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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 Little Creek (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 Little Creek. 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 Little Creek ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Little Creek: Little Crk. (or less commonly used: Little Ck. or Little Cr.)

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

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 southwest 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 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.

Little Creek is located in La Salle 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 La Salle Parish: Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Grant, Rapides & Winn.

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

  • La Salle Parish     (The home parish of Little Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Creek, with the one closest to Little Creek listed first.
    • Zenoria
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Zenoria is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenoria
    • Trout
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tullos
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Midway
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Midway is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Summerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Summerville is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Jena
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jena is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jena <1>
    • Urania
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Olla
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Olla is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,371 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olla <1>
    • Standard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Standard is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
    • Sharp Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sharp Town is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Town
  • Avoyelles Parish
    • North Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • North Point is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point
  • Caldwell Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Creek, with the one closest to Little Creek listed first.
    • Kelly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Clarks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Grayson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Banks Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Banks Springs is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Springs
    • Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
    • Mount Pleasant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Columbia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Catahoula Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Creek, with the one closest to Little Creek listed first.
    • Rhinehart
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Aimwell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Rosefield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
    • Utility
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
    • Enterprise
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Harrisonburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jonesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Trinity
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
  • Concordia Parish
  • Grant Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Creek, with the one closest to Little Creek listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Antonia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Antonia is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonia
    • Fishville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
    • Pollock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dry Prong
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Creek ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
    • Bentley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Stay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stay is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
    • Creola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Creola is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • Creola has also been known as:
      • Creola village
    • Colfax
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairmount
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Rapides Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Creek, with the one closest to Little Creek listed first.
    • Ball
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <1>
    • Tioga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Libuse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Deville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pineville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Alexandria Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Alexandria Junction is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexandria Junction
    • Alexandria
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Kolin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Winn Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Creek, with the one closest to Little Creek listed first.
    • Flat Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
    • Joyce
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Winnfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Newport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Newport is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Atlanta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Whitford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Whitford is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford
    • Hudson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hudson is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Sikes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Little Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Creek.

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 Little Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Chalk Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hawthorne Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Turnley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Doughty Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Bluff Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dayton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Eden Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Taylor Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • New Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (213 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 Little Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Creek.

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

  • Fishville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
  • Black Creek ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
  • Rhinehart
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Flat Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
  • Aimwell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Tunica ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Tunica is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunica
  • Manifest
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Manifest is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manifest
  • Rosefield
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
  • Hickory Valley
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Valley is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
  • Lavacco
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lavacco is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavacco
  • Holum
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Holum is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holum
  • Holloway
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Holloway is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Winnfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Iatt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Iatt is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatt
    • Utility
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility

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

Newspapers Published in Little Creek ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Creek, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Creek.

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 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 Little Creek:

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 Little Creek, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.