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 Hickory Valley (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 Hickory Valley. 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 Hickory Valley ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hickory Valley: Hickory Vly. (or less commonly used: Hickory Vally. or Hickory Vlly.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hickory Valley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hickory Valley.
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 ...
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 doctors and 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.
Hickory Valley is located in Winn 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 Winn Parish: Bienville, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, La Salle & Natchitoches.
Below are the parishes that are near Hickory Valley. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Valley:
- Winn Parish (The home parish of Hickory Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Valley, with the one closest to Hickory Valley listed first.
- Flat Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Newport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Sikes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hudson is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Joyce
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winnfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dodson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gansville is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
- Bethlehem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Whitford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitford is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford
- Calvin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Atlanta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Bienville Parish
- English
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- English is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Caldwell Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Valley, with the one closest to Hickory Valley listed first.
- Kelly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clarks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Vixen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vixen is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vixen
- Grayson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Banks Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Banks Springs is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Springs
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Catahoula Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Valley, with the one closest to Hickory Valley listed first.
- Rosefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
- Aimwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grant Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Valley, with the one closest to Hickory Valley listed first.
- Georgetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Black Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Jackson Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Valley, with the one closest to Hickory Valley listed first.
- Zoar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Zoar is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Chatham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Weston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Dalley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
- Nash ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Nash is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
- Jonesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Eros
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Hodge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Hodge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Hodge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Quitman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cartwright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cartwright is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Ansley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ansley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
- La Salle Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Valley, with the one closest to Hickory Valley listed first.
- Olla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Urania
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Standard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Standard is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
- Tullos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zenoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Zenoria is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenoria
- Summerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Trout
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Jena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Natchitoches Parish
- Goldonna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ouachita Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Valley, with the one closest to Hickory Valley listed first.
- Cuba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lapine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lapine is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
- Bosco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bosco is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosco
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Valley, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Hickory Valley.
Cemeteries Near Hickory Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Valley.
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 Hickory Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Valley, with the one closest to Hickory Valley listed first.
- Adams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Starns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCarty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McCarty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hebron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Newsom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whitehead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- Roberts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kelly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hickory Valley had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Valley, with the one closest to Hickory Valley listed first.
- Flat Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Newport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Cotton Plant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Gaars Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gaars Mill is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaars Mill
- Tunica ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tunica is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunica
- Winnfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Holum
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Holum is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holum
- Weston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Riverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Gansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gansville is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dalley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
- Copenhagen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Copenhagen is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Blankston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blankston is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blankston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Valley.
Newspapers Published in Hickory Valley ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Valley, 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 Hickory Valley.
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 Hickory Valley:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Winn Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Bienville Parish
- Caldwell Parish
- Catahoula Parish
- Grant Parish
- Jackson Parish
- La Salle Parish
- Natchitoches Parish
- Ouachita Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 Hickory Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hickory Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |