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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 Lobdell (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 Lobdell. 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 northwest 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 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.

Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge Parish: East Baton Rouge, Iberville & Pointe Coupee.

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

  • West Baton Rouge Parish     (The home parish of Lobdell)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lobdell, with the one closest to Lobdell listed first.
    • Bullion
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
    • Hope Villa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
    • Oak Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Prairieville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dutch Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobart
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
    • Little Prairie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
    • Southwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
    • Galvez Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
    • Cornerview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
    • Duplessis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Galvez
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
    • Geismar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lobdell, with the one closest to Lobdell listed first.
    • Beauregard Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
    • Baton Rouge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
    • Maribel Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village
    • Merrydale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
    • Baker
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brownfields
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
    • Tristian Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
    • Essen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boganvilla
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Inniswold
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynwood Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
    • Westminster
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
  • East Feliciana Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lobdell, with the one closest to Lobdell listed first.
    • Lindsay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Slaughter
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Bells Store ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
    • Ethel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jackson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
    • Blairstown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Clinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <1>
    • Wilson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Iberville Parish
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lobdell, with the one closest to Lobdell listed first.
    • Denham Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Watson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Walker
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Oldfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
    • Port Vincent
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
    • Livingston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • French Settlement
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
  • Saint Helena Parish
  • Saint Landry Parish
    • Krotz Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Saint Martin Parish
  • West Feliciana Parish

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

Cemeteries Near Lobdell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lobdell.

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

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lobdell had a population of 42 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Lobdell ...

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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lobdell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lobdell, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lobdell.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Lobdell:

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 Lobdell, 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- Lobdell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.