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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 North Shreveport (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 North Shreveport. 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 North Shreveport ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Shreveport: N. Shreveport

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 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 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 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 south 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.

North Shreveport is located in 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 North Shreveport. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Shreveport:

  • Caddo Parish     (The home parish of North Shreveport)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Shreveport, with the one closest to North Shreveport listed first.
    • Shreveport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Normandy Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Normandy Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
    • Longwood Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
    • Blanchard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Western Hills Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Chateau Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Chateau Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Village
    • Silver Pine Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
    • Reisor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
    • Summer Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
    • Edgewood Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Edgewood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
    • South Towne Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • South Towne Heights is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Heights
    • Longwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Ellerbe Woods
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ellerbe Woods is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbe Woods
  • Bienville Parish
    • Armistead
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Armistead is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
  • Bossier Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Shreveport, with the one closest to North Shreveport listed first.
    • Bossier City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkland Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
    • Red Chute
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
    • Benton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bodcau
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Espanita Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
    • Eastwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Fillmore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Fillmore is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
    • Princeton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Alden Bridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
    • Haughton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bellevue
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bellevue is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Elm Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • De Soto Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Shreveport, with the one closest to North Shreveport listed first.
    • Stonewall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Frierson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Gloster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Keachi
      (26 miles [41.8 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
  • Webster Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Shreveport, with the one closest to North Shreveport listed first.
    • Doyline
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Dixie Inn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Dixie Inn is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Inn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
    • Yellow Pine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Yellow Pine is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
    • Cotton Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Buckhorn ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Buckhorn is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Sibley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Minden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Harrison County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Shreveport, with the one closest to North Shreveport listed first.
    • Waskom
      (16 miles [25.7 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 <1>
    • Jonesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Uncertain
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Karnack
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Elysian Fields
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Scottsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Baldwin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Baldwin is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
  • Panola County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Shreveport, with the one closest to North Shreveport listed first.
    • Panola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • De Berry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Midyett
      (30 miles [48.3 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 North Shreveport, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for North Shreveport.

Cemeteries Near North Shreveport ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Shreveport.

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 North Shreveport - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Round Grove Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Light Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hebrew Rest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jewella Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Star Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hebrew Rest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Zion Rest Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Forest Park East Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 <2>
  • Walker Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (182 more) ...
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Park West Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • 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 <2>
    • Centuries Memorial Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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 North Shreveport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Shreveport.

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

  • Shreveport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bossier City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brownlee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Brownlee is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
  • Jewella ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jewella is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewella
  • Vanceville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Vanceville is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceville
  • Blanchard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Flournoy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Reisor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
  • La Rosen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • La Rosen is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosen
  • Benton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Longwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Longwood is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Curtis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Curtis is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Bodcau
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Greenwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mooringsport
      (13 miles [20.9 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 North Shreveport. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Shreveport.

Newspapers Published in North Shreveport ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Shreveport.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Shreveport, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Shreveport.

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 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 North Shreveport:

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 North Shreveport, 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' (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- North Shreveport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.