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 Mix (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 Mix. 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 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.
Mix is located in Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee Parish: Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana.
Below are the parishes that are near Mix. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mix:
- Pointe Coupee Parish (The home parish of Mix)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- Dupont
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jarreau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oscar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ventress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
- Lakeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rougon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Livonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glynn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hermitage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Morganza
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fordoche
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Avoyelles Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- Odenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Odenburg is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odenburg
- Simmesport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- Port Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
- Zachary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <1>
- Baker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <1>
- Tristian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
- Brownfields
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
- Beauregard Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
- Zion City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
- Baton Rouge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Merrydale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
- Maribel Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village
- Boganvilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
- Central
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <1>
- Essen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- East Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- Lindsay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- Maringouin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rosedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grosse Tete
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Plaquemine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Landry Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- Melville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elba is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Krotz Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Half Moon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Half Moon is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Swayze Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Swayze Lake is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swayze Lake
- Palmetto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Portage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Portage is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Port Barre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Immaculata
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Immaculata is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculata
- Lebeau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bayou Jack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bayou Jack is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Jack
- Saint Martin Parish
- Henderson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- Erwinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arbroth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Carey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Lobdell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Port Allen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brusly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <1>
- Addis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <1>
- West Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bains is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bains
- Converse ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Wakefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tunica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Weyanoke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Angola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rogillioville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
- Wilkinson County (MS)
- Turnbull
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mix, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Mix.
Cemeteries Near Mix ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mix.
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 Mix - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mix covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- St. Luke Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Luke Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Ventress.
- The St. Luke Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greater St. Luke Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2219149 <3>
- St. Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of New Roads.
- The St. Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Francis Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2147785 <3>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Augustine Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sixth Ward Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of New Roads.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69371 <3>
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chenal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greater Zion Travel Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greater Zion Travel Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greater Zion Travel Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of New Roads.
- The Greater Zion Travel Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zion Travel Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2757559 <3>
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Bailey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Cabrini Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Ambrose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Mix in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mix.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mix, with the one closest to Mix listed first.
- Ventress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pointe Coupee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pointe Coupee is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointe Coupee
- Livonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anchor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Anchor is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Fordoche
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Arbroth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Raccourci ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raccourci is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccourci
- Viva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Viva is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viva
- Ravenswood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ravenswood is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Port Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
- Rosedale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Devalls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mix. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mix.
Newspapers Published in Mix ...
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 Mix.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mix, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mix.
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 Mix:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Pointe Coupee Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Avoyelles Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Saint Landry Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- Wilkinson County
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mix) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Mix, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |