Nearest Communities to Iowa,
Listed Parish-By-Parish
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Iowa, on a Parish-by-Parish basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Iowa:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring parishes in addition to 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 checked the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish.
The following 5 parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Calcasieu Parish: Beauregard, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Newton (TX) & Orange (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 128 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Iowa. Of these communities, 75 are located in parishes/counties other than Calcasieu Parish.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home parish for Iowa (which is Calcasieu Parish), we list the parishes/counties in alphabetical order and for each of those parishes/counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Iowa
For the following list, only those parishes/counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Calcasieu Parish (where Iowa resides)
- Parish Website: https://www.calcasieu.gov/
- Parish Seat for Calcasieu: Lake Charles
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Iowa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Iowa.
- Bon Air
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bon Air is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Le Bleu
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Le Bleu is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Bellevue
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Chloe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chloe is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Verret
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Verret is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Chalkley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chalkley is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Hipple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hipple is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Bell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rossignol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rossignol is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Holmwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holmwood is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Mallard Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mallard Junction is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Goss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goss is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Hecker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hecker is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Hayes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goosport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Goosport is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Greinwich Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greinwich Village is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Moss Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bridge Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bridge Junction is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Newton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Lake Charles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Belfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belfield is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- University Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- University Place is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Gillis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gillis is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Illinois Plant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Illinois Plant is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Prairieland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prairieland is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Prien
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Westlake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lockmoor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lockmoor is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Mossville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mossville is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Rose Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rose Bluff is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Hollywood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Maplewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Vincent Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Vincent Landing is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Burton Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burton Landing is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Sulphur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Moss Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moss Lake is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Buhler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buhler is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Carlyss
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brimstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Brimstone is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Stegall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stegall is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Choupique
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Choupique is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Perkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Eastern Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eastern Heights is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- High School Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- High School Park is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- New Addition
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Addition is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Pine Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Acres is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Dequincy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Western Pines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Western Pines is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Edgerly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Westwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood is also located in Calcasieu Parish
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- Acadia Parish
- Parish Website: https://appj.org/
- Parish Seat for Acadia: Crowley
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Iowa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Iowa.
- Millerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Millerville is located in Acadia Parish
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- Mermentau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nezpique
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nezpique is located in Acadia Parish
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- Whitehouse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse is located in Acadia Parish
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- Evangeline
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lodi ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lodi was located in Acadia Parish
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- Redich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redich is located in Acadia Parish
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- Cartville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cartville was located in Acadia Parish
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- Egan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Acadia Parish
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- Oriza ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Oriza was located in Acadia Parish
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- Tepetate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tepetate is located in Acadia Parish
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- Allen Parish
- Parish Website: https://www.allenparish.com/
- Parish Seat for Allen: Oberlin
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- Nearest Communities to Iowa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Iowa.
- Indian Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Allen Parish
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- Fontenot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fontenot is located in Allen Parish
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- Le Blanc
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Le Blanc is located in Allen Parish
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- Reeves
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stanley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stanley is located in Allen Parish
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- Kinder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bel is located in Allen Parish
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- Emad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Emad is located in Allen Parish
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- Coverdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coverdale is located in Allen Parish
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- Lauderdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyles is located in Allen Parish
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- Houston ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Houston was located in Allen Parish
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- Harmony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Allen Parish
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- Elder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elder is located in Allen Parish
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- Fords ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fords was located in Allen Parish
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- Moeling ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moeling was located in Allen Parish
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- Bernard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Le Jeune
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Le Jeune is located in Allen Parish
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- Oberlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beauregard Parish
- Parish Website: https://www.beauparish.org/
- Parish Seat for Beauregard: DeRidder
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Iowa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Iowa.
- Turps
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Turps is located in Beauregard Parish
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- Gaytine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gaytine is located in Beauregard Parish
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- Edith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edith is located in Beauregard Parish
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- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton is located in Beauregard Parish
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- Kernan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kernan is located in Beauregard Parish
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- Ragley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Abbie Joe ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Abbie Joe was located in Beauregard Parish
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- Evart ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Evart was located in Beauregard Parish
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- Fayette ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette was located in Beauregard Parish
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- Gordon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Beauregard Parish
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- Gekop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gekop is located in Beauregard Parish
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- Longville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cameron Parish
- Parish Website: https://www.louisiana.gov/local-louisiana/cameron-parish
- Parish Seat for Cameron: Cameron
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- Nearest Communities to Iowa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Iowa.
- Hacketts Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hacketts Corner is located in Cameron Parish
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- Sweet Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sweet Lake is located in Cameron Parish
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- Lowry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lowry is located in Cameron Parish
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- Grand Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gibbstown is located in Cameron Parish
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- Hackberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Creole
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Evangeline Parish
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Parish Website: https://www.louisiana.gov/local-louisiana/jefferson-davis-parish
- Parish Seat for Jefferson Davis: Jennings
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Iowa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Iowa.
- Lacassine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Foremans Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Foremans Hall is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Buller
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Buller is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Fenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Welsh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Topsy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Topsy is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Niblett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Niblett is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Gravel Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gravel Point is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Edna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Roanoke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Thornwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thornwell is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Pine Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Island is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Raymond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Hathaway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hathaway is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Jennings
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- China
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- China is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Lake Arthur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Panchoville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Panchoville is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Silverwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Silverwood is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Elton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
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- Barnsdall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barnsdall is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
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- Vermilion Parish
- Parish Website: https://vppj.org/
- Parish Seat for Vermilion: Abbeville
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- Laurents Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Laurents Point is located in Vermilion Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurents Point
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Iowa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |