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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 La Nana Grant (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 La Nana Grant. 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.

La Nana Grant is located in Sabine 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 Sabine Parish: De Soto, Natchitoches, Vernon, Newton (TX), Sabine (TX) & Shelby (TX).

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

  • Sabine Parish     (The home parish of La Nana Grant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Nana Grant, with the one closest to La Nana Grant listed first.
    • Many
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Many is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Many
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,667 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Many <1>
    • Fisher
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Negreet
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Florien
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Corleyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Corleyville is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corleyville
    • Bayou Scie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bayou Scie is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Scie
    • Zwolle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Belmont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hamlin ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hamlin is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
    • Noble
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Toro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Toro is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
    • Pleasant Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Converse
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • De Soto Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Nana Grant, with the one closest to La Nana Grant listed first.
    • Pelican
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Butler ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Butler is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Oxford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Natchitoches Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Nana Grant, with the one closest to La Nana Grant listed first.
    • Vowells Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Vowells Mill is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowells Mill
    • Marthaville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Robeline
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bellwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bellwood is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
    • Victoria
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Victoria is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
    • Provencal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Flora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Forest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Natchez
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Natchitoches
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Powhatan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Red River Parish
    • Lake End
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake End is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
  • Vernon Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Nana Grant, with the one closest to La Nana Grant listed first.
    • Hornbeck
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Anacoco
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kurthwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Alco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Alco is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • Fertitta Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fertitta Park is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertitta Park
    • Leesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Westwood Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Westwood Village is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
  • Newton County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Nana Grant, with the one closest to La Nana Grant listed first.
    • Toledo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Toledo is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
    • South Toledo Bend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend
  • Sabine County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Nana Grant, with the one closest to La Nana Grant listed first.
    • Milam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hemphill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Geneva
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Mason
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Mason is located in Sabine County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Fairmount
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairmount is located in Sabine County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Rosevine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Rosevine is located in Sabine County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
  • Shelby County (TX)
    • Huxley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Huxley is located in Shelby County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people

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

Cemeteries Near La Nana Grant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of La Nana Grant.

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 La Nana Grant - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Randolph Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • McComic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Fenders Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Carroll Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Redland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewing Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Knot Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Knot Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Fisher.
    • The Pine Knot Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Shady Grove Church of God Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151638 <2>
  • Muse Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jerusalem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (193 more) ...
    • Roberts Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hope Castle Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Many
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Many is located in Sabine Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Many
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,667 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Many <1>
  • Negreet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Corleyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Corleyville is located in Sabine Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corleyville
  • Bayou Scie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bayou Scie is located in Sabine Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Scie
  • Columbus ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbus is located in Sabine Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Vowells Mill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Vowells Mill is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowells Mill
  • Toro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Toro is located in Sabine Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
  • Marthaville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Robeline
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bellwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Bellwood is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
  • Milam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mitchell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Mitchell is located in Sabine Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Victoria
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Victoria is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
    • Pleasant Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • East Hamilton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • East Hamilton is located in Shelby County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton

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

Newspapers Published in La Nana Grant ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Nana Grant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of La Nana Grant, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for La Nana Grant.

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 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 La Nana Grant:

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