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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Grand Prairie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Grand Prairie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grand Prairie, 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 Grand Prairie (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 Grand Prairie. 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.
Name Variations for Grand Prairie ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Grand Prairie: Grand Pr.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Grand Prairie. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grand Prairie.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the south.
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 west contained birth and death records; the parish to the south 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Grand Prairie is historic, it would have been located within present day Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines Parish: Jefferson, Orleans & Saint Bernard.
Below are the parishes that are near Grand Prairie. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grand Prairie:
- Plaquemines Parish (The home parish of Grand Prairie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Prairie, with the one closest to Grand Prairie listed first.
- Port Sulphur
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Potash
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Potash is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potash
- Daisy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Happy Jack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
- Bohemia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bohemia is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Nairn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nairn is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nairn
- Pointe a la Hache
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Empire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
- West Pointe A La Hache
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Jefferson Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Prairie, with the one closest to Grand Prairie listed first.
- Grand Isle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lafitte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barataria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jean Lafitte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Lafitte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
- Saint Bernard Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand Prairie, with the one closest to Grand Prairie listed first.
- Hopedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hopedale is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Alluvial City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Alluvial City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alluvial City
- Reggio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Reggio is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reggio
- Yscloskey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Yscloskey is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yscloskey
- Shell Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shell Beach is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Beach
- Verret
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Verret is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verret
- Toca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Toca is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toca
- Saint Bernard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sebastopol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sebastopol is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
- Poydras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poydras is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poydras
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grand Prairie, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Grand Prairie.
Cemeteries Near Grand Prairie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grand Prairie.
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 Grand Prairie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grand Prairie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grand Prairie, with the one closest to Grand Prairie listed first.
- Johnson Fisher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cannon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nairn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Feets Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paulinus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ancal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mange Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pt. Pleasant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ballowe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Woodland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pt. Celeste Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nero Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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.
Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie, with the one closest to Grand Prairie listed first.
- Home Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
- Potash
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Potash is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potash
- Daisy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Happy Jack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
- Nairn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nairn is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nairn
- Bohemia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bohemia is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
- Diamond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Grand Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Nicholls ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nicholls is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholls
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Empire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Pointe A La Hache
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Sunrise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunrise is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Quarantine ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quarantine is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarantine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grand Prairie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand Prairie.
Newspapers Published in Grand Prairie ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Prairie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grand Prairie, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grand Prairie.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Grand Prairie:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Plaquemines Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Jefferson Parish
- Saint Bernard Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 Grand Prairie, 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- Grand Prairie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |