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 Lake Forest Park (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 Lake Forest Park. 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 Lake Forest Park ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Forest Park: Lk. Forest Park
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lake Forest Park. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake Forest Park .
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 ...
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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Lake Forest Park is located in East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish : Ascension , East Feliciana , Iberville , Livingston , Saint Helena , West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana .
Below are the parishes that are near Lake Forest Park. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Forest Park:
East Baton Rouge Parish (The home parish of Lake Forest Park)
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Woodshire Village (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village Shenandoah (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Monticello (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello Old Jefferson (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson Inniswold (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Westminster (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Perkins Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village Essen (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen Village Saint George (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George Maribel Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village Merrydale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale Lynwood Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village Oak Hills Place (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place Ascension Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Hope Villa (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa Bullion (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Bullion is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion Oak Grove (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Prairieville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Hobart (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hobart is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart Little Prairie (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie Galvez Town (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town Claybank (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Claybank is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank Galvez (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Galvez is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Dutch Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town Duplessis (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Cornerview (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview Summerfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Assumption Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Belle Terre (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre Burbank ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Burbank is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Belle Alliance (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance Belle Rose (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Brulie Maurin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin Freetown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Freetown is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Lula (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Lula is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula Bruly Saint Martin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin Kessler (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Kessler is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler Monty (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Monty is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty Star (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Star is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Bayou Corne ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne Grand Bayou (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou East Feliciana Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Slaughter (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Blairstown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Lindsay (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay Bells Store ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store Ethel (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Clinton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Jackson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Iberville Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Iberville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Iberville is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville Sunshine (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Saint Gabriel (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Morrisonville ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville Carville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Plaquemine (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Bayou Goula (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
White Castle (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Indian Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village Grosse Tete (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Rosedale (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Maringouin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Livingston Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Denham Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
Former names for Denham Springs:
Amite Springs Hill's Springs Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <1>
Walker (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Walker is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
Watson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Port Vincent (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
French Settlement (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Livingston (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Oldfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield Holden (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Starns (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Starns is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns Maurepas (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Albany (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Clio (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Clio is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio Killian (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Killian is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
Pointe Coupee Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Glynn (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Hermitage (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Rougon (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Lakeland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Jarreau (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Oscar (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Patin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin Ventress (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Dupont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
New Roads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Saint Helena Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Grangeville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville Pine Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Montpelier (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
Saint James Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Free Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Free Town is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town Chatman Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town Uncle Sam (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Burton Lane (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane Convent (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Tangipahoa Parish
Baptist (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist West Baton Rouge Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Port Allen (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Brusly (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <1>
Lobdell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell Addis (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <1>
Carey (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey Devalls (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls Wilbert ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert Arbroth (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth Erwinville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Forest Park, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Lake Forest Park .
Cemeteries Near Lake Forest Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Forest Park.
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 Lake Forest Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Forest Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Knox Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
O'Neal Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Resthaven Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Harelson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Woodlawn Baptist Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Greenoaks Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenoaks Memorial Park To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenoaks Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Baton Rouge . The Greenoaks Memorial Park has also been known as:
Green Oaks Memorial Park Greenoaks Memorial Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67665 <2>
Bible Students Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Kleinpeter Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
St. George Catholic Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Rose Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Cann Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (270 more) ...
Shanks Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Richards Gardens of Memory Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Hillman Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Lake Forest Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Forest Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Forest Park, with the one closest to Lake Forest Park listed first.
Denham Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
Former names for Denham Springs:
Amite Springs Hill's Springs Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <1>
Hopeville ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville Magnolia (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Magnolia is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Baton Rouge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Gardere (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere Walker (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Walker is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
Port Allen (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Sunshine (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Galvez (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Galvez is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Brusly Landing (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Brusly Landing is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Landing Saint Gabriel (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Dutch Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town Continue List (17 more) ...
Baker (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <1>
Port Vincent (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
Lobdell (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Forest Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Forest Park .
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 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 Lake Forest Park:
Websites specific to Louisiana Pages specific to East Baton Rouge Parish Genealogy information for nearby parishes
Ascension Parish Assumption Parish East Feliciana Parish Iberville Parish Livingston Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Saint Helena Parish Saint James Parish Tangipahoa Parish West Baton Rouge Parish Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake Forest Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Lake Forest Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.