournoy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Reisor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
  • Bethany
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Spring Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Ridge
  • Keithville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jewella ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jewella is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewella
  • Waskom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <1>
  • Longwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • La Rosen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • La Rosen is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosen
  • Stonewall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jonesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Shreveport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Blanchard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Elysian Fields
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Expressway Acres ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Expressway Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Expressway Acres, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Expressway Acres.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Expressway Acres:

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>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- Expressway Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Expressway Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.