Our Genealogy Helper
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 McElroy (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 McElroy. 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 doctors 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.
McElroy is located in Ascension 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 Ascension Parish: Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston & Saint James.
Below are the parishes that are near McElroy. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McElroy:
- Ascension Parish (The home parish of McElroy)
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Sorrento
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brittany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Amant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weber City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Burnside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cofield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Gonzales
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aben
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Aben is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
- Aben has also been known as:
- Abend
- Brignac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
- Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lake is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Darrow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cornerview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Donaldsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Brulie Maurin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Belle Alliance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Belle Terre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Belle Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Sweet Home
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Kessler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Monty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Plattenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Lula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Elmfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Old Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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 northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Perkins Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Oak Hills Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Woodshire Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Essen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Gardere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Inniswold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lynwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Monticello
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Carville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Gabriel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Castle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Iberville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Bayou Goula
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Plaquemine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lafourche Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Chackbay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Kraemer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Thibodaux
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Acadia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
- Godchaux
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
- Raceland Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
- Raceland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- French Settlement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Port Vincent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Maurepas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Killian
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Livingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Walker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Denham Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
- Former names for Denham Springs:
- Amite Springs
- Hill's Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <1>
- Holden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Starns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Saint Charles Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Gypsy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Killona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Montz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
- Taft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Norco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hahnville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Sarpy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Paradis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vallier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
- Des Allemands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boutte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Destrehan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Luling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Uncle Sam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chatman Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Free Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Burton Lane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Convent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Gramercy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lutcher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paulina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vacherie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Saint James
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Vacherie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Wallace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Garyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Airy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reserve
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Edgard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Laplace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Frenier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
- Saint Martin Parish
- Bayou Geneve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Akers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manchac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
- Wadesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- Baptist
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Ponchatoula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Terrebonne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Schriever
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Plantation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
- Minerva Plantation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
- Chacahoula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
- Gray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McElroy, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for McElroy.
Cemeteries Near McElroy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McElroy.
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 McElroy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McElroy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Richardson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Philippian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Western Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Celestin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hope Haven Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Burnside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find McElroy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McElroy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McElroy, with the one closest to McElroy listed first.
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- White Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Central
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Welcome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Welcome is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Saint Amant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lauderdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lauderdale is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Convent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Remy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Remy is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Burnside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cofield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Vacherie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Paulina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Head of Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Head of Island is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Island
- Gonzales
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McElroy. See our List of 1890's Communities around McElroy.
Newspapers Published in McElroy ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around McElroy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McElroy, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McElroy.
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 McElroy:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Ascension Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint Charles Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Terrebonne Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 McElroy, 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- McElroy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |