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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Jackson Road. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Jackson Road to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jackson Road, please Contact Us.
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 Jackson Road (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 Jackson Road. 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 Jackson Road ...
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 Jackson Road: Jackson Rd.
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/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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most 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 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 south 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Jackson Road is historic, it would have been located within present day East Feliciana 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 East Feliciana Parish: East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena, West Feliciana, Amite (MS) & Wilkinson (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Jackson Road. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jackson Road:
- East Feliciana Parish (The home parish of Jackson Road)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Lindsay
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Slaughter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blairstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Clinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Troy ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Bullion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Hope Villa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Port Hudson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
- Zachary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <2>
- Tristian Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
- Baker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
- Brownfields
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
- Pride
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Boganvilla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
- Zion City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
- Central
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <2>
- Merrydale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
- Greenwell Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maribel Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village
- Baton Rouge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Maringouin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grosse Tete
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Plaquemine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Iberville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Watson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Denham Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
- Former names for Denham Springs:
- Amite Springs
- Hill's Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <2>
- Oldfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Walker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Hermitage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Glynn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Patin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
- Rougon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ventress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Roads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jarreau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oscar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dupont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Morganza
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Livonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fordoche
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saint Helena Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Grangeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Coleman Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Pine Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chipola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Saint Landry Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Melville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Arbroth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Devalls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Erwinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Lobdell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Port Allen
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Brusly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <2>
- Addis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <2>
- West Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bains is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bains
- Converse ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Wakefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rogillioville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
- Weyanoke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tunica
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Angola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkinson County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Turnbull
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Whitaker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Centreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jackson Road, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Jackson Road.
Cemeteries Near Jackson Road ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jackson Road.
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 Jackson Road - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jackson Road covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Young Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Port Hudson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Hudson National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Asphodel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riddle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Azalea Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stanford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Haynes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Starhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Jackson Road in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jackson Road.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jackson Road, with the one closest to Jackson Road listed first.
- Lindsay
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Port Hudson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Waterloo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waterloo is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Anchor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Anchor is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Zachary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <2>
- Slaughter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Irene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Irene is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Arbroth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Ethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ventress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Baker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
- Olive Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Pointe Coupee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pointe Coupee is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointe Coupee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jackson Road. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jackson Road.
Newspapers Published in Jackson Road ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jackson Road.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jackson Road, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jackson Road.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Jackson Road:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to East Feliciana Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint Helena Parish
- Saint Landry Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- Wilkinson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jackson Road, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Jackson Road) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |