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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Grand View. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Grand View to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grand View, 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 View (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 View. 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 View ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Grand View: Grand Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Grand View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grand View.
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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Grand View is historic, it would have been located within present day Saint James 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 Saint James Parish: Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche & Saint John the Baptist.
Below are the parishes that are near Grand View. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grand View:
- Saint James Parish (The home parish of Grand View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Paulina
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lutcher
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Vacherie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gramercy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Vacherie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Hester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Lagan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Convent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Uncle Sam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Saint James
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burton Lane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Chatman Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Free Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Sorrento
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cofield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Aben
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Aben is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
- Aben has also been known as:
- Abend
- Brittany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Amant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Darrow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Donaldsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gonzales
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weber City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Brignac
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
- Cornerview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Barton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Brulie Maurin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Rosedale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Bertie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
- Madewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
- Woodlawn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Belle Alliance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Belle Terre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Elmfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
- Albemarle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
- Cedar Grove Plantation
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Leche
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Leche is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
- Plattenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Old Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Shenandoah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Village Saint George
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Carville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Gabriel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bayou Goula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iberville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Jefferson Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Kenner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- River Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lafourche Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Kraemer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chackbay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Thibodaux
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Acadia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
- Godchaux
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
- Raceland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Raceland Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
- Mathews
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Blue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
- Gheens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lockport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Maurepas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- French Settlement
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Port Vincent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Killian
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Killona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gypsy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Montz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
- Taft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Hahnville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Norco
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vallier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
- New Sarpy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Des Allemands
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paradis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boutte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Destrehan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Luling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Wallace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Mount Airy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Garyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Edgard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reserve
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Laplace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Frenier
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
- Saint Martin Parish
- Bayou Geneve
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Akers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manchac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
- Wadesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- Terrebonne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Schriever
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Plantation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
- Minerva Plantation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
- Gray
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chacahoula
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
- Donner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ardoyne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
- Bayou Cane
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
- Broadmoor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
- Gibson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Houma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grand View, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Grand View.
Cemeteries Near Grand View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grand View.
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 View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grand View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Western Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Highway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bishop Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Celestin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Trosclair Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (122 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Philippian Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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.
While we didn't find Grand View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grand View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
- Paulina
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Remy
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Remy is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Vacherie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Wallace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Johnson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Johnson is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Mount Airy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Convent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Saint James
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edgard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Welcome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Welcome is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Central
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Central is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- White Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Lucy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lucy is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grand View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand View.
Newspapers Published in Grand View ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grand View, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grand View.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Grand View:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Saint James Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Jefferson Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint Charles Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Terrebonne 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 View, 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | 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- Grand View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |