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Introduction ...

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

We've added Mead to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mead, 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 Mead (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 Mead. 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 and 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 Mead is historic, it would have been located within present day Grant 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 Grant Parish: La Salle, Natchitoches, Rapides & Winn.

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

  • Grant Parish     (The home parish of Mead)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mead, with the one closest to Mead listed first.
    • Fairmount
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Creola
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Creola is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • Creola has also been known as:
      • Creola village
    • Stay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stay is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
    • Bentley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Colfax
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dry Prong
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pollock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Antonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Antonia is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonia
    • Fishville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
    • Black Creek ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
    • Montgomery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgetown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Avoyelles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mead, with the one closest to Mead listed first.
    • Center Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • North Point
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • North Point is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point
    • Effie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Egg Bend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Egg Bend is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Bend
  • La Salle Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mead, with the one closest to Mead listed first.
    • Zenoria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Zenoria is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenoria
    • Sharp Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sharp Town is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Town
  • Natchitoches Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mead, with the one closest to Mead listed first.
    • Marco
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Marco is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
    • Gorum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Cloutierville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Derry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Derry is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
    • Melrose
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rapides Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mead, with the one closest to Mead listed first.
    • Boyce
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Weil
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Weil is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weil
    • Zimmerman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Zimmerman is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Hot Wells
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hot Wells is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Wells
    • Rock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Rock is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
    • Tioga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Alexandria
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gardner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ball
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <2>
    • Alexandria Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Alexandria Junction is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexandria Junction
    • Pineville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lena
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Anandale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Anandale is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale
  • Vernon Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mead, with the one closest to Mead listed first.
    • Leander
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Leander is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Lacamp
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Simpson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Hicks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hicks is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
  • Winn Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mead, with the one closest to Mead listed first.
    • Atlanta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Whitford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Whitford is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford

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

Cemeteries Near Mead ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mead.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Rapides
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Rapides is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapides
  • Boyce
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fairmount
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Weil
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Weil is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weil
  • Crane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Crane is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Alexandria
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Colfax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Milford ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Milford is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
  • Pineville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hemphill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hemphill is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
  • Fishville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Chopin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Chopin is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopin
    • Moreland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Moreland is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
    • Elmer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Mead ...

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 Mead.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mead, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mead.

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 Mead:

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