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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 Hooker Hole (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 Hooker Hole. 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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors 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/counties 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/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

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

Hooker Hole is located in Union 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 Union Parish: Ashley (AR), Union (AR), Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse & Ouachita.

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

  • Union Parish     (The home parish of Hooker Hole)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hole, with the one closest to Hooker Hole listed first.
    • Haile
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Haile is located in Union Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haile
    • Ouachita City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Ouachita City is located in Union Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouachita City
    • Marion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilhite
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilhite is located in Union Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhite
    • Farmerville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Oakland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakland is located in Union Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Truxno
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Truxno is located in Union Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxno
    • Downsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Lincoln Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hole, with the one closest to Hooker Hole listed first.
    • Sibley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
    • Averit ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
    • Cedarton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedarton is located in Lincoln Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarton
  • Morehouse Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hole, with the one closest to Hooker Hole listed first.
    • Bastrop
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Collinston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Windsor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Windsor is located in Morehouse Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Brodnax ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Brodnax is located in Morehouse Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodnax
    • Mer Rouge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Oak Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonita
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jones
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ouachita Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hole, with the one closest to Hooker Hole listed first.
    • Sterlington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fairbanks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Northpark Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Northpark Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northpark Village
    • Leisure Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • Swartz
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Spanish City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Spanish City is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish City
    • Monroe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Monroe is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,998 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <1>
    • West Monroe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • West Monroe is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,086 people
    • Claiborne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
    • Eureka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Eureka is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Pino Bayou Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Pino Bayou Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino Bayou Village
    • Richwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Richwood is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,375 people
    • Forksville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Forksville is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
  • Richland Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hole, with the one closest to Hooker Hole listed first.
    • Start
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rayville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ashley County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hole, with the one closest to Hooker Hole listed first.
    • Meridian
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Meridian is located in Ashley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Elon ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Elon is located in Ashley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
    • Crossett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • West Crossett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • West Crossett is located in Ashley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Crossett
    • North Crossett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • North Crossett is located in Ashley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crossett
  • Bradley County (AR)
    • Blanchton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Blanchton is located in Bradley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchton
  • Union County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hooker Hole, with the one closest to Hooker Hole listed first.
    • Huttig
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Huttig is located in Union County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huttig
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
    • Felsenthal
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Felsenthal is located in Union County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felsenthal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
    • Bolding
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bolding is located in Union County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolding
    • Lapile
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lapile is located in Union County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapile
    • Strong
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Strong is located in Union County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 499 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strong <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Hooker Hole ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hooker Hole.

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 Hooker Hole - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Roadside Burial Site
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cook Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Reppond Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Anderson Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dean Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Abscent Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Abstent Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bartholomew Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Parks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (162 more) ...

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

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

  • Ouachita City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ouachita City is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouachita City
  • De Siard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • De Siard is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Siard
  • Bastrop
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Marion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Colsons ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Colsons is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colsons
  • Cleora ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cleora is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
  • Doss ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Doss is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
  • Causey ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Causey is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Causey
  • Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Point is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
  • Mer Rouge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Brodnax ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Brodnax is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodnax
  • Moselys Bluff
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Moselys Bluff is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselys Bluff
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Elon ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Elon is located in Ashley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
    • Conway
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Conway is located in Union Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Farmerville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Hooker Hole ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hooker Hole.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hooker Hole, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hooker Hole.

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 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 Hooker Hole:

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