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 Haynes Landing (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 Haynes Landing. 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 Haynes Landing ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Haynes Landing: Haynes Lndg. (or less commonly used: Haynes Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Haynes Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Haynes Landing may originally have been Hayne's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Haynes Landing might be written as Hayne Landing.
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/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.
Haynes Landing is located in Morehouse 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 Morehouse Parish: Ashley (AR), Chicot (AR), Union (AR), Ouachita, Richland, Union & West Carroll.
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Haynes Landing. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haynes Landing:
- Morehouse Parish (The home parish of Haynes Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes Landing, with the one closest to Haynes Landing listed first.
- Jones
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bonita
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brodnax ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brodnax is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodnax
- Mer Rouge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bastrop
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Collinston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Windsor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Ouachita Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes Landing, with the one closest to Haynes Landing listed first.
- Sterlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairbanks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes Landing, with the one closest to Haynes Landing listed first.
- Ouachita City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ouachita City is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouachita City
- Haile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Haile is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haile
- West Carroll Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes Landing, with the one closest to Haynes Landing listed first.
- Fiske
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fiske is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiske
- Oak Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kilbourne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pioneer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Darnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Darnell is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell
- Epps
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Epps is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epps
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epps <2>
- Ashley County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes Landing, with the one closest to Haynes Landing listed first.
- Wilmot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Elon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elon is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Parkdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Meridian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Meridian is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Hamburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crossett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Crossett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Crossett is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crossett
- West Crossett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Crossett is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Crossett
- Portland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Fountain Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fountain Hill is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Bradley County (AR)
- Blanchton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchton is located in Bradley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchton
- Chicot County (AR)
- Eudora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Union County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes Landing, with the one closest to Haynes Landing listed first.
- Felsenthal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Felsenthal is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felsenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Huttig
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Huttig is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huttig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Haynes Landing, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Haynes Landing.
Cemeteries Near Haynes Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haynes Landing.
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 Haynes Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haynes Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haynes Landing, with the one closest to Haynes Landing listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Extra UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extra UMC Cemetery
- The Extra UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Extra Cemetery
- Extra Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53838 <3>
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Causey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Neamon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Poley Bridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kelly Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Heart Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Millers Chapel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wonner Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parkdale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Haynes Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Haynes Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Haynes Landing, with the one closest to Haynes Landing listed first.
- Jones
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bonita
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brodnax ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brodnax is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodnax
- Causey ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Causey is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Causey
- Elon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elon is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Parkdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mer Rouge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Bastrop
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cleora ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cleora is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- Hamburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Portland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kilbourne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haynes Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haynes Landing.
Newspapers Published in Haynes Landing ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haynes Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haynes Landing, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haynes Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Haynes Landing:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Morehouse Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ouachita Parish
- Union Parish
- West Carroll Parish
- Ashley County
- Bradley County
- Chicot County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Haynes Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haynes Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |