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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 Neale (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 Neale. 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 and hospitals 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.

Neale is located in Beauregard 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 Beauregard Parish: Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vernon & Newton (TX).

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

  • Beauregard Parish     (The home parish of Neale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neale, with the one closest to Neale listed first.
    • Merryville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Newlin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
    • Singer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • DeRidder
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ludington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Ludington is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
    • Ikes
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ikes is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ikes
    • Longville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fayette ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fayette is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
    • Ragley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Helme
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Helme is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
    • Dry Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Sugartown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Allen Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neale, with the one closest to Neale listed first.
    • Grant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Reeves
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Calcasieu Parish
    • Dequincy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Sabine Parish
    • Rock ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Rock is located in Sabine Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
  • Vernon Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neale, with the one closest to Neale listed first.
    • Rosepine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Evans
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Pinewood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinewood is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
    • Savage Fork
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Savage Fork is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Fork
    • Elmwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Elmwood is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
    • Pickering
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pickering is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
    • Cole Central
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Cole Central is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Central
    • Billy Goat Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
    • Fort Polk
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • New Llano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fertitta Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fertitta Park is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertitta Park
    • Fort Polk North
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fort Polk North is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Polk North
  • Jasper County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neale, with the one closest to Neale listed first.
    • Kirbyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Call Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Call Junction is located in Jasper County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call Junction
  • Newton County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Neale, with the one closest to Neale listed first.
    • Hughes ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Hughes is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
    • Bon Wier
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Newton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Newton is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,329 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
    • Burkeville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Shanklerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Shanklerville is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklerville
    • Wiergate
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bleakwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
    • South Toledo Bend
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend
    • Call
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Toledo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Toledo is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo

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

Cemeteries Near Neale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Neale.

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 Neale - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Neale, with the one closest to Neale listed first.

  • Merryville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Merryville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Merryville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68206 <2>
  • Cooper Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hennican Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hennigan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Newlin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Burks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadow Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Havens Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Cypress Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Hinson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Inman Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (94 more) ...
    • Stark Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Good Hope Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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 Neale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Neale.

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

  • Belgrade
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Belgrade is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
  • Newton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Newton is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,329 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
  • Burkeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Elmwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmwood is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
  • Bleakwood
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
  • Caney
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Caney is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
  • Farrsville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Farrsville is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrsville
  • Toledo
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Toledo is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
  • Leesville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Neale ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Neale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Neale, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Neale.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Neale:

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 Neale, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Neale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.