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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Marionville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Marionville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Marionville, please Contact Us.

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 Marionville (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 Marionville. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Marionville is historic, it would have been located within present day Allen 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 Allen Parish: Acadia, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides & Vernon.

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

  • Allen Parish     (The home parish of Marionville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marionville, with the one closest to Marionville listed first.
    • Elizabeth
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Reids
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Reids is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reids
    • Mab
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mab is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mab
    • Tenmile
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tenmile is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
    • Grant
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cherry Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cherry Grove is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
    • Mittie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ward
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ward is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
    • Oakdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Canton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Canton is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Pawnee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pawnee is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
    • Oberlin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bond
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Bond is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
  • Beauregard Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marionville, with the one closest to Marionville listed first.
    • Sugartown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Dry Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ikes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Ikes is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ikes
    • DeRidder
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Ludington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ludington is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
    • Fayette ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fayette is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
    • Longville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Evangeline Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marionville, with the one closest to Marionville listed first.
    • Pine Prairie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Turkey Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Reddell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Basile
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Basile is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basile
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,791 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basile <2>
    • Duralde
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Duralde is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duralde
    • Mamou
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Bayou Chicot
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Bayou Chicot is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chicot
    • Tyrone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tyrone is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
    • Unatex
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Unatex is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unatex
  • Jefferson Davis Parish
    • Elton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Elton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elton <2>
  • Rapides Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marionville, with the one closest to Marionville listed first.
    • Glenmora
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • McNary
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • McNary is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
    • Longleaf
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hineston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Elmer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sieper
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Otis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Hemphill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hemphill is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
    • Woodworth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Vernon Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marionville, with the one closest to Marionville listed first.
    • Dido
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dido is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dido
    • Pitkin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fullerton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cravens
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cravens is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cravens
    • Cole Central
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Cole Central is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Central
    • Leander
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Leander is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Lacamp
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Fort Polk
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hicks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Hicks is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
    • Rosepine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pinewood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Pinewood is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
    • Fort Polk North
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Polk North is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Polk North
    • Pickering
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pickering is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering

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

Cemeteries Near Marionville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marionville.

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

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

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

  • Horton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hampton Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabeth Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Martin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Reed Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • McGee Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cryer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Oakdale Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (147 more) ...
    • Campground Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • New Campground Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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.

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

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

  • Dido
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dido is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dido
  • Cora
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cora is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
  • Melder
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Elmer
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Hineston
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Hicks
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Hicks is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks

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

Newspapers Published in Marionville ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marionville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marionville, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marionville.

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 helpful 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 Marionville:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Marionville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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- Marionville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.