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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 Magnolia (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 Magnolia. 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 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.

Magnolia is located in Red River 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 Red River Parish: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto & Natchitoches.

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

  • Red River Parish     (The home parish of Magnolia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Magnolia, with the one closest to Magnolia listed first.
    • Harmon
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Carroll
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Carroll is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
    • Coushatta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Edgefield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Edgefield is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
    • Abington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Abington is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
    • Halfway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Halfway is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Hanna
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Hanna is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
    • East Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • East Point is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
    • Westdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Westdale is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
    • Lake End
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake End is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
    • Hall Summit
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Martin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Martin is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
  • Bienville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Magnolia, with the one closest to Magnolia listed first.
    • Alberta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Alberta is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
    • Castor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ringgold
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jamestown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Armistead
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Armistead is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
    • Saline
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Burkplace
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Burkplace is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkplace
    • Lucky
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lucky is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
    • Sparta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sparta is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Bossier Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Magnolia, with the one closest to Magnolia listed first.
    • Atkins
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Atkins is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Elm Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Caddo Parish
    • Ellerbe Woods
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ellerbe Woods is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbe Woods
  • De Soto Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Magnolia, with the one closest to Magnolia listed first.
    • Butler ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Butler is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Oxford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Pelican
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mansfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • South Mansfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • South Mansfield is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mansfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Frierson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand Cane
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Gloster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Screamerville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Screamerville is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
    • Stanley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Stanley is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Stonewall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Keachi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Longstreet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Natchitoches Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Magnolia, with the one closest to Magnolia listed first.
    • Grappes Bluff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Grappes Bluff is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grappes Bluff
    • Powhatan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Ashland is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Marthaville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Campti
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Campti is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Campti <1>
    • Chestnut
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Chestnut is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
    • Caspari ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Caspari is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspari
    • Robeline
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Forest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Natchitoches
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Victoria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Victoria is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
    • Provencal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sabine Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Magnolia, with the one closest to Magnolia listed first.
    • Pleasant Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Belmont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Hamlin ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hamlin is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
    • Converse
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Scie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Scie is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Scie
    • Noble
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Zwolle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Webster Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Magnolia, with the one closest to Magnolia listed first.
    • Buckhorn ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Buckhorn is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Heflin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Yellow Pine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Yellow Pine is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine

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

Cemeteries Near Magnolia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Magnolia.

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

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

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

  • Taylor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Star Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hand Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Morrison Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Springville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wesley Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tanyard Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (129 more) ...
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Watson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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.<2>

While we didn't find Magnolia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Magnolia.

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

  • Coushatta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • East Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • East Point is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
  • Butler ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Butler is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Williams
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Williams is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
  • Lake End
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake End is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
  • Carmel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Carmel is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
  • Oxford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Howard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Howard is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Pelican
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Timon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Timon is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timon
  • Grappes Bluff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Grappes Bluff is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grappes Bluff
  • Mansfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pleasant Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Allen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Allen is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Kingston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingston is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston

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

Newspapers Published in Magnolia ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Magnolia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Magnolia, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Magnolia.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Magnolia:

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>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 Magnolia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Magnolia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.