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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 Hayti (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 Hayti. 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 Counties/Parishes ...

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

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast 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 south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

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

Hayti is located in Caddo 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 Caddo Parish: Lafayette (AR), Miller (AR), Bossier, De Soto, Red River, Cass (TX), Harrison (TX), Marion (TX) & Panola (TX).

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

  • Caddo Parish     (The home parish of Hayti)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
    • Belcher
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Mooringsport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Gilliam
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Blanchard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Oil City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
    • Hosston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Longwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Vivian
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Longwood Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
    • Shreveport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Western Hills Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Garfield ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Garfield is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Bossier Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
    • Benton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Alden Bridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
    • Bossier City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkland Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
    • Plain Dealing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Chute
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
    • Espanita Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
    • Bellevue
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bellevue is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Ivan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Ivan is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
    • Bodcau
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Eastwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Princeton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fillmore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fillmore is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
  • De Soto Parish
    • Stonewall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Webster Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
    • Cotton Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Sarepta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Doyline
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cullen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Springhill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dixie Inn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Dixie Inn is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Inn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
  • Columbia County (AR)
    • Welcome
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Welcome is located in Columbia County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Lafayette County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
    • Bradley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bradley is located in Lafayette County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <1>
    • Gin City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Gin City is located in Lafayette County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
    • Walnut Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
  • Miller County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
    • Capps City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Capps City is located in Miller County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
    • Doddridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Cass County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
    • McLeod
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Huffins
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Huffins is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
    • Kildare
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bivins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
    • Uncertain
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Karnack
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jonesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Waskom
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <1>
    • Baldwin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Baldwin is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Scottsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pope City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pope City is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope City
    • Woodlawn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodlawn is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
  • Marion County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hayti, with the one closest to Hayti listed first.
    • Lodi
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jefferson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Panola County (TX)
    • Panola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Hayti ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hayti.

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

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

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

  • Carolina Bluff Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dickson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Benton Community Club Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Cottage Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rang Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Walker Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Red River Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Dove Dale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (180 more) ...
    • New Egypt Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Egypt Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Light Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<2>

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

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

  • Benton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mooringsport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Alden Bridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
  • Blanchard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hughes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hughes is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
  • Vanceville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Vanceville is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceville
  • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
  • Brownlee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brownlee is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
  • Collinsburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Collinsburg is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsburg
  • Longwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Rocky Mount
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky Mount is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
  • Latex
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Latex is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latex
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bossier City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Midway
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Midway is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Shreveport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Hayti ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hayti.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hayti, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hayti.

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 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 Hayti:

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>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 Hayti, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hayti) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.