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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 Maurepas (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 Maurepas. 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 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.

Maurepas is located in Livingston 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 Livingston Parish: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Tangipahoa.

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

  • Livingston Parish     (The home parish of Maurepas)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maurepas, with the one closest to Maurepas listed first.
    • Summerfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
    • Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Lake is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
    • Brignac
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
    • Claybank
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
    • Saint Amant
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Galvez Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
    • Brittany
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sorrento
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Galvez
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
    • Weber City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
    • Little Prairie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
    • Duplessis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Gonzales
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Assumption Parish
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maurepas, with the one closest to Maurepas listed first.
    • Old Jefferson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
    • Shenandoah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Woodshire Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
    • Perkins Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
    • Village Saint George
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
    • Inniswold
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Oak Hills Place
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
    • Monticello
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Westminster
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
    • Greenwell Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Burtville ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Essen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Lynwood Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
  • Iberville Parish
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maurepas, with the one closest to Maurepas listed first.
    • Chackbay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Kraemer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maurepas, with the one closest to Maurepas listed first.
    • Gypsy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
    • Killona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Montz
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
    • Taft
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Norco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hahnville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • New Sarpy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Destrehan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Luling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Helena Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maurepas, with the one closest to Maurepas listed first.
    • Montpelier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
    • Pine Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Saint James Parish
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maurepas, with the one closest to Maurepas listed first.
    • Garyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Airy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Wallace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Edgard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Reserve
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Frenier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Laplace
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Tammany Parish
    • Madisonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Tangipahoa Parish

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

Cemeteries Near Maurepas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maurepas.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maurepas, with the one closest to Maurepas 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 Maurepas had a population of 74 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Whitehall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Whitehall is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • Clio
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bayou Barbary
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Bayou Barbary is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Barbary
  • Head of Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Head of Island is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Island
  • Killian
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • French Settlement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Colyell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Colyell is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colyell
  • Springville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Springville is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
  • Port Vincent
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Springfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Amant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Galvez
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Maurepas ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maurepas.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Maurepas. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Maurepas and those printed in the larger area surrounding Maurepas.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Maurepas.

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 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 Maurepas:

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