Nearest Communities to North Island,
Listed Parish-By-Parish
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to North Island, on a Parish-by-Parish basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for North Island:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring parishes in addition to the parish in which they lived: their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the west contained birth and death records; the parish to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from North Island.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
North Island is located in Cameron Parish.
The following 5 parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Cameron Parish: Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion, Jefferson (TX) & Orange (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of North Island. Of these communities, 15 are located in parishes/counties other than Cameron Parish.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home parish for North Island (which is Cameron Parish), we list the parishes/counties in alphabetical order and for each of those parishes/counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from North Island
For the following list, only those parishes/counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Cameron Parish (where North Island resides)
- Parish Seat for Cameron: Cameron
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- Nearest Communities to North Island ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North Island.
- Grand Chenier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Chenier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Chenier
- Grand Chenier is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Chenier <4>
- Lowry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Oak Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Creole
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Gibbstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Hacketts Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hacketts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacketts Corner
- Hacketts Corner is located in Cameron Parish
- Sweet Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lake
- Sweet Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Calcasieu Parish
- Parish Website: www.cppj.net/
- Parish Seat for Calcasieu: Lake Charles
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- Nearest Communities to North Island ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North Island.
- Illinois Plant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Illinois Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Plant
- Illinois Plant is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Hayes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
- Hayes is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayes <4>
- Bell City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Bell City is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell City <4>
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Parish Seat for Jefferson Davis: Jennings
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Nearest Communities to North Island ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North Island.
- Lake Arthur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Arthur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arthur
- Lake Arthur is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,736 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Arthur <4>
- Thornwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Niblett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vermilion Parish
- Parish Seat for Vermilion: Abbeville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Vermilion Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Vermilion Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Vermilion Parish
- Nearest Communities to North Island ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North Island.
- Pecan Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Island
- Pecan Island is located in Vermilion Parish
- Florence Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Landing
- Florence Landing is located in Vermilion Parish
- Laurents Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurents Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurents Point
- Laurents Point is located in Vermilion Parish
- Gueydan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gueydan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gueydan
- Gueydan is located in Vermilion Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gueydan <4>
- Marceaux
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Forked Island
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forked Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked Island
- Forked Island is located in Vermilion Parish
- Wright
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Mulvey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Riceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- North Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7136, Longitude: -92.7346 In this case, the coordinates for North Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. 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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |