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

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

Franklin is located in Saint Mary Parish and is the Parish Seat.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Saint Mary Parish: Iberia, Saint Martin & Terrebonne.

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

  • Saint Mary Parish     (The home parish of Franklin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
    • Caffery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caffery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffery
      • Caffery is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Sterling
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
      • Sterling is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Katy
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
      • Katy is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Irish Bend
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irish Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
      • Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Baldwin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <2>
    • Bayou Sale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bayou Sale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Sale
      • Bayou Sale is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bayou Sale
      • From Franklin to Bayou Sale
    • Centerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Centerville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <2>
    • Charenton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ashton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ashton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
      • Ashton is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ashton
      • From Franklin to Ashton
    • Maria
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
      • Maria is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Todd
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Todd. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
      • Todd is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Todd
      • From Franklin to Todd
    • Verdunville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verdunville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdunville
      • Verdunville is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
    • Belle River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Pierre Part
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierre Part have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierre Part
      • Pierre Part is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierre Part <2>
    • Attakapas Landing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Attakapas Canal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Upper Texas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Upper Texas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Texas
      • Upper Texas is located in Assumption Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Upper Texas
      • From Franklin to Upper Texas
    • Bayou Crab
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bayou Crab. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Crab
      • Bayou Crab is located in Assumption Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bayou Crab
      • From Franklin to Bayou Crab
    • Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bayou Corne. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
      • Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bayou Corne
      • From Franklin to Bayou Corne
    • Bellewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bellewood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellewood
      • Bellewood is located in Assumption Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bellewood
      • From Franklin to Bellewood
    • Dwight Fields
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dwight Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Fields
      • Dwight Fields is located in Assumption Parish
    • Ursa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ursa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursa
      • Ursa is located in Assumption Parish
    • Grand Bayou
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
      • Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
    • Elm Hall Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Brusle Saint Vincent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brusle Saint Vincent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusle Saint Vincent
      • Brusle Saint Vincent is located in Assumption Parish
  • Iberia Parish
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Franklin, with the one closest to Franklin listed first.
    • Stephenville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Bayou Chene
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bayou Chene. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
      • Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bayou Chene
      • From Franklin to Bayou Chene
    • Bayou Geneve
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Geneve have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Coteau Holmes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coteau Holmes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coteau Holmes
      • Coteau Holmes is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Bankers
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bankers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankers
      • Bankers is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bankers
      • From Franklin to Bankers
    • Banker Plantation
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Keystone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keystone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
      • Keystone is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Keystone
      • From Franklin to Keystone
    • Delacroix
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delacroix. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delacroix
      • Delacroix is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Delacroix
      • From Franklin to Delacroix
    • Saint Martinville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Catahoula Cove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catahoula Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catahoula Cove
      • Catahoula Cove is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Isle Labbe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle Labbe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Labbe
      • Isle Labbe is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Saint John
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint John. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
      • Saint John is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saint John
      • From Franklin to Saint John

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

Cemeteries Near Franklin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Franklin.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Franklin had a population of 2,127 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Franklin had a population of 6,580 people.

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

  • Irish Bend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irish Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
    • Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Baldwin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bayou Sale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bayou Sale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Sale
    • Bayou Sale is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bayou Sale
    • From Franklin to Bayou Sale
  • Charenton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ricohoc
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ricohoc. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricohoc
    • Ricohoc is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Ricohoc
    • From Franklin to Ricohoc
  • Sorrel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sorrel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorrel
    • Sorrel is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Glencoe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glencoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Glencoe is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Jeanerette
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Patterson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Patoutville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cypremort
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cypremort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypremort
    • Cypremort is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cypremort
    • From Franklin to Cypremort
  • Berwick
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
    • Berwick is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,324 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwick <2>
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Morgan City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Loreauville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loreauville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loreauville
      • Loreauville is located in Iberia Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loreauville <2>
    • Ramos
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramos have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramos
      • Ramos is located in Saint Mary Parish

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Franklin ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Franklin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Franklin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Franklin.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6> of Franklin.

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 Franklin:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Franklin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Franklin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Franklin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Franklin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7961, Longitude: -91.5054    









 

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