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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 Mechanicville (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 Mechanicville. 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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the east. 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 east 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.

Mechanicville is located in Terrebonne 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 Terrebonne Parish: Assumption, Lafourche, Saint Martin & Saint Mary.

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

  • Terrebonne Parish     (The home parish of Mechanicville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicville, with the one closest to Mechanicville listed first.
    • Houma
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
    • Bourg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bayou Cane
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Broadmoor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Theriot
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Theriot is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theriot
    • Ardoyne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Gray
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Montegut
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chauvin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Point Barre
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Point Barre is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Barre
    • Dulac
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicville, with the one closest to Mechanicville listed first.
    • Brule
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Ursa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Ursa is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursa
    • Chula
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Chula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Labadieville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Grove Plantation
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Leche
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Leche is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
    • Himalaya
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
    • Supreme
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
    • Albemarle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Lower Texas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lower Texas is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Texas
    • Percle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Percle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percle
    • Ingleside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicville, with the one closest to Mechanicville listed first.
    • Bayou Blue
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Lockport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Godchaux
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Mathews
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Raceland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Raceland Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Acadia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Gheens
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Thibodaux
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Larose
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Kraemer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cut Off
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Chackbay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicville, with the one closest to Mechanicville listed first.
    • Bayou Gauche
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Des Allemands
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Camardelle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Camardelle is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camardelle
    • Chaudiere Casse
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Chaudiere Casse is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaudiere Casse
    • Tabatiere Perdue
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Tabatiere Perdue is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabatiere Perdue
    • Vallier
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Paradis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Boutte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mimosa Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicville, with the one closest to Mechanicville listed first.
    • South Vacherie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • Lagan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • North Vacherie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Saint James
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Vacherie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • Bayou Geneve
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mechanicville, with the one closest to Mechanicville listed first.
    • Amelia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Morgan City Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach

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

Cemeteries Near Mechanicville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mechanicville.

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

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

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

  • Myrtle Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mulberry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Crozier Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Butler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Matherne Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Ann Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bayou Cane.
    • The St. Francis Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Francis de Sales Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1234261 <2>
  • St. Elie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Elie Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Elie Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Houma.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68781 <2>
  • Celestin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bisland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (42 more) ...

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.<4>

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

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

  • Houma
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
  • Southdown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Southdown is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southdown
  • Crescent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Crescent is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Theriot
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Theriot is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theriot
  • Central
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Central is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Ellendale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
  • Lockport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Montegut
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Raceland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ewing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Dulac
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Thibodaux Junction
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Thibodaux Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thibodaux Junction
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Schriever
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gheens
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Thibodaux
      (16 miles [25.7 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 Mechanicville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mechanicville.

Newspapers Published in Mechanicville ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mechanicville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mechanicville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mechanicville.

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 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 Mechanicville:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mechanicville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Mechanicville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.