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 The Myrtles (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 The Myrtles. 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.
The Myrtles is located in East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish : Ascension , East Feliciana , Iberville , Livingston , Saint Helena , West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana .
Below are the parishes that are near The Myrtles. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Myrtles:
East Baton Rouge Parish (The home parish of The Myrtles)
The following are listed by their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Oak Hills Place (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place Lynwood Village (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village Perkins Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village Village Saint George (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George Essen (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen Burtville ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville Gardere (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere Inniswold (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Westminster (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Old Jefferson (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson Baton Rouge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Shenandoah (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Beauregard Town (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town Ascension Parish
The following are listed by their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Bullion (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Bullion is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion Hope Villa (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa Oak Grove (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Prairieville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Hobart (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Hobart is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart Southwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Southwood is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Dutch Town (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town Little Prairie (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie Cornerview (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview Duplessis (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Geismar (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Galvez Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town Galvez (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Galvez is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Assumption Parish
The following are listed by their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Belle Terre (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre Burbank ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Burbank is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Belle Alliance (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance Belle Rose (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bruly Saint Martin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin Freetown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Freetown is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Kessler (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Kessler is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler Lula (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Lula is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula Monty (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Monty is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty Brulie Maurin (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin Star (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Star is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Bayou Corne ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne Grand Bayou (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou East Feliciana Parish
The following are listed by their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Slaughter (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Lindsay (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay Bells Store ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store Blairstown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Ethel (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Iberville Parish
The following are listed by their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Iberville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Iberville is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville Sunshine (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Saint Gabriel (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Morrisonville ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville Plaquemine (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Carville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Bayou Goula (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
White Castle (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Indian Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village Grosse Tete (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Rosedale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Maringouin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Livingston Parish
The following are listed by their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Denham Springs (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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>
Port Vincent (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
Walker (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Walker is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
Watson (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
French Settlement (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Livingston (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Oldfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield Maurepas (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Holden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Clio (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Clio is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio Starns (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Starns is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns Pointe Coupee Parish
The following are listed by their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Rougon (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Glynn (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Hermitage (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Lakeland (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Jarreau (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Oscar (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Patin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin Ventress (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Dupont (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Livonia (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
New Roads (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Saint Helena Parish
Grangeville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville Saint James Parish
The following are listed by their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Chatman Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town Free Town (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Free Town is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town Burton Lane (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane Uncle Sam (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Convent (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Saint Martin Parish
Bayou Chene (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene West Baton Rouge Parish
The following are listed by their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Port Allen (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Brusly (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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>
Lobdell (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell Wilbert ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert Carey (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey Devalls (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls Arbroth (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth Erwinville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Myrtles, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for The Myrtles .
Cemeteries Near The Myrtles ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Myrtles.
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 The Myrtles - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Myrtles covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Laboring Society Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
St. George Catholic Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Kleinpeter Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Resthaven Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Bible Students Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Rock Zion Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Mt. Carmel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Harelson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Lutheran Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Roselawn Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Cann Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Magnolia Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (223 more) ...
Woodlawn Baptist Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Baton Rouge National Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Sweet Olive Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 The Myrtles in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Myrtles.
These communities are listed based on their distance from The Myrtles, with the one closest to The Myrtles listed first.
Gardere (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere Sunshine (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Baton Rouge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Saint Gabriel (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Hopeville ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville Brusly Landing (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Brusly Landing is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Landing Port Allen (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Plaquemine (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Southwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Southwood is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Dutch Town (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town Bayou Goula (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Hohen Solms (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms Continue List (14 more) ...
Geismar (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Denham Springs (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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>
Lobdell (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Myrtles. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Myrtles .
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 The Myrtles:
Websites specific to Louisiana Pages specific to East Baton Rouge Parish Genealogy information for nearby parishes
Ascension Parish Assumption Parish East Feliciana Parish Iberville Parish Livingston Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Saint Helena Parish Saint James Parish Saint Martin Parish West Baton Rouge Parish Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for The Myrtles. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 The Myrtles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.