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Welcome to Gold Dust ...

Although we found mention of Gold Dust during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Gold Dust was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Gold Dust to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gold Dust, please Contact Us.


The location of Gold Dust has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Gold Dust, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

Gold Dust is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Gold Dust might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Gold Dust would be found within the (318) area code.

Communities Also Named Gold Dust ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gold Dust - it's located in Montana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gold Dust.

Communities near Gold Dust ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gold Dust.

  • Ville Platte
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Bunkie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkie
    • Bunkie is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,826 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunkie <4>
  • Cottonport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Prairie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
    • Pine Prairie is located in Evangeline Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,444 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Prairie <4>
  • Mansura
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lecompte
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lecompte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lecompte
    • Lecompte is located in Rapides Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lecompte <4>
  • Washington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Washington is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 903 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washington <4>
  • Moreauville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moreauville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreauville
    • Moreauville is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moreauville <4>
  • Hessmer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hessmer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hessmer
    • Hessmer is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hessmer <4>
  • Cheneyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheneyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheneyville
    • Cheneyville is located in Rapides Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheneyville <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gold Dust. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gold Dust.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gold Dust. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gold Dust.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gold Dust. See our Newspapers Page for Gold Dust.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gold Dust ...

Looking for more information about Gold Dust? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gold Dust, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gold Dust.

Adding Gold Dust to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gold Dust in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Gold Dust was on a map titled Map of Louisiana (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gold Dust.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Gold Dust and then turned east". While Gold Dust could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Gold Dust as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Gold Dust could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gold Dust - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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