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 Murray Junction (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 Murray Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Murray Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Murray Junction: Murray Jct. (or less commonly used: Murray Jctn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Murray Junction is located in Winn 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 Winn Parish: Bienville, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, La Salle & Natchitoches.
Below are the parishes that are near Murray Junction. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Murray Junction:
- Winn Parish (The home parish of Murray Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray Junction, with the one closest to Murray Junction listed first.
- Flat Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Joyce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winnfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hudson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Sikes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Newport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Whitford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Whitford is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford
- Atlanta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dodson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Gansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gansville is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
- Coldwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Bienville Parish
- English
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- English is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Caldwell Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray Junction, with the one closest to Murray Junction listed first.
- Kelly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clarks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Banks Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Banks Springs is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Springs
- Vixen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vixen is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vixen
- Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Catahoula Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray Junction, with the one closest to Murray Junction listed first.
- Rosefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
- Aimwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grant Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray Junction, with the one closest to Murray Junction listed first.
- Georgetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Dry Prong
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Antonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Antonia is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonia
- Bentley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fishville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fishville is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Pollock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Montgomery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stay is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
- Colfax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray Junction, with the one closest to Murray Junction listed first.
- Zoar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Zoar is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Weston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Weston is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Jonesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chatham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dalley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dalley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalley
- East Hodge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Hodge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Hodge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- La Salle Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Murray Junction, with the one closest to Murray Junction listed first.
- Tullos
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Urania
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Zenoria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Zenoria is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenoria
- Olla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Standard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Standard is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
- Summerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Trout
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Jena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Town is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Town
- Natchitoches Parish
- Goldonna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Murray Junction, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Murray Junction.
Cemeteries Near Murray Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Murray Junction.
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 Murray Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Murray Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Murray Junction, with the one closest to Murray Junction listed first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Corley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jordon Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Guin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holmes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Boyett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Melton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCarty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Murray Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Murray Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Murray Junction, with the one closest to Murray Junction listed first.
- Tunica ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tunica is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunica
- Flat Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Winnfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Valley is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
- Newport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Atlanta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Gaars Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gaars Mill is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaars Mill
- Iatt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Iatt is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatt
- Cotton Plant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Gansville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gansville is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
- Coldwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Couley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Couley is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couley
- Mount Zion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Holum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Holum is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holum
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Murray Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Murray Junction.
Newspapers Published in Murray Junction ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Murray Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Murray Junction, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Murray Junction.
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 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 Murray Junction:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Winn Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Bienville Parish
- Caldwell Parish
- Catahoula Parish
- Grant Parish
- Jackson Parish
- La Salle Parish
- Natchitoches Parish
- 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> | 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> | 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 Murray Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Murray Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |