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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 Feitel (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 Feitel. 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 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

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

Feitel is located in Saint James 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 Saint James Parish: Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche & Saint John the Baptist.

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

  • Saint James Parish     (The home parish of Feitel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Hester
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Vacherie
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Uncle Sam
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lagan
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Convent
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Saint James
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • North Vacherie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Paulina
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chatman Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Burton Lane
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Lutcher
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <1>
    • Free Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Aben
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Cofield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Burnside
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sorrento
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Darrow
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Donaldsonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Brittany
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Amant
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Gonzales
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Weber City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
    • Barton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Brignac
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Rosedale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Woodlawn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Brulie Maurin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
    • Elmfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
    • Madewood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
    • Albemarle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Bertie
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
    • Ingleside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Leche
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Leche is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
    • Plattenville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Belle Alliance
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
    • Belle Terre
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Old Jefferson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
    • Perkins Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
    • Shenandoah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Village Saint George
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Carville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • White Castle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Gabriel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayou Goula
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Iberville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Sunshine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Chackbay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Kraemer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Thibodaux
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Acadia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Godchaux
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Raceland Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bayou Blue
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Mathews
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gheens
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • French Settlement
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Maurepas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Port Vincent
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
    • Clio
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Clio is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Killian
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Killian is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Killona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Gypsy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
    • Montz
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
    • Taft
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Hahnville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Norco
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Des Allemands
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Vallier
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Paradis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • New Sarpy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Boutte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Luling
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Wallace
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Mount Airy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Garyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Reserve
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Laplace
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Frenier
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Bayou Geneve
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Morgan City Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
    • Amelia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tangipahoa Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Akers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Manchac
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Feitel, with the one closest to Feitel listed first.
    • Schriever
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Gray
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Chacahoula
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
    • Donner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Ardoyne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Broadmoor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Gibson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Cane
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Houma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Feitel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Feitel.

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

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

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

  • Highway Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Celestin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Phillips Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Western Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Trosclair Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Woodville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Philippian Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (120 more) ...
    • Bishop Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Monroe Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buena Vista Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<3>

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

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

  • Hester
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
  • Remy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Remy is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
  • Saint James
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Vacherie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Convent
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Paulina
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wallace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
  • Welcome
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Welcome is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Johnson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Johnson is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
  • Mount Airy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Central
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Central is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Union
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Union is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • White Hall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Lauderdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lauderdale is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
    • Cofield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield

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

Newspapers Published in Feitel ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Feitel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Feitel, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Feitel.

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 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 Feitel:

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