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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Hackberry (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 Hackberry. 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/Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the west. 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/counties 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Hackberry is located in Cameron 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 Cameron Parish: Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion, Jefferson (TX) & Orange (TX).

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

  • Cameron Parish     (The home parish of Hackberry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackberry, with the one closest to Hackberry listed first.
    • Grand Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
    • Cameron
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Creole
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Creole is located in Cameron Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creole
    • Grand Chenier
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Beauregard Parish
    • Helme
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Helme is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
  • Calcasieu Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackberry, with the one closest to Hackberry listed first.
    • Carlyss
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyss
    • Prien
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Prien is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prien
    • Sulphur
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Greinwich Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Greinwich Village is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greinwich Village
    • Lake Charles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Westlake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Edgerly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
    • Vinton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <1>
    • Ararat
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ararat is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
    • Moss Bluff
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Bell City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Iowa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
  • Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Lacassine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hackberry, with the one closest to Hackberry listed first.
    • Orange
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Orange is located in Orange County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,832 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <1>
    • West Orange
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Pinehurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Pinehurst is located in Orange County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
    • Bridge City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Hackberry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hackberry.

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 Hackberry - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pujol Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Landry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Grand Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Cemetery
    • The Grand Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Big Lake Cemetery
    • Grand Lake Community Cemetery
    • Hebert Cemetery
    • Herbert Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67747 <2>
  • Dutch Cove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Benoit Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • H.J. Moss Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for H.J. Moss Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the H.J. Moss Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of Sulphur.
    • The H.J. Moss Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calcasieu Cemetery
    • Moss Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68268 <2>
  • Mimosa - Pines South Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa - Pines South Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mimosa - Pines South Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Carlyss.
    • The Mimosa - Pines South Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mimosa - Pines Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68231 <2>
  • Burleson Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Farqurar Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Wakefield Memorial Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Consolata Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...
    • Prien Memorial Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kelly - Rogers Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Our Lady Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hackberry had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Grand Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
  • Cameron
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Lake Charles
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Westlake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Edgerly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
  • Vinton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <1>
  • Chloe
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chloe is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
  • Johnsons Bayou
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnsons Bayou is located in Cameron Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Bayou
  • Orange
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Orange is located in Orange County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,832 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <1>
  • Iowa
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
  • Echo
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo is located in Orange County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Grand Chenier
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Hackberry ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hackberry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hackberry, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hackberry.

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 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 Hackberry:

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>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- Hackberry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Hackberry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.