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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 Galliano (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 Galliano. 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.

Galliano is located in Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish: Assumption, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Terrebonne.

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

  • Lafourche Parish     (The home parish of Galliano)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galliano, with the one closest to Galliano listed first.
    • Golden Meadow
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Faleau ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Faleau is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faleau
    • Cut Off
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Larose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Leeville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Leeville is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
    • Gheens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lockport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mathews
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Fourchon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Port Fourchon is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Fourchon
    • Raceland Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayou Blue
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galliano, with the one closest to Galliano listed first.
    • Lafitte
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Barataria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Isle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jean Lafitte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Lafitte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
    • Crown Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Estelle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Estelle is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
  • Plaquemines Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galliano, with the one closest to Galliano listed first.
    • Myrtle Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Myrtle Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
    • Carlisle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jesuit Bend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jesuit Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesuit Bend
    • Monsecour
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Monsecour is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monsecour
    • Cedar Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Linwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Linwood is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
    • Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
    • Woodland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Woodland is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galliano, with the one closest to Galliano listed first.
    • Camardelle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Camardelle is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camardelle
    • Chaudiere Casse
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Chaudiere Casse is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaudiere Casse
    • Tabatiere Perdue
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Tabatiere Perdue is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabatiere Perdue
    • Bayou Gauche
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Des Allemands
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galliano, with the one closest to Galliano listed first.
    • Montegut
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Point Barre
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Point Barre is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Barre
    • Chauvin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Lapeyrouse
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Lapeyrouse is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeyrouse
    • Bourg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Cocodrie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cocodrie is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocodrie
    • Dulac
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Houma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Theriot
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Theriot is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theriot
    • Bayou Cane
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Broadmoor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor

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

Cemeteries Near Galliano ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Galliano.

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

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

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

  • Cheramie Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hebert Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pitre Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Surgney Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lange - Calahan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Alombro Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Dugas Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Bisland Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Thibodaux Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • St. Elie Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Elie Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Elie Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Houma.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68781 <2>

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.<4>

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

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

  • Cut Off
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Montegut
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Gheens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lockport
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Barataria
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grand Isle
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Myrtle Grove
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Myrtle Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
  • Ironton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ironton is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
  • Saint Rosalie
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Rosalie is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosalie
  • Alliance
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Alliance is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
  • Dulac
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Deer Range
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deer Range is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Range
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Burbridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Burbridge is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbridge
    • Monsecour
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Monsecour is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monsecour
    • Jesuit Bend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jesuit Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesuit Bend

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

Newspapers Published in Galliano ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Galliano.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Galliano, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Galliano.

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 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 Galliano:

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>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- Galliano) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Galliano, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.