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 LeBlanc (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 LeBlanc. 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 southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 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 parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
LeBlanc is located in Iberville 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 Iberville Parish: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Pointe Coupee, Saint Martin & West Baton Rouge.
Below are the parishes that are near LeBlanc. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to LeBlanc:
- Iberville Parish (The home parish of LeBlanc)
- The following are listed by their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Saint Gabriel
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Carville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Iberville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Bayou Goula
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White Castle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plaquemine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Indian Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Grosse Tete
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Southwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Geismar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Cornerview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Bullion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prairieville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Duplessis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gonzales
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hope Villa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Barton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Darrow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Belle Terre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Belle Alliance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Belle Rose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bruly Saint Martin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Freetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Lula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Monty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Kessler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Star
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Brulie Maurin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Oak Hills Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Perkins Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Gardere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Lynwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Old Jefferson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Essen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Inniswold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Shenandoah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Woodshire Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Lafourche Parish
- Chackbay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Port Vincent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- French Settlement
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Denham Springs
(18 miles [29 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Watson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Maurepas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Livingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Killian
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Holden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oldfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Rougon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Free Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Burton Lane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Chatman Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Uncle Sam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Convent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Saint James
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Gramercy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lutcher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Paulina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vacherie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Wallace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Mount Airy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Martin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Bayou Chene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
- Bayou Geneve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Addis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Brusly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Port Allen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lobdell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Carey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Erwinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arbroth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to LeBlanc, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for LeBlanc.
Cemeteries Near LeBlanc ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of LeBlanc.
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 LeBlanc - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for LeBlanc covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Gabriel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pt. Pleasant Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Raphael Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brazil Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Raspberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Phillip Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Mt. Pelgrim Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find LeBlanc in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of LeBlanc.
These communities are listed based on their distance from LeBlanc, with the one closest to LeBlanc listed first.
- Saint Gabriel
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Southwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Hohen Solms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
- Geismar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Bayou Goula
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dutch Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Dorcyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
- Belle Helene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
- McCall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McCall is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
- Gardere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Geary ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Geary is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Smoke Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
- Gonzales
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hopeville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around LeBlanc. See our List of 1890's Communities around LeBlanc.
Newspapers Published in LeBlanc ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around LeBlanc.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of LeBlanc, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for LeBlanc.
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 LeBlanc:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Iberville Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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> | 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 LeBlanc, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- LeBlanc) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |