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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Lane. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lane to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lane, please Contact Us.

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 Lane (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 Lane. 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 Counties/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors 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 counties/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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Lane is historic, it would have been located within present day Caddo 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 Caddo Parish: Lafayette (AR), Miller (AR), Bossier, De Soto, Red River, Cass (TX), Harrison (TX), Marion (TX) & Panola (TX).

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

  • Caddo Parish     (The home parish of Lane)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lane, with the one closest to Lane listed first.
    • Gilliam
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Belcher
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hosston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
    • Oil City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Vivian
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mooringsport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ida
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Ida is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Missionary
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Missionary is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
    • Frog Level ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
    • Garfield ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Garfield is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Blanchard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bossier Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lane, with the one closest to Lane listed first.
    • Alden Bridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
    • Benton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plain Dealing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Ivan is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
    • Bellevue
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bellevue is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Parkland Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
    • Bossier City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Red Chute
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
    • Espanita Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
    • Bodcau
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Eastwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Princeton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Webster Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lane, with the one closest to Lane listed first.
    • Sarepta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Cotton Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Cullen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Springhill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lane, with the one closest to Lane listed first.
    • Welcome
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Welcome is located in Columbia County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • Taylor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Taylor is located in Columbia County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <2>
  • Lafayette County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lane, with the one closest to Lane listed first.
    • Gin City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Gin City is located in Lafayette County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
    • Bradley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bradley is located in Lafayette County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <2>
    • Walnut Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
  • Miller County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lane, with the one closest to Lane listed first.
    • Capps City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Capps City is located in Miller County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps City
    • Doddridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Cass County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lane, with the one closest to Lane listed first.
    • McLeod
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Huffins
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Huffins is located in Cass County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffins
    • Bivins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kildare
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Atlanta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Queen City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lane, with the one closest to Lane listed first.
    • Uncertain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Karnack
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Baldwin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Baldwin is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Jonesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Waskom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <2>
    • Pope City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Pope City is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope City
    • Scottsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodlawn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Woodlawn is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
  • Marion County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lane, with the one closest to Lane listed first.
    • Lodi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jefferson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Lane ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lane.

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

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

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

  • Union Chapel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Egypt Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Rang Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Carolina Bluff Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Egypt Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hosston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cottage Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Dickson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • High Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Collinsburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (155 more) ...
    • Hancock Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Black Bayou Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dove Dale Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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.

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

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

  • Black Bayou ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Bayou is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
  • Alden Bridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
  • Hughes
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hughes is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
  • Collinsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Collinsburg is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsburg
  • Benton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mooringsport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Plain Dealing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Mount
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Mount is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
  • Frog Level ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
  • Missionary
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Missionary is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
  • Garfield ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Garfield is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Blanchard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Vanceville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Vanceville is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceville
    • Midway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Midway is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Redland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Redland is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland

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

Newspapers Published in Lane ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lane.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lane, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lane.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Lane:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.