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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 Lockport Heights (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 Lockport Heights. 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 Lockport Heights ...

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 Lockport Heights: Lockport Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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

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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most 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.

Lockport Heights is located in Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish: Assumption, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Terrebonne.

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

  • Lafourche Parish     (The home parish of Lockport Heights)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lockport Heights, with the one closest to Lockport Heights listed first.
    • Lockport
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Mathews
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Gheens
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Raceland Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Godchaux
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Raceland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayou Blue
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Larose
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cut Off
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Acadia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Kraemer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Thibodaux
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lockport Heights, with the one closest to Lockport Heights listed first.
    • Brule
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Chula
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Chula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Labadieville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Grove Plantation
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Leche
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Leche is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
    • Supreme
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
    • Albemarle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Himalaya
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lockport Heights, with the one closest to Lockport Heights listed first.
    • Barataria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Lafitte
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Jean Lafitte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Lafitte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
    • Avondale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Waggaman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Crown Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Harahan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridge City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Estelle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Estelle is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • River Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Westwego
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lockport Heights, with the one closest to Lockport Heights listed first.
    • Des Allemands
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bayou Gauche
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Camardelle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Camardelle is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camardelle
    • Chaudiere Casse
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Chaudiere Casse is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaudiere Casse
    • Tabatiere Perdue
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Tabatiere Perdue is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabatiere Perdue
    • Vallier
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Paradis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Boutte
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mimosa Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
    • Lone Star
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lone Star is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Luling
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lockport Heights, with the one closest to Lockport Heights listed first.
    • South Vacherie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • North Vacherie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Vacherie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Paulina
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Lagan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Lutcher
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Hester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Saint James
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gramercy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Convent
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lockport Heights, with the one closest to Lockport Heights listed first.
    • Edgard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Reserve
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Garyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Mount Airy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Wallace
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Laplace
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lockport Heights, with the one closest to Lockport Heights listed first.
    • Bourg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Houma
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
    • Montegut
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bayou Cane
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Broadmoor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Chauvin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Gray
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Point Barre
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Point Barre is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Barre
    • Ardoyne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Lapeyrouse
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Lapeyrouse is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeyrouse

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

Cemeteries Near Lockport Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lockport Heights.

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 Lockport Heights - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Holy Savior Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Savior Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Savior Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lockport.
    • The Holy Savior Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Savior Catholic Church Cemetery
    • Holy Savior Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1286890 <2>
  • New Fountain Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hadley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Matherne Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Ann Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Myrtle Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Butler Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Elie Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Elie Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Elie Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Houma.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68781 <2>
  • Bisland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • Third Zion Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bell Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Lockport
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Gheens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Raceland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Houma
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
  • Ewing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Southdown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Southdown is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southdown
  • Montegut
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Des Allemands
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Cut Off
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Crescent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Crescent is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Ellendale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
  • Vallier
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Thibodaux Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Thibodaux Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thibodaux Junction
    • Central
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Central is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Theriot
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Theriot is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theriot

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

Newspapers Published in Lockport Heights ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lockport Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lockport Heights, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lockport Heights.

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 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 Lockport Heights:

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>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- Lockport Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lockport Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.