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 Nicks Ferry (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 Nicks Ferry. 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 Nicks Ferry ...
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.
While the name of this community is Nicks Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Nicks Ferry may originally have been Nick's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Nicks Ferry might be written as Nick Ferry.
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/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.
Nicks Ferry 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 Nicks Ferry. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nicks Ferry:
- Beauregard Parish (The home parish of Nicks Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicks Ferry, with the one closest to Nicks Ferry listed first.
- Helme
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Helme is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
- Singer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Merryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Ragley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Longville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fayette ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fayette is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Calcasieu Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicks Ferry, with the one closest to Nicks Ferry listed first.
- Starks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dequincy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Edgerly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Sulphur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carlyss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyss
- Westlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin County (TX)
- Silsbee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jasper County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicks Ferry, with the one closest to Nicks Ferry listed first.
- Call Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Call Junction is located in Jasper County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call Junction
- Buna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bunker Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Kirbyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Evadale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Newton County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicks Ferry, with the one closest to Nicks Ferry listed first.
- Deweyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Call
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bleakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
- Bon Wier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hughes is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Newton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Orange County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicks Ferry, with the one closest to Nicks Ferry listed first.
- Lemonville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lemonville is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
- Texla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Texla is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texla
- Mauriceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pinehurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pinehurst is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
- Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Orange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Forest is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
- Pine Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Orangefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Terry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Terry is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Vidor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vidor is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,310 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidor <2>
- Bridge City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tyler County (TX)
- Fred
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nicks Ferry, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Nicks Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Nicks Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nicks Ferry.
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 Nicks Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nicks Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nicks Ferry, with the one closest to Nicks Ferry listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Archie Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie Clark Cemetery
- The Archie Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Babe Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babe Clark Cemetery
- The Babe Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel Sudduth Bluff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hyatt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spikes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stanley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doyle Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (81 more) ...
- Wright Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Franks Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Biloxi Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Nicks Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nicks Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nicks Ferry, with the one closest to Nicks Ferry listed first.
- Belgrade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belgrade is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
- Bleakwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
- Vinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Edgerly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Echo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Echo is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Orange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tulane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tulane is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulane
- Magnolia Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Springs is located in Jasper County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
- Newton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Terry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Terry is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Erin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Erin is located in Jasper County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Westlake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nicks Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nicks Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Nicks Ferry ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nicks Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nicks Ferry, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nicks Ferry.
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 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 Nicks Ferry:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Beauregard Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Calcasieu Parish
- Hardin County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Orange County
- Tyler County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Nicks Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nicks Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |