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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 Morgan City (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 Morgan City. 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the west. 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 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 north 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.

Morgan City is located in Saint Mary Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Saint Mary Parish: Iberia, Saint Martin & Terrebonne.

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

  • Saint Mary Parish     (The home parish of Morgan City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morgan City, with the one closest to Morgan City listed first.
    • Fairville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
      • Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Berwick
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
      • Berwick is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,324 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwick <2>
    • Bayou Vista
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Morgan City Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan City Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Wilsons Landing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Amelia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Patterson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Calumet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ricohoc
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ricohoc. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricohoc
      • Ricohoc is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ricohoc
      • From Morgan City to Ricohoc
    • Verdunville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verdunville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdunville
      • Verdunville is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Maria
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
      • Maria is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Bayou Sale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Centerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Centerville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <2>
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morgan City, with the one closest to Morgan City listed first.
    • Barton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barton
      • From Morgan City to Barton
    • Donaldsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donaldsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldsonville
      • Donaldsonville is located in Ascension Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,638 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donaldsonville <2>
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morgan City, with the one closest to Morgan City listed first.
    • Ursa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ursa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ursa
      • Ursa is located in Assumption Parish
    • Attakapas Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Belle River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bayou Crab
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dwight Fields
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dwight Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Fields
      • Dwight Fields is located in Assumption Parish
    • Lower Texas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Upper Texas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Attakapas Canal
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Georgia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Georgia
      • From Morgan City to Georgia
    • Himalaya
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Himalaya have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
      • Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
    • Bellewood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bellewood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellewood
      • Bellewood is located in Assumption Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bellewood
      • From Morgan City to Bellewood
    • Brule
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brule. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brule
      • From Morgan City to Brule
    • Little Texas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morgan City, with the one closest to Morgan City listed first.
    • Thibodaux
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thibodaux have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thibodaux
      • Thibodaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,411 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thibodaux <2>
    • Acadia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Chackbay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chackbay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Bayou Blue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Saint James Parish
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morgan City, with the one closest to Morgan City listed first.
    • Stephenville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Bayou Geneve
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Geneve have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morgan City, with the one closest to Morgan City listed first.
    • Gibson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Donner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner
      • Donner is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donner <2>
    • Chacahoula
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Schriever
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Ardoyne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Minerva Plantation
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minerva Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Gray
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
      • Gray is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <2>
    • Bayou Cane
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Cane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Broadmoor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broadmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Houma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Morgan City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morgan City.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morgan City, with the one closest to Morgan City 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Morgan City had a population of 2,291 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Morgan City had a population of 10,512 people.

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

  • Berwick
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
    • Berwick is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,324 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwick <2>
  • Ramos
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramos have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramos
    • Ramos is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Amelia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Patterson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ricohoc
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ricohoc. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricohoc
    • Ricohoc is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Ricohoc
    • From Morgan City to Ricohoc
  • Gibson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bayou Sale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Chacahoula
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Labadieville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Labadieville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labadieville
    • Labadieville is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Labadieville <2>
  • Irish Bend
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irish Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
    • Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Albemarle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Albemarle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Albemarle
    • From Morgan City to Albemarle
  • Bertie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bertie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
    • Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bertie
    • From Morgan City to Bertie
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Morgan City ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morgan City.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Morgan City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Morgan City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Morgan City.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<6> of Morgan City.

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 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 Morgan City:

The official website for Morgan City: www.cityofmc.com/

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Morgan City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Morgan City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morgan City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7006, Longitude: -91.2001    









 

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