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 Oldfield (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 Oldfield. 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the west. 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 instead of 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 north 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.
Oldfield is located in Livingston 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 Livingston Parish: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Tangipahoa.
Below are the parishes that are near Oldfield. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oldfield:
- Livingston Parish (The home parish of Oldfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Watson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Walker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Livingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Starns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Denham Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Georgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Holden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Port Vincent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Springfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- French Settlement
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Killian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Claybank
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Galvez Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Summerfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Hobart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Hope Villa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Little Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Galvez
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lake is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Oak Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Bullion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Prairieville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Brignac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Baywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baywood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Pride
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwell Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Central
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <1>
- Boganvilla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
- Monticello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Merrydale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
- Woodshire Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Brownfields
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
- Maribel Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village
- Baker
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <1>
- East Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Blairstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Slaughter
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Woodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Lindsay
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Troy ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Jackson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Norwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Iberville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Saint Gabriel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Hermitage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Glynn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Helena Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Grangeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Pine Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montpelier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Greensburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Chipola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Amite City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Independence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Baptist
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Tickfaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Roseland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Genessee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Genessee is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genessee
- Natalbany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fluker
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wadesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- Loranger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tangipahoa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Port Allen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lobdell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Devalls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Arbroth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Brusly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Carey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- West Feliciana Parish
- Rogillioville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
- Amite County (MS)
- Gillsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oldfield, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Oldfield.
Cemeteries Near Oldfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oldfield.
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 Oldfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oldfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lanier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vickers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Craft Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mullens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McCray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Claibourne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- Stoner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Judson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sibley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Oldfield had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oldfield, with the one closest to Oldfield listed first.
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Pine Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grangeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Walker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Magnolia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Denham Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Starns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Blairstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Olive Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Colyell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Colyell is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colyell
- Springville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Greensburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Darlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Darlington is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Kents Store ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kents Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Slaughter
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oldfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oldfield.
Newspapers Published in Oldfield ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oldfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oldfield, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oldfield.
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 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 Oldfield:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Livingston Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint Helena Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- Amite County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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> | 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 Oldfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Oldfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |