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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Forstall. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Forstall to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Forstall, please Contact Us.
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 Forstall (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 Forstall. 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the west. 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 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 north 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Forstall is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Forstall. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forstall:
- Saint James Parish (The home parish of Forstall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Burton Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Free Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Chatman Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Convent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saint James
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Uncle Sam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lagan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Hester
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Paulina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vacherie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Gramercy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lutcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Aben
(8 miles [12.9 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Burnside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Darrow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Donaldsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sorrento
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Barton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Brittany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gonzales
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Amant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Weber City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Geismar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornerview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Rosedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Brulie Maurin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Bertie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
- Elmfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
- Madewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Plattenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Terre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Albemarle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
- Ingleside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Napoleonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Alliance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Munsons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Munsons is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Old Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Perkins Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Shenandoah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Gardere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Oak Hills Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Woodshire Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Essen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Inniswold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lynwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Carville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Castle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Gabriel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bayou Goula
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Iberville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Plaquemine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lafourche Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Chackbay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Kraemer
(13 miles [20.9 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
- Raceland Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
- Raceland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Blue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
- Mathews
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- French Settlement
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Maurepas
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Killian
(28 miles [45.1 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 Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Killona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gypsy
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Montz
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
- Taft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Hahnville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Norco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Paradis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vallier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
- Des Allemands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Sarpy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boutte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Luling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bayou Gauche
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Wallace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Mount Airy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Garyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Edgard
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Reserve
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Laplace
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Frenier
(26 miles [41.8 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 Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Bayou Geneve
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- Stephenville
(23 miles [37 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 Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Morgan City Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
- Amelia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Morgan City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Berwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terrebonne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Schriever
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chacahoula
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
- 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
- Donner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gray
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gibson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ardoyne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
- 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
- Broadmoor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
- Houma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forstall, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Forstall.
Cemeteries Near Forstall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forstall.
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 Forstall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forstall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- St. James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Celestin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Philippian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trosclair Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highway Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pugh Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (124 more) ...
- Woodlawn UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Western Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.
While we didn't find Forstall in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forstall.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forstall, with the one closest to Forstall listed first.
- Saint James
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Convent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Welcome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Welcome is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Central
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- White Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Hester
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Lauderdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lauderdale is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Remy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Remy is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Vacherie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paulina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bertie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cofield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Plattenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Napoleonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forstall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forstall.
Newspapers Published in Forstall ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forstall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forstall, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forstall.
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 Forstall:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Saint James Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint Charles Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- Saint Mary Parish
- Terrebonne Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Forstall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Forstall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |