Our Genealogy Helper
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 Kingston (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 Kingston. 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 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.
Kingston is located in De Soto 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 De Soto Parish: Caddo, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Panola (TX) & Shelby (TX).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Kingston. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kingston:
- De Soto Parish (The home parish of Kingston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Frierson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gloster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grand Cane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Screamerville is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
- South Mansfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Mansfield is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Keachi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Longstreet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Stanley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stanley is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Logansport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pelican
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bienville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Armistead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Armistead is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
- Ringgold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bossier Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Atkins
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atkins is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Elm Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bossier City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Parkland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
- Bodcau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
- Espanita Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
- Red Chute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
- Haughton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Fillmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Princeton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Caddo Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Keithville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ellerbe Woods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ellerbe Woods is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbe Woods
- Summer Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
- Edgewood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
- South Towne Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Towne Heights is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Heights
- Spring Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Ridge
- Silver Pine Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
- Reisor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
- Chateau Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chateau Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Village
- Normandy Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Normandy Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
- Shreveport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Western Hills Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
- Red River Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Westdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Westdale is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
- Abington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Abington is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- East Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Point is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Harmon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carroll is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Halfway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Edgefield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Edgefield is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Hall Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coushatta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hanna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanna is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
- Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
- Lake End
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake End is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
- Sabine Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Converse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Webster Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Doyline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Yellow Pine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Pine is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
- Harrison County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Waskom
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elysian Fields
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Panola County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Panola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Midyett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Midyett is located in Panola County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett
- De Berry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shelby County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Haslam
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Haslam is located in Shelby County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haslam
- Joaquin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kingston, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Kingston.
Cemeteries Near Kingston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingston.
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 Kingston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kingston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Slone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flores Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Powell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Creswell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Flower Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gamble Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kingston had a population of 30 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kingston, with the one closest to Kingston listed first.
- Gloster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grand Cane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carmel is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Stonewall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mansfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Robson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Robson is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robson
- Keithville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keachi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Williams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Howard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Longstreet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- La Rosen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- La Rosen is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosen
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cook ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- East Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Point is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Spring Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kingston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kingston.
Newspapers Published in Kingston ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingston, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingston.
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 Kingston:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to De Soto Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Bienville Parish
- Bossier Parish
- Caddo Parish
- Red River Parish
- Sabine Parish
- Webster Parish
- Harrison County
- Panola County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 Kingston, 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 from Point A (ie- Kingston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |