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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Lapeyrouse during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Lapeyrouse was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Lapeyrouse (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 Lapeyrouse. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Lapeyrouse is located in Terrebonne Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Terrebonne Parish: Assumption, Lafourche, Saint Martin & Saint Mary.

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

  • Terrebonne Parish     (The home parish of Lapeyrouse)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lapeyrouse, with the one closest to Lapeyrouse listed first.
    • Chauvin
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chauvin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauvin
      • Chauvin is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chauvin <3>
    • Point Barre
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Barre have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Barre
      • Point Barre is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Montegut
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dulac
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dulac have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulac
      • Dulac is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dulac <3>
    • Bourg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bourg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourg
      • Bourg is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bourg <3>
    • Theriot
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Theriot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theriot
      • Theriot is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Cocodrie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cocodrie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocodrie
      • Cocodrie is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Houma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <3>
    • Bayou Cane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Cane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Broadmoor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broadmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Ardoyne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Gray
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
      • Gray is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <3>
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lapeyrouse, with the one closest to Lapeyrouse listed first.
    • Faleau ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faleau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faleau
      • Faleau is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Galliano
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galliano have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galliano
      • Galliano is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galliano <3>
    • Lockport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cut Off
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cut Off have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut Off
      • Cut Off is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cut Off <3>
    • Larose
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larose have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larose
      • Larose is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larose <3>
    • Golden Meadow
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadow
      • Golden Meadow is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,935 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden Meadow <3>
    • Bayou Blue
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Gheens
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gheens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gheens
      • Gheens is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gheens <3>
    • Mathews
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mathews have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews
      • Mathews is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mathews <3>
    • Raceland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raceland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
      • Raceland is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raceland <3>
    • Godchaux
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Godchaux have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Raceland Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raceland Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lapeyrouse, with the one closest to Lapeyrouse listed first.
    • Bayou Gauche
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Gauche have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Des Allemands
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Des Allemands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Allemands
      • Des Allemands is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Des Allemands <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Lapeyrouse ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lapeyrouse.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lapeyrouse, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lapeyrouse.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lapeyrouse:

Cemeteries Near Lapeyrouse ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lapeyrouse.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Thibodaux Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thibodaux Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thibodaux Cemetery
  • Dugas Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dugas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dugas Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Picou Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Picou Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Picou Cemetery
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Provost Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Provost Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Provost Cemetery
  • Carlof Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carlof Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carlof Cemetery
  • Holy Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
  • Bisland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bisland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bisland Cemetery
  • Celestin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Celestin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Celestin Cemetery
  • St. Elie Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Cemetery
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • St. Ann Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ann Cemetery
    • Butler Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butler Cemetery
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery

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.<6>

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

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

  • Montegut
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dulac
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dulac have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulac
    • Dulac is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dulac <3>
  • Theriot
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Theriot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theriot
    • Theriot is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Southdown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southdown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southdown
    • Southdown is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Cut Off
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cut Off have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut Off
    • Cut Off is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cut Off <3>
  • Lockport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Crescent
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Crescent is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Gheens
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gheens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gheens
    • Gheens is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gheens <3>
  • Central
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Central is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Ellendale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellendale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
      • Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Raceland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raceland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
      • Raceland is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raceland <3>
    • Ewing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ewing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
      • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Thibodaux Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thibodaux Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thibodaux Junction
      • Thibodaux Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Schriever
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schriever have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schriever
      • Schriever is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schriever <3>
    • Chacahoula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chacahoula have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish

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

The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Lapeyrouse and then turned east". While Lapeyrouse could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Lapeyrouse as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lapeyrouse could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between parishes is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Louisiana community named Lapeyrouse.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Lapeyrouse) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lapeyrouse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3977, Longitude: -90.5856       In this case, the coordinates for Lapeyrouse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Lapeyrouse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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