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 Kirks Landing (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 Kirks Landing. 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 Kirks Landing ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Kirks Landing: Kirks Lndg. (or less commonly used: Kirks Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Kirks Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kirks Landing may originally have been Kirk's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kirks Landing might be written as Kirk Landing.
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.
Kirks Landing is located in Tensas 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 Tensas Parish: Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Madison, Adams (MS), Claiborne (MS), Jefferson (MS) & Warren (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Kirks Landing. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kirks Landing:
- Tensas Parish (The home parish of Kirks Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirks Landing, with the one closest to Kirks Landing listed first.
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Waterproof
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Newlight
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
- Saint Joseph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Newellton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yucatan Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yucatan Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan Landing
- Caldwell Parish
- Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Catahoula Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirks Landing, with the one closest to Kirks Landing listed first.
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Sicily Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Harrisonburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Trinity
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Jonesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Utility
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
- Aimwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rosefield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
- Rhinehart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parhams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Concordia Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirks Landing, with the one closest to Kirks Landing listed first.
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dunbarton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbarton is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- West Ferriday
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ferriday
- Ferriday
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sycamore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Ridgecrest
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Athlone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Athlone is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athlone
- Chevey Chase
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chevey Chase is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevey Chase
- Wildsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vidalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Franklin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirks Landing, with the one closest to Kirks Landing listed first.
- Elam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elam is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
- Wisner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Extension
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Extension is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension
- Jigger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chase
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Necessity
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Swampers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Swampers is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampers
- Winnsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liddieville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liddieville is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liddieville
- Crowville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Baskin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Richland Parish
- New Light
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Light is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Adams County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kirks Landing, with the one closest to Kirks Landing listed first.
- Natchez
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Carthage is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Selma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Selma is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Washington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Washington is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Cloverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Claiborne County (MS)
- Westside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westside is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Jefferson County (MS)
- Rodney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rodney is located in Jefferson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kirks Landing, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Kirks Landing.
Cemeteries Near Kirks Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kirks Landing.
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 Kirks Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kirks Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kirks Landing, with the one closest to Kirks Landing listed first.
- New Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Elder Shade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Light Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Highland Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Loam Land Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Powells Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mason Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Humble Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Norris Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Peck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Old Pine Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Kirks Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kirks Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kirks Landing, with the one closest to Kirks Landing listed first.
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Sicily Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Holly Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Leland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leland is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Oakley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oakley is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Waterproof
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Goldman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Goldman is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldman
- Gilbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Harrisonburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Gibson Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson Landing is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Landing
- Como
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Como is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Turtle Lake ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Turtle Lake is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kirks Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kirks Landing.
Newspapers Published in Kirks Landing ...
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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kirks Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kirks Landing, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kirks Landing.
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 Kirks Landing:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Tensas Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Caldwell Parish
- Catahoula Parish
- Concordia Parish
- Franklin Parish
- Richland Parish
- Adams County
- Claiborne County
- Jefferson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kirks Landing, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kirks Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |