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 Kipling (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 Kipling. 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 southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the west. 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 west 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.

Kipling is located in Beauregard Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Beauregard Parish: Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vernon & Newton (TX).

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

• Beauregard Parish     (The home parish of Kipling)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Kipling, with the one closest to Kipling listed first.
  • Dry Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dry Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
    • Dry Creek is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dry Creek <2>
  • Sugartown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugartown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartown
    • Sugartown is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugartown <2>
  • Ikes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ikes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ikes
    • Ikes is located in Beauregard Parish
  • DeRidder
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for DeRidder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRidder
    • DeRidder is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,521 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeRidder <2>
  • Longville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Longville is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longville <2>
  • Ludington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
    • Ludington is located in Beauregard Parish
  • Fayette ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayette have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
    • Fayette is located in Beauregard Parish
  • Ragley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ragley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragley
    • Ragley is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ragley <2>
  • Newlin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newlin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
    • Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish
  • Singer
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Singer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer
    • Singer is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Singer <2>
  • Merryville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryville
    • Merryville is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merryville <2>
• Allen Parish
  • The following are listed by their distance from Kipling, with the one closest to Kipling listed first.
  • Grant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Grant is located in Allen Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grant <2>
  • Cherry Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cherry Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
    • Cherry Grove is located in Allen Parish
  • Mittie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mittie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mittie
    • Mittie is located in Allen Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mittie <2>
  • Tenmile
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tenmile. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
    • Tenmile is located in Allen Parish
  • Reids
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reids. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
    • Reids is located in Allen Parish
  • Marionville ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marionville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
    • Marionville is located in Allen Parish
  • Reeves
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeves have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves
    • Reeves is located in Allen Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reeves <2>
  • Elizabeth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
    • Elizabeth is located in Allen Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <2>
  • Le Blanc
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Blanc have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Blanc
    • Le Blanc is located in Allen Parish
  • Mab
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mab have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mab
    • Mab is located in Allen Parish
  • Canton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Canton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Canton is located in Allen Parish
  • Elder
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
    • Elder is located in Allen Parish
• Calcasieu Parish
  • DeQuincy
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for DeQuincy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeQuincy
    • DeQuincy is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,009 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeQuincy <2>
• Jefferson Davis Parish
  • The following are listed by their distance from Kipling, with the one closest to Kipling listed first.
  • Fenton
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
    • Fenton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fenton <2>
  • Elton
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
    • Elton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elton <2>
• Vernon Parish
  • The following are listed by their distance from Kipling, with the one closest to Kipling listed first.
  • Cole Central
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cole Central have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Central
    • Cole Central is located in Vernon Parish
  • Cravens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens
    • Cravens is located in Vernon Parish
  • Pitkin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitkin
    • Pitkin is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pitkin <2>
  • Dido
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dido. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dido
    • Dido is located in Vernon Parish
  • Rosepine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosepine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosepine
    • Rosepine is located in Vernon Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,540 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosepine <2>
  • Fullerton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fullerton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
    • Fullerton is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fullerton <2>
  • Pinewood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
    • Pinewood is located in Vernon Parish
  • Fort Polk
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Polk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Polk
    • Fort Polk is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Polk <2>
  • Pickering
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pickering have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
    • Pickering is located in Vernon Parish
  • Elmwood
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elmwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
    • Elmwood is located in Vernon Parish
  • Savage Fork
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Savage Fork. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Fork
    • Savage Fork is located in Vernon Parish
  • Billy Goat Hill
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Billy Goat Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
    • Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish

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

Cemeteries Near Kipling ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kipling.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Shiloh Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Hopwell Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopwell Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Hoy Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoy Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Lindsey Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lindsey Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lindsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Dry Creek Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Creek Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67411 <4>
• Hamilton Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamilton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Campground Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campground Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campground Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• New Campground Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Campground Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Campground Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Sugartown Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sugartown Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sugartown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Smyrna Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smyrna Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smyrna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Cole Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cole Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cole Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Whitaker Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitaker Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Continue List   (103 more) ...
  • Pine Grove UMC Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove UMC Cemetery
    • The Pine Grove UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Talbert Cemetery
    • Talbert - Pierson Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2231717 <4>
  • Barentine Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barentine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barentine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Frusha Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frusha Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frusha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

• Dido
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dido. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dido
  • Dido is located in Vernon Parish
• Elmwood
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elmwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
  • Elmwood is located in Vernon Parish
• Cora
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
  • Cora is located in Vernon Parish
• Leesville
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
  • Leesville is located in Vernon Parish
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,523 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesville <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Kipling ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kipling.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kipling, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kipling.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Kipling:

• Websites specific to Louisiana
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources//Historical Resources/

• Pages specific to Beauregard Parish
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby parishes
  • Allen Parish
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Vernon Parish
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Louisiana
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Louisiana
  • Cemeteries of Beauregard Parish
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Louisiana
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Louisiana
  • Cemeteries of Beauregard Parish

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kipling. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/