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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 Lemannville (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 Lemannville. 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.

Lemannville is located in Ascension 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 Ascension Parish: Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston & Saint James.

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

  • Ascension Parish     (The home parish of Lemannville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Cofield
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Aben
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Burnside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Darrow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Donaldsonville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sorrento
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brittany
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Gonzales
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Saint Amant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Weber City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
    • Geismar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Barton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Cornerview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Brulie Maurin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
    • Belle Terre
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
    • Belle Alliance
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
    • Belle Rose
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Burbank ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
    • Freetown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
    • Kessler
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
    • Lula
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
    • Monty
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Monty is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
    • Sweet Home
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
    • Plattenville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Star
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Star is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Bruly Saint Martin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Old Jefferson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
    • Burtville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
    • Oak Hills Place
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
    • Perkins Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
    • Village Saint George
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
    • Shenandoah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Gardere
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
    • Woodshire Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
    • Essen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
    • Inniswold
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynwood Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
    • Westminster
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
    • Baton Rouge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Carville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Gabriel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • White Castle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bayou Goula
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Iberville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Sunshine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Plaquemine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Morrisonville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • Indian Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Chackbay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Kraemer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Thibodaux
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Acadia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • French Settlement
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Port Vincent
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
    • Maurepas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Clio
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Clio is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Denham Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Walker is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
    • Killian
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Killian is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
    • Livingston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Gypsy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
    • Killona
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Montz
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
    • Taft
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Chatman Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Free Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
    • Burton Lane
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Uncle Sam
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Convent
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Saint James
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lagan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Gramercy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Paulina
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Vacherie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lutcher
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <1>
    • North Vacherie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Wallace
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Mount Airy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Garyville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Edgard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Reserve
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Laplace
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Frenier
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Bayou Geneve
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • Morgan City Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Schriever
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Chacahoula
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Donner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Minerva Plantation
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Gibson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Gray
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lemannville, with the one closest to Lemannville listed first.
    • Addis
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (27 miles [43.5 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Lemannville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lemannville.

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

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

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

  • Buena Vista Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Philippian Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Monroe Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Orange Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Burnside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Ascension Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Landry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Emanuel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (156 more) ...

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

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

  • Lauderdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lauderdale is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
  • Union
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Union is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Cofield
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
  • White Hall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Burnside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Central
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Central is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Darrow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Donaldsonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Welcome
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Welcome is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Smoke Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
  • Belle Helene
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
  • Geary ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Geary is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Gonzales
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • McCall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • McCall is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
    • Belle Rose
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Lemannville ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lemannville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lemannville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lemannville.

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 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 Lemannville:

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 Lemannville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lemannville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.