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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 Glenmore (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 Glenmore. 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.

Glenmore is located in Iberville 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 Iberville Parish: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Pointe Coupee, Saint Martin & West Baton Rouge.

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

  • Iberville Parish     (The home parish of Glenmore)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Bayou Goula
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • White Castle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Carville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Saint Gabriel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Plaquemine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Iberville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Sunshine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Indian Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Morrisonville ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • Grosse Tete
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosedale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Maringouin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Southwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
    • Geismar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Barton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Dutch Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
    • Cornerview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
    • Darrow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bullion
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
    • Donaldsonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hope Villa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
    • Oak Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Prairieville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Aben
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Bruly Saint Martin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
    • Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
    • Grand Bayou
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
    • Burbank ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
    • Lula
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
    • Monty
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Monty is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
    • Belle Alliance
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
    • Belle Rose
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Belle Terre
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
    • Freetown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
    • Kessler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
    • Star
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Star is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Burtville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
    • Gardere
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
    • Oak Hills Place
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
    • Lynwood Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
    • Perkins Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
    • Village Saint George
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
    • Essen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
    • Inniswold
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Westminster
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
    • Beauregard Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
    • Old Jefferson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
    • Baton Rouge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Port Vincent
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
    • French Settlement
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Denham Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
      • Former names for Denham Springs:
      • Amite Springs
      • Hill's Springs
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <1>
    • Walker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Walker is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
    • Watson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Rougon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Lakeland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glynn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Free Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
    • Burton Lane
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Chatman Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Uncle Sam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Convent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint James
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lagan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Hester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Bayou Chene
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
    • Bayou Geneve
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • 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 Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Charenton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Irish Bend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glenmore, with the one closest to Glenmore listed first.
    • Addis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <1>
    • Brusly
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <1>
    • Port Allen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Wilbert ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
    • Lobdell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
    • Carey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Devalls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
    • Erwinville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Arbroth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth

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

Cemeteries Near Glenmore ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glenmore.

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

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

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

  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pilgrim Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • St. John Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • White Castle Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • First Baptist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Paul Baptist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Raspberry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Brazil Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jerusalem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (152 more) ...
    • St. Raphael Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pt. Pleasant Baptist Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mt. Bethel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

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

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

  • Bayou Goula
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Dorcyville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
  • Plaquemine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Gabriel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunshine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Southwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
  • Hohen Solms
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
  • Geismar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Gardere
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
  • McCall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • McCall is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
  • Geary ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Geary is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
  • Brusly Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Brusly Landing is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Landing
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Smoke Bend
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
    • Belle Helene
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
    • Dutch Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town

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

Newspapers Published in Glenmore ...

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 Glenmore.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glenmore, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glenmore.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Glenmore:

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>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 Glenmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glenmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.