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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 Lone Pine (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 Lone Pine. 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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the east. 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 east 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.

Lone Pine is located in Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Jefferson Davis, Rapides & Saint Landry.

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

  • Evangeline Parish     (The home parish of Lone Pine)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Pine, with the one closest to Lone Pine listed first.
    • Saint Landry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Turkey Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Chicot
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Chicot is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chicot
    • Pine Prairie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ville Platte
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Reddell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Mamou
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Mamou is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mamou
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,077 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mamou <1>
    • Chataignier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Duralde
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Duralde is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duralde
  • Allen Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Pine, with the one closest to Lone Pine listed first.
    • Pawnee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Pawnee is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
    • Oakdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bond
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bond is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
    • Ward
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ward is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
    • Mab
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Mab is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mab
    • Elizabeth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Avoyelles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Pine, with the one closest to Lone Pine listed first.
    • Eola
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Eola is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola
    • Bunkie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Bunkie is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,826 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunkie <1>
    • Milburn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Milburn is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
    • Gold Dust
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Gold Dust is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Dust
    • Evergreen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Enterprise
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Enterprise is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Hessmer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Egg Bend
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Egg Bend is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Bend
    • Cottonport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hickory
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Hickory is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Mansura
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Plaucheville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Marksville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Rapides Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Pine, with the one closest to Lone Pine listed first.
    • Cheneyville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Loyd
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Loyd is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
    • Lecompte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Longleaf
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Whittington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Whittington is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittington
    • Glenmora
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • McNary
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • McNary is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
    • Ruby
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Woodworth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Moreland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Moreland is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
    • Anandale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Anandale is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale
  • Saint Landry Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lone Pine, with the one closest to Lone Pine listed first.
    • Morrow
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Boretta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Boretta is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boretta
    • Bayou Jack
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bayou Jack is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Jack
    • Rosa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosa is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
    • Lebeau
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Immaculata
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Immaculata is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculata
    • Washington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Palmetto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lone Pine ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lone Pine.

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 Lone Pine - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Griffin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Christians Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Stafford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Duplissey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Fogleman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Booneville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Chaney Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • McCormack Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Vanburg Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (202 more) ...
    • Keller Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lauther Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pythian Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Haas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Haas is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
  • Cheneyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Loyd
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Loyd is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
  • Eola
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Eola is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola
  • Bunkie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bunkie is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,826 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunkie <1>
  • Lecompte
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Barbreck
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Barbreck is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbreck
  • Evergreen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lamourie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamourie is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamourie
  • Egg Bend
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Egg Bend is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Bend
  • Poland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Poland is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
  • Whiteville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Whiteville is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cottonport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Morrow
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Moreland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Moreland is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland

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

Newspapers Published in Lone Pine ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Pine.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lone Pine, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lone Pine.

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 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 Lone Pine:

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 Lone Pine, 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 from Point A (ie- Lone Pine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.