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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Kelly Front. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Kelly Front to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kelly Front, 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 Kelly Front (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 Kelly Front. 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 ...

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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Kelly Front is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Kelly Front. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kelly Front:

  • Winn Parish     (The home parish of Kelly Front)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Front, with the one closest to Kelly Front listed first.
    • Hudson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Hudson is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Sikes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Joyce
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dodson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Winnfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Newport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Newport is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Flat Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
    • Gansville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Gansville is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
    • Bethlehem
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Bethlehem is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
    • Calvin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Whitford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitford is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford
    • Atlanta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Coldwater
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Bienville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Front, with the one closest to Kelly Front listed first.
    • English
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • English is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
    • Saline
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Liberty Hill is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Burkplace
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Burkplace is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkplace
    • Lucky
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lucky is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
  • Caldwell Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Front, with the one closest to Kelly Front listed first.
    • Vixen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Vixen is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vixen
    • Kelly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Clarks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Grayson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Banks Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Banks Springs is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Springs
    • Columbia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Grant Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Front, with the one closest to Kelly Front listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 Kelly Front, with the one closest to Kelly Front listed first.
    • Zoar
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Zoar is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
    • Weston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Weston is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Jonesboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chatham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Dalley ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
    • East Hodge
      (19 miles [30.6 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • North Hodge
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • Nash ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Nash is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
    • Quitman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Ansley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Ansley is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
    • Eros
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Eros is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eros <2>
    • Cartwright
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Cartwright is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • La Salle Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Front, with the one closest to Kelly Front listed first.
    • Tullos
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Urania
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Olla
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Olla is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,371 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olla <2>
    • Standard
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Standard is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
    • Zenoria
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Zenoria is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenoria
    • Summerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Summerville is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
  • Natchitoches Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Front, with the one closest to Kelly Front listed first.
    • Goldonna
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Chestnut
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Chestnut is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
  • Ouachita Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kelly Front, with the one closest to Kelly Front listed first.
    • Lapine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lapine is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapine
    • Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Indian Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Cuba
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cuba is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba

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

Cemeteries Near Kelly Front ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kelly Front.

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 Kelly Front - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • McCarty Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Willis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • James Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Boyett Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Old Shady Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Starns Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Transport Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Morning Star Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Adams Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...
    • Dothan Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Winnfield Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • McCarty Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Gaars Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Gaars Mill is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaars Mill
  • Hickory Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Valley is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
  • Winnfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Flat Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
  • Newport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Newport is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Tunica ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Tunica is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunica
  • Gansville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gansville is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
  • Weston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Weston is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
  • Cotton Plant
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cotton Plant is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
  • Hebron
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Hebron is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Coldwater
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Atlanta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Dalley ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
    • Pine Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Mount Pleasant
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant

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

Newspapers Published in Kelly Front ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kelly Front.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kelly Front, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kelly Front.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Kelly Front:

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 Kelly Front, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kelly Front) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.