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 Montpelier (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 Montpelier. 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/Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast 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 north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes/counties 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Montpelier is located in Saint Helena 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 Saint Helena Parish: East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Tangipahoa & Amite (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Montpelier. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Montpelier:
- Saint Helena Parish (The home parish of Montpelier)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Pine Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greensburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grangeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Coleman Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Chipola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Claybank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Galvez Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Summerfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Little Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Galvez
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Hobart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Hope Villa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Baywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Baywood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Pride
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greenwell Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Central
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Monticello
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Boganvilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
- Woodshire Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Shenandoah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Merrydale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
- Old Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Brownfields
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
- Tristian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
- East Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Blairstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Troy ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Slaughter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Georgeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Georgeville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Starns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Oldfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Holden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Albany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Livingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Walker
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Watson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Denham Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Killian
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Clio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Maurepas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Tammany Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Folsom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Goodbee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goodbee is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbee
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Amite City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roseland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fluker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tickfaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Genessee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Genessee is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genessee
- Natalbany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Loranger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tangipahoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Henry City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Henry City is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry City
- Husser
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Washington Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Stoney Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stoney Point is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Sunny Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Mount Hermon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Amite County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Gillsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Pike County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Osyka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chatawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Montpelier, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Montpelier.
Cemeteries Near Montpelier ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montpelier.
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 Montpelier - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Montpelier covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Bradford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- George Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Causey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oliphant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hoover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kemp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Herring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bankston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Natalbany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharkey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (568 more) ...
- Kedron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Montpelier in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Montpelier.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
- Pine Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Starns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Independence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Amite City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roseland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Greensburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oldfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Grangeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Tickfaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Tangipahoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hammond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Springville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Springville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Montpelier. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montpelier.
Newspapers Published in Montpelier ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montpelier.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Montpelier, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Montpelier.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Montpelier:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Saint Helena Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint Tammany Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Washington Parish
- Amite County
- Pike 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> | 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 Montpelier, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Montpelier) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |