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Nearest Communities to Grand Chenier,
Listed Parish-By-Parish

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Grand Chenier, on a Parish-by-Parish basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Grand Chenier:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring parishes in addition to 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Grand Chenier.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Grand Chenier is located in Cameron Parish.

The following 5 parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Cameron Parish: Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion, Jefferson (TX) & Orange (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grand Chenier. Of these communities, 18 are located in parishes/counties other than Cameron Parish.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home parish for Grand Chenier (which is Cameron Parish), we list the parishes/counties in alphabetical order and for each of those parishes/counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Grand Chenier

For the following list, only those parishes/counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Cameron Parish   (where Grand Chenier resides)
    • Parish Website:   https://www.louisiana.gov/local-louisiana/cameron-parish
    • Parish Seat for Cameron:   Cameron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grand Chenier   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Chenier.
      • Creole
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Creole is located in Cameron Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creole
      • Oak Grove
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Oak Grove is located in Cameron Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Gibbstown
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Gibbstown is located in Cameron Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown
      • North Island
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • North Island is located in Cameron Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Island
      • Sweet Lake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Sweet Lake is located in Cameron Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lake
      • Hacketts Corner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Hacketts Corner is located in Cameron Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacketts Corner
      • Cameron
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Lowry
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Lowry is located in Cameron Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
      • Grand Lake
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
      • Hackberry
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Holly Beach
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Holly Beach is located in Cameron Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Beach
  • Calcasieu Parish
    • Parish Website:   https://www.calcasieu.gov/
    • Parish Seat for Calcasieu:   Lake Charles
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grand Chenier   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Chenier.
      • Illinois Plant
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Illinois Plant is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Plant
      • Bell City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hayes
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Rossignol
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Rossignol is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossignol
      • Holmwood
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Holmwood is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmwood
      • Chalkley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Chalkley is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkley
      • Verret
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Verret is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verret
      • Prairieland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Prairieland is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieland
      • Bon Air
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Bon Air is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
      • Bellevue
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Bellevue is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
      • Harbor
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Harbor is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
      • Manchester
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Manchester is located in Calcasieu Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Jefferson Davis Parish
  • Vermilion Parish

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grand Chenier) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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