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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Nichols. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Nichols to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nichols, please Contact Us.

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 Nichols (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 Nichols. 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 Counties/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

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 counties/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 counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Nichols is historic, it would have been located within present day Caddo 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 Caddo Parish: Lafayette (AR), Miller (AR), Bossier, De Soto, Red River, Cass (TX), Harrison (TX), Marion (TX) & Panola (TX).

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

  • Caddo Parish     (The home parish of Nichols)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
    • Western Hills Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Longwood Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
    • Reisor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
    • Edgewood Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Edgewood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
    • Silver Pine Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
    • Chateau Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Chateau Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Village
    • South Towne Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • South Towne Heights is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Heights
    • Summer Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
    • Greenwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Normandy Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Normandy Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
    • Shreveport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Keithville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bossier Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
    • Bossier City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Parkland Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
    • Espanita Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
    • Red Chute
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
    • Bodcau
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Benton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Elm Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Eastwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Fillmore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fillmore is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
    • Haughton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Princeton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Atkins
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Atkins is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
  • De Soto Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
    • Stonewall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Frierson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gloster
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Keachi
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Longstreet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Grand Cane
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Screamerville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Screamerville is located in De Soto Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
    • Mansfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Red River Parish
    • Westdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Westdale is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
  • Webster Parish
    • Doyline
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Harrison County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
    • Waskom
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <2>
    • Jonesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Elysian Fields
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Karnack
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Scottsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Uncertain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Baldwin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Baldwin is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Pope City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pope City is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope City
    • Marshall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Marshall is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,523 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <2>
  • Panola County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nichols, with the one closest to Nichols listed first.
    • Panola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • De Berry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Midyett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Midyett is located in Panola County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett

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

Cemeteries Near Nichols ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nichols.

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

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

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

  • Bethlehem MB Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Lincoln Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Forest Park West Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park West Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Park West Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Shreveport.
    • The Forest Park West Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Forest Park Cemetery East
    • Forest Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67545 <3>
  • Zion Rest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Walnut Hill St. Mary Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jewella Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • McMillan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Centuries Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Carver Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Park East Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park East Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Park East Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Shreveport.
    • The Forest Park East Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Forest Park Cemetery East
    • Forest Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67544 <3>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Star Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (173 more) ...
    • Hebrew Rest Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Round Grove Memorial Gardens
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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.

While we didn't find Nichols in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nichols.

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

  • Flournoy
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Reisor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
  • Jewella ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jewella is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewella
  • La Rosen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • La Rosen is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosen
  • Greenwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Shreveport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Keithville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bossier City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Longwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Spring Ridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Ridge
  • Blanchard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bethany
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Stonewall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Waskom
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <2>
    • Brownlee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Brownlee is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee

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

Newspapers Published in Nichols ...

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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nichols.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nichols, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nichols.

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 Nichols:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Nichols, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Nichols) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.