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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Garfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Garfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Garfield, 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 Garfield (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 Garfield. 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 Counties/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 counties/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 counties/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 Garfield is historic, it would have been located within present day Caddo 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 Caddo Parish: Lafayette (AR), Miller (AR), Bossier, De Soto, Red River, Cass (TX), Harrison (TX), Marion (TX) & Panola (TX).

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

  • Caddo Parish     (The home parish of Garfield)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Vivian
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rodessa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Zylks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Zylks is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylks
    • Frog Level ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
    • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
    • Hosston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ida
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ida is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Oil City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Gilliam
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Missionary
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Missionary is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
    • Mooringsport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Belcher
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bossier Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Plain Dealing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Alden Bridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
    • Benton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ivan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Ivan is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
  • Lafayette County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Gin City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Gin City is located in Lafayette County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
    • Walnut Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Bradley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bradley is located in Lafayette County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <2>
  • Miller County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Capps City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Capps City is located in Miller County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
    • Doddridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fouke
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Fouke is located in Miller County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fouke <2>
    • Roberts ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Roberts is located in Miller County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
  • Bowie County (TX)
    • Sulphur
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Sulphur is located in Bowie County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
  • Cass County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • McLeod
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Huffins
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Huffins is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
    • Bivins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kildare
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bloomburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Atlanta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Queen City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Linden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Linden is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,888 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linden <2>
    • Springdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Springdale is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Domino
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Domino is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
    • Red Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Hill is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
    • Douglassville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Uncertain
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Baldwin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Baldwin is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Karnack
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Pope City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pope City is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope City
    • Woodlawn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Jonesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Scottsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Waskom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <2>
  • Marion County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garfield, with the one closest to Garfield listed first.
    • Lodi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jefferson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kellyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Kellyville is located in Marion County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
    • Sarber
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Sarber is located in Marion County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarber

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

Cemeteries Near Garfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garfield.

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

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

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

  • Josey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Chapelwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Good Exchange Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Baugass Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Rambo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Monterey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Stevens Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hancock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Black Bayou Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Slaughter Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Slaughter Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Rodessa.
    • The Slaughter Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rodessa Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68985 <4>
  • Continue List   (139 more) ...

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.

Garfield itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Frog Level ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
  • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
  • Era ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Era is located in Miller County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
  • Huffins
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Huffins is located in Cass County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
  • Smithland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Smithland is located in Marion County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithland
  • Bivins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Kildare
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Missionary
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Missionary is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
  • Lodi
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Mooringsport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Atlanta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Queen City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Collinsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Collinsburg is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsburg
    • Lanark
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Lanark is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
    • Plain Dealing
      (19 miles [30.6 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 Garfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garfield.

Newspapers Published in Garfield ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garfield.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garfield, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garfield.

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 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 Garfield:

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 Garfield, 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Garfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.