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 Linville (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 Linville. 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/Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals 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/counties 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/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Linville is located in Union 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 Union Parish: Ashley (AR), Union (AR), Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse & Ouachita.
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Linville. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linville:
- Union Parish (The home parish of Linville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linville, with the one closest to Linville listed first.
- Haile
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Haile is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haile
- Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ouachita City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ouachita City is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouachita City
- Farmerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Truxno
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Truxno is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxno
- Wilhite
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wilhite is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhite
- Downsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spearsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pisgah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bernice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lillie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Claiborne Parish
- Weldon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Weldon is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Jackson Parish
- Cartwright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cartwright is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Lincoln Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Linville, with the one closest to Linville listed first.
- Cedarton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarton is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarton
- Sibley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Averit ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
- Choudrant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Dubach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vienna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
- Hico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hico is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Morehouse Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Linville, with the one closest to Linville listed first.
- Bastrop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Collinston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Brodnax ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brodnax is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodnax
- Mer Rouge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bonita
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ouachita Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Linville, with the one closest to Linville listed first.
- Sterlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northpark Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Northpark Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northpark Village
- Leisure Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Eureka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Claiborne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- West Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Monroe is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,086 people
- Swartz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frost Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frost Town is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Town
- Monroe
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Spanish City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish City is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish City
- Calhoun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ashley County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linville, with the one closest to Linville listed first.
- Meridian
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Meridian is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Crossett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elon ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elon is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- West Crossett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- West Crossett is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Crossett
- North Crossett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Crossett is located in Ashley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Crossett
- Bradley County (AR)
- Blanchton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Blanchton is located in Bradley County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchton
- Union County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linville, with the one closest to Linville listed first.
- Huttig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Huttig is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huttig
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Felsenthal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Felsenthal is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felsenthal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
- Bolding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bolding is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolding
- Lapile
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lapile is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapile
- Strong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Urbana is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Lawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawson is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Blanchard Springs ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchard Springs is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linville, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Linville.
Cemeteries Near Linville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linville.
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 Linville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linville, with the one closest to Linville listed first.
- Abscent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Abstent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spikner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roadside Burial Site
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Reppond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reppond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (190 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Linville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Linville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Linville, with the one closest to Linville listed first.
- Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colsons ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Colsons is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colsons
- Ouachita City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ouachita City is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouachita City
- De Siard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Siard is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Siard
- Farmerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Conway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Conway is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Moselys Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moselys Bluff is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselys Bluff
- Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Point is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
- Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bastrop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Ridge ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Lapile
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lapile is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapile
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Walnut Lane ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Lane is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Lane
- Downsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- D'Arbonne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- D'Arbonne is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Arbonne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linville.
Newspapers Published in Linville ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linville.
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 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 Linville:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Union Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Claiborne Parish
- Jackson Parish
- Lincoln Parish
- Morehouse Parish
- Ouachita Parish
- Ashley County
- Bradley County
- Union County
- 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> | 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- Linville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Linville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |