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Introduction ...

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 Green Acres (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 Green Acres. 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.

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 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.

Green Acres is located in Saint Charles 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 Charles Parish: Jefferson, Lafourche & Saint John the Baptist.

Below are the parishes that are near Green Acres. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green Acres:

  • Saint Charles Parish     (The home parish of Green Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Bayou Gauche
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Des Allemands
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Paradis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Vallier
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Boutte
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mimosa Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
    • Camardelle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Camardelle is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camardelle
    • Chaudiere Casse
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Chaudiere Casse is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaudiere Casse
    • Tabatiere Perdue
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tabatiere Perdue is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabatiere Perdue
    • Luling
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lone Star
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Star is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Davis ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Destrehan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Waggaman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Avondale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Harahan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • River Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridge City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kenner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kenner is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,288 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenner <1>
    • Westwego
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Barataria
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Estelle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Estelle is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Jean Lafitte
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Lafitte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
    • Jefferson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Crown Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Gheens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Raceland Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Mathews
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Raceland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Godchaux
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Lockport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Larose
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Kraemer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cut Off
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bayou Blue
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Acadia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Chackbay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Thibodaux
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Orleans Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • New Orleans
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gentilly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gentilly is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • Gentilly Terrace
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Gentilly Terrace is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly Terrace
    • Milneburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
    • Pine Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
  • Plaquemines Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Cedar Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Jesuit Bend
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jesuit Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesuit Bend
    • Linwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Linwood is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
    • Stella
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Stella is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
    • Belle Chasse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Scarsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Scarsdale is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
    • English Turn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • English Turn is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Turn
    • Braithwaite
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Carlisle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Monsecour
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Monsecour is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monsecour
    • Myrtle Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Myrtle Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
  • Saint Bernard Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Arabi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Chalmette
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Meraux
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Versailles
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Versailles is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • South Vacherie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • North Vacherie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Lutcher
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <1>
    • Paulina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Vacherie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gramercy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Hester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Lagan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Saint James
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Burton Lane
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Convent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Uncle Sam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Chatman Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Laplace
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Edgard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Reserve
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Frenier
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
    • Garyville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Airy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wallace
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.
    • Bourg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Broadmoor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Houma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
    • Gray
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bayou Cane
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Montegut
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Schriever
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Ardoyne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Chauvin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Point Barre
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Point Barre is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Barre
    • Chacahoula
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green Acres, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Green Acres.

Cemeteries Near Green Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Acres.

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 Green Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.

  • Bayou Gauche Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Des Allemands Mennonite Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Shell Mound Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Young Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hadley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson Memorial Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • New Fountain Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (105 more) ...
    • Green Hill Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Holy Savior Church Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Savior Church Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Savior Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lockport.
      • The Holy Savior Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Holy Savior Catholic Church Cemetery
      • Holy Savior Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1286890 <2>

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.<3>

While we didn't find Green Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Acres.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Green Acres, with the one closest to Green Acres listed first.

  • Des Allemands
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Vallier
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
  • Boutte
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Gheens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Luling
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Davis ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
  • Raceland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Elkinsville ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Elkinsville is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkinsville
    • Elkinsville has also been known as:
    • Freetown
  • Hahnville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Ama
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lockport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sarpy ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Sarpy is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarpy
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Killona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Waggaman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ewing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green Acres.

Newspapers Published in Green Acres ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Acres, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Acres.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Green Acres:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 Green Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Green Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.