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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 Hesperides (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 Hesperides. 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 southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the west. 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 parishes 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 south 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.

Hesperides is located in Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines Parish: Jefferson, Orleans & Saint Bernard.

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

  • Plaquemines Parish     (The home parish of Hesperides)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hesperides, with the one closest to Hesperides listed first.
    • Nairn
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Nairn is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nairn
    • Daisy ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Empire
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Port Sulphur
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Potash
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Potash is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potash
    • Sunrise
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunrise is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • Happy Jack
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
    • Buras
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bohemia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bohemia is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
    • Diamond
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
    • Pointe a la Hache
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Boothville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson Parish
    • Grand Isle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Bernard Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hesperides, with the one closest to Hesperides listed first.
    • Hopedale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Hopedale is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
    • Alluvial City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Alluvial City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alluvial City
    • Reggio
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Reggio is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reggio
    • Yscloskey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Yscloskey is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yscloskey
    • Shell Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Shell Beach is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Beach
    • Verret
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Verret is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verret

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

Cemeteries Near Hesperides ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hesperides.

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

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

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

  • Nairn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Cannon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Pt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Johnson Fisher Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bohemian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Feets Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Paulinus Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ancal Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mange Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ballowe Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Woodland Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Boothville Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pt. Celeste Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Hesperides in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hesperides.

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

  • Nairn
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Nairn is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nairn
  • Nicholls ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Nicholls is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholls
  • Daisy ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
  • Empire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
  • Home Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
  • Sunrise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunrise is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Potash
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Potash is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potash
  • Quarantine ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Quarantine is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarantine
  • Buras
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Happy Jack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Jack
  • Grand Bayou
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Bohemia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bohemia is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
    • Diamond
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Diamond is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
    • Magnolia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia

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

Newspapers Published in Hesperides ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hesperides.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hesperides, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hesperides.

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 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 Hesperides:

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 Hesperides, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hesperides) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.