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

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast 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 south.

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 east contained birth and death records; the parish to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

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

Grand Isle is located in Jefferson Parish.

The following 7 parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson Parish: Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany & Tangipahoa.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grand Isle. Of these communities, 55 are located in parishes other than Jefferson 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 Isle (which is Jefferson Parish), we list the parishes in alphabetical order and for each of those parishes, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Grand Isle

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

  • Jefferson Parish   (where Grand Isle resides)
  • Lafourche Parish
  • Plaquemines Parish
    • Parish Website:   https://www.plaqueminesparish.gov/
    • Parish Seat for Plaquemines:   Pointe a la Hache
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the south and the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grand Isle   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grand Isle.
      • Grande Ecaille
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Grande Ecaille is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grande Ecaille
      • Lake Judge Perez
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Lake Judge Perez is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Judge Perez
      • Grand Bayou
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
      • Home Place
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
      • Bremond
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Bremond is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremond
      • Diamond
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Encalade
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Encalade is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encalade
      • Filipino ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Filipino is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filipino
      • Fosters Canal
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Fosters Canal is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosters Canal
      • Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
      • Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
      • Happy Jack
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (35 more) ...
        • Magnolia
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
        • Nestor
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Nestor is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestor
        • Port Sulphur
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Potash
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Socola
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Socola is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socola
        • Deer Range
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Deer Range is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Range
        • Point Celeste
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Point Celeste is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Celeste
        • Woodland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Beshel
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Beshel is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beshel
        • Bohemia
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Daisy ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
        • Empire
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Martin
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Martin is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
        • Nairn
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Point Pleasant ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Point Pleasant is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
        • Pointe a la Hache
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Tropical Bend
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Tropical Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Bend
        • West Pointe A La Hache
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Sunrise
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Bellevue
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Bellevue is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
        • Davant
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Harlem
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Harlem is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
        • Nero
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Nero is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero
        • Hesperides
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Hesperides is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesperides
        • Nicholls ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Nicholls is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholls
        • Ironton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Ironton is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
        • Myrtle Grove
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Phoenix
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Phoenix is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
        • Buras
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Ostrica
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Ostrica is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrica
        • Quarantine ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Quarantine is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarantine
        • Saint Rosalie
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Saint Rosalie is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Rosalie
        • Burbridge
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Burbridge is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbridge
        • Burnbridge
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Burnbridge is located in Plaquemines Parish
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnbridge
        • Monsecour
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grand Isle) 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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