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 Farmerville (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 Farmerville. 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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors 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/counties 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/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Farmerville is located in Union Parish and is the Parish Seat.
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 Farmerville. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farmerville:
- Union Parish (The home parish of Farmerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmerville, with the one closest to Farmerville listed first.
- Downsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Truxno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Truxno is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxno
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilhite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilhite is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhite
- Pisgah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Haile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Haile is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haile
- Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bernice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spearsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cane Ridge ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cane Ridge is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Ridge
- Lillie
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ouachita City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ouachita City is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouachita City
- Claiborne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmerville, with the one closest to Farmerville listed first.
- Weldon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Junction City
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Wards Mill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wards Mill is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wards Mill
- Summerfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Summerfield is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Lisbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sugar Creek is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Jackson Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmerville, with the one closest to Farmerville listed first.
- Cartwright
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cartwright is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Eros
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Nash ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nash is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Lincoln Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmerville, with the one closest to Farmerville listed first.
- Cedarton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarton is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarton
- Sibley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Unionville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Dubach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Averit ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
- Choudrant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vienna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
- Hico
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hico is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Vining Mills ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Vining Mills is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining Mills
- Ruston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grambling
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Simsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morehouse Parish
- Bastrop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ouachita Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmerville, with the one closest to Farmerville listed first.
- Eureka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Frost Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Frost Town is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Town
- Calhoun
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Forksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Forksville is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
- Sterlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Claiborne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- Fairbanks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Northpark Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Northpark Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northpark Village
- West Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Ashley County (AR)
- Meridian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meridian is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Union County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Farmerville, with the one closest to Farmerville listed first.
- Huttig
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Lapile
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lapile is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapile
- Strong
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bolding
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bolding is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolding
- Blanchard Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchard Springs is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Springs
- Felsenthal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Felsenthal is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felsenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Junction City
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Urbana is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Scotland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Lawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lawson is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farmerville, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Farmerville.
Cemeteries Near Farmerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmerville.
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 Farmerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farmerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farmerville, with the one closest to Farmerville listed first.
- Baughman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Terral Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pearson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Feazel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holmesville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Rabun Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ruggs Bluff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Farmerville had a population of 472 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Farmerville had a population of 3,641 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farmerville, with the one closest to Farmerville listed first.
- Moselys Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moselys Bluff is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselys Bluff
- Conway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Conway is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- D'Arbonne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- D'Arbonne is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Arbonne
- Colsons ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Colsons is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colsons
- Downsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Point is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
- Cherry Ridge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Clayton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Walnut Lane ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Walnut Lane is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Lane
- Shiloh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Cedarton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarton is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarton
- Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sibley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Unionville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Douglas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Farmerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farmerville.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Farmerville ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmerville.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Farmerville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Farmerville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Farmerville.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4> of Farmerville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Farmerville:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Union Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Claiborne Parish
- Jackson Parish
- Lincoln Parish
- Morehouse Parish
- Ouachita Parish
- Ashley County
- 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> | 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 Farmerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Farmerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |