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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 Kraemer (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 Kraemer. 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 and doctors 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.

Kraemer is located in Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish: Assumption, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Terrebonne.

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

  • Lafourche Parish     (The home parish of Kraemer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Chackbay
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Thibodaux
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Acadia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Godchaux
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Raceland Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bayou Blue
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Mathews
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Gheens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Larose
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Aben
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Cofield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Burnside
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Donaldsonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Darrow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sorrento
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Barton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Brittany
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Amant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gonzales
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Weber City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
    • Brignac
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
    • Cornerview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Chula
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Chula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Labadieville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Albemarle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Brule
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Cedar Grove Plantation
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Leche
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Leche is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
    • Rosedale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Woodlawn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Bertie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
    • Georgia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Ingleside
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Supreme
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
    • Elmfield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Avondale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Harahan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Kenner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Kenner is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,288 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenner <1>
    • River Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Waggaman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Elmwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Maurepas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • French Settlement
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Des Allemands
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Vallier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Paradis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Killona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Montz
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
    • Bayou Gauche
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Gypsy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
    • Taft
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Boutte
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hahnville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Norco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Luling
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Mimosa Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • South Vacherie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • North Vacherie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Vacherie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lagan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Paulina
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hester
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Saint James
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lutcher
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <1>
    • Gramercy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Burton Lane
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Convent
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Chatman Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Uncle Sam
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Wallace
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Garyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Mount Airy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Edgard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Reserve
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Laplace
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Frenier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Bayou Geneve
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Amelia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Morgan City Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kraemer, with the one closest to Kraemer listed first.
    • Schriever
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gray
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Broadmoor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Ardoyne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Chacahoula
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
    • Bayou Cane
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Donner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Houma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
    • Gibson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bourg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Montegut
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Kraemer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kraemer.

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 Kraemer - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Trosclair Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Third Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bell Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Highway Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Phillips Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Woodville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (88 more) ...
    • St. Michael Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Western Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Garden of Memories Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Ewing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Thibodaux
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Thibodaux Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Thibodaux Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thibodaux Junction
  • Remy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Remy is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
  • Johnson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Johnson is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
  • Vacherie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Schriever
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Raceland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
  • Saint James
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Paulina
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Wallace
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Kraemer ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kraemer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kraemer, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kraemer.

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 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 Kraemer:

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 Kraemer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kraemer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.