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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 Noel (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 Noel. 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 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 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.

Noel is located in Ascension 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 Ascension Parish: Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston & Saint James.

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

  • Ascension Parish     (The home parish of Noel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Barton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Darrow
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Geismar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Donaldsonville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Southwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
    • Aben
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Burnside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cofield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Cornerview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
    • Dutch Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
    • Gonzales
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Brittany
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Belle Rose
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Burbank ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
    • Lula
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Lula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
    • Belle Terre
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
    • Bruly Saint Martin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
    • Freetown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
    • Kessler
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
    • Monty
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Monty is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
    • Belle Alliance
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
    • Star
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Star is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Brulie Maurin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
    • Grand Bayou
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Burtville ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
    • Gardere
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
    • Oak Hills Place
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
    • Village Saint George
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
    • Perkins Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
    • Lynwood Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
    • Old Jefferson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
    • Essen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
    • Inniswold
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Shenandoah
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Westminster
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
    • Woodshire Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • White Castle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Carville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Saint Gabriel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bayou Goula
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Iberville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Sunshine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Plaquemine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Morrisonville ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • Grosse Tete
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Chackbay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Thibodaux
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kraemer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Acadia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • French Settlement
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Port Vincent
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
    • Denham Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Maurepas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Walker
      (27 miles [43.5 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
    • Clio
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Clio is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Free Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
    • Burton Lane
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Chatman Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Uncle Sam
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Convent
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint James
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lagan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Hester
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Paulina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Vacherie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Gramercy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Lutcher
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <1>
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Wallace
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Mount Airy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Garyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Bayou Geneve
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
    • Bayou Chene
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Fairville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • Morgan City Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
    • Morgan City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Chacahoula
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
    • Donner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Schriever
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Noel, with the one closest to Noel listed first.
    • Addis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Brusly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Port Allen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Wilbert ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
    • Lobdell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
    • Carey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Devalls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls

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

Cemeteries Near Noel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Noel.

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

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

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

  • Emanuel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Brazil Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Phillip Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Raspberry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Jules Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ascension Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...

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

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

  • McCall
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • McCall is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
  • Geary ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Geary is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
  • Smoke Bend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
  • Hohen Solms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
  • Belle Rose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Donaldsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Darrow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Belle Helene
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
  • Geismar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Southwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
  • Dorcyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
  • Saint Gabriel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Cofield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Burnside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bayou Goula
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Noel ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Noel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Noel, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Noel.

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 Noel:

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