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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 Laurel Grove (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 Laurel Grove. 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 Laurel Grove ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Laurel Grove: Laurel Grv.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Laurel Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Laurel Grove.

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 northwest 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 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.

Laurel Grove 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 Laurel Grove. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Laurel Grove:

  • Lafourche Parish     (The home parish of Laurel Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • Thibodaux
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Acadia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Chackbay
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Kraemer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bayou Blue
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Godchaux
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Raceland Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Mathews
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lockport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Gheens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • Aben
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Donaldsonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Cofield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Darrow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Barton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Burnside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Sorrento
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Brittany
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Geismar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Gonzales
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Saint Amant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Weber City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • Chula
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Chula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Labadieville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove Plantation
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Leche
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Leche is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
    • Brule
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Georgia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Supreme
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
    • Albemarle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Himalaya
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
    • Ingleside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Oakley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Oakley is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
    • Percle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Percle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percle
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • White Castle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Carville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • Des Allemands
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Paradis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Vallier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Killona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Montz
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
    • Bayou Gauche
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Gypsy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
    • Taft
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Boutte
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Hahnville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Norco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • Lagan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Saint James
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • South Vacherie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • Convent
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Burton Lane
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Chatman Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Free Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
    • Hester
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Uncle Sam
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • North Vacherie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Vacherie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Paulina
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • Wallace
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Mount Airy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Garyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Reserve
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Laplace
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • Bayou Geneve
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (17 miles [27.4 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 Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • Morgan City Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
    • Amelia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Morgan City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Berwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • Bayou Vista
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Wilsons Landing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Wilsons Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Landing
    • Patterson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Calumet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Calumet is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laurel Grove, with the one closest to Laurel Grove listed first.
    • Schriever
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chacahoula
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Donner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gray
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gibson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ardoyne
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Bayou Cane
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Broadmoor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Houma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Bourg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Laurel Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Laurel Grove.

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 Laurel Grove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Philomena Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Trosclair Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pugh Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodlawn UMC Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Halfway Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Garden of Memories Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Third Zion Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Christ Episcopal Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Evening Star Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (90 more) ...
    • Bell Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Michael Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • St. James Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Thibodaux
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Labadieville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Schriever
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Thibodaux Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Thibodaux Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thibodaux Junction
  • Albemarle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
  • Chacahoula
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
  • Bertie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
  • Gibson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint James
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Napoleonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ewing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Central
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Central is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ellendale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
    • Convent
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hester
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester

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

Newspapers Published in Laurel Grove ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Laurel Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Laurel Grove, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Laurel Grove.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Laurel Grove:

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 Laurel Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Laurel Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.