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 Florenville (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 Florenville. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Florenville is located in Saint Tammany 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 Tammany Parish: Jefferson, Orleans, Tangipahoa, Washington, Hancock (MS) & Pearl River (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Florenville. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Florenville:
- Saint Tammany Parish (The home parish of Florenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Florenville, with the one closest to Florenville listed first.
- Hickory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Pearl River
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Browns Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Browns Village is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
- Talisheek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Huntwyck Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huntwyck Village is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntwyck Village
- Northwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Village is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
- Bon Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Village is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
- Tanglewood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tanglewood Village is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Village
- Lacombe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slidell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Slidell is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <1>
- Lake Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Village is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Lake Shore Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Shore Village is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Village
- Orleans Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Florenville, with the one closest to Florenville listed first.
- Lake Catherine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Pine Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Milneburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Florenville, with the one closest to Florenville listed first.
- Katie ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Katie was located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
- Robert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Washington Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Florenville, with the one closest to Florenville listed first.
- Lees Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Bogalusa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Enon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Enon is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Hancock County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Florenville, with the one closest to Florenville listed first.
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gainesville was located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Napoleon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logtown was located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Pearlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kiln
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shoreline Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
- Lakeshore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeshore is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Diamondhead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Necaise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Necaise is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
- Waveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bay Saint Louis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pearl River County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Florenville, with the one closest to Florenville listed first.
- Nicholson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nicholson is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Picayune
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Florenville, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Florenville.
Cemeteries Near Florenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Florenville.
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 Florenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Florenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Florenville, with the one closest to Florenville listed first.
- Hickory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peace Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Charter Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Henry Talley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crawford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Evans Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (187 more) ...
- Porters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McGee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cousin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Florenville had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Florenville, with the one closest to Florenville listed first.
- Pearl River
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Talisheek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Slidell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Slidell is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <1>
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gainesville was located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Mandeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logtown was located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Sun
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sun is also located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun <1>
- Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pearlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Madisonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rigolets
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rigolets is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigolets
- Lake Catherine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Chinquapin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chinquapin is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
- Lees Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Kiln
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Florenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Florenville.
Newspapers Published in Florenville ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Florenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Florenville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Florenville.
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 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 Florenville:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Saint Tammany Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Orleans Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Washington Parish
- Hancock County
- Pearl River 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 Florenville, 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 from Point A (ie- Florenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |