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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 Isabel (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 Isabel. 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 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 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.

Isabel is located in Washington 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 Washington Parish: Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Marion (MS), Pearl River (MS), Pike (MS) & Walthall (MS).

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

  • Washington Parish     (The home parish of Isabel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
    • Enon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Enon is located in Washington Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
    • Lees Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
    • Bogalusa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Franklinton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Pine is located in Washington Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
    • Varnado
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Popeville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Popeville is located in Washington Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
    • Stoney Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Stoney Point is located in Washington Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
    • Angie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Angie is located in Washington Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angie <1>
    • Mount Hermon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunny Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
  • Saint Tammany Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
    • Sun
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Sun is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun <1>
    • Bush
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Talisheek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Benedict
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Folsom
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Folsom is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 871 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
    • Abita Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Covington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodbee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Goodbee is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbee
    • Lewisburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Lewisburg is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
    • Mandeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hickory
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hickory is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Madisonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lacombe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Tangipahoa Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
    • Husser
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Henry City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Henry City is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry City
    • Wilmer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilmer is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmer
    • Katie ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
    • Robert
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Loranger
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hammond
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hammond is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,359 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
    • Genessee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Genessee is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genessee
    • Tickfaw
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Ponchatoula
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Amite City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Independence
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Natalbany
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hancock County (MS)
    • Gainesville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Gainesville is located in Hancock County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
  • Marion County (MS)
    • Twin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin is located in Marion County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
  • Pearl River County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Isabel, with the one closest to Isabel listed first.
    • Picayune
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Picayune is located in Pearl River County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picayune
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,886 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picayune <1>
    • Nicholson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Nicholson is located in Pearl River County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
    • Poplarville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Juniper Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Juniper Grove is located in Pearl River County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Grove
  • Pike County (MS)
    • Smithburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Smithburg is located in Pike County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg

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

Cemeteries Near Isabel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Isabel.

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

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

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

  • Reviere Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Galloway Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Adams Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Galloway Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Talleys Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mizell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sharp Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sharps Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (465 more) ...
    • Sharp Chapel Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jones Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fauntleroy Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Sun
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Sun is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun <1>
  • Zona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Zona is located in Washington Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
  • Lees Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
  • Talisheek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Chinquapin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Chinquapin is located in Pearl River County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
  • Franklinton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Covington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Popeville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Popeville is located in Washington Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
  • Florenville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenville
  • Madisonville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mandeville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Katie ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Bailey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bailey is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
    • Pearl River
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Hermon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Isabel ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Isabel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Isabel, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Isabel.

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 Isabel:

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>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.
<3>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 Isabel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Isabel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.