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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 Ouachita City (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 Ouachita City. 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/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 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/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 south 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.

Ouachita City is located in Union 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 Union Parish: Ashley (AR), Union (AR), Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse & Ouachita.

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

  • Union Parish     (The home parish of Ouachita City)
  • Jackson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ouachita City, with the one closest to Ouachita City listed first.
    • Cartwright
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Eros
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Eros is located in Jackson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eros
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eros <1>
  • Lincoln Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ouachita City, with the one closest to Ouachita City listed first.
    • Averit ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Averit is located in Lincoln Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averit
    • Sibley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedarton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Choudrant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Morehouse Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ouachita City, with the one closest to Ouachita City listed first.
    • Bastrop
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Collinston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Windsor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mer Rouge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Oak Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Brodnax ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Brodnax is located in Morehouse Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodnax
    • Bonita
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ouachita Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ouachita City, with the one closest to Ouachita City listed first.
    • Sterlington
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fairbanks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Northpark Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Northpark Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northpark Village
    • Leisure Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • Swartz
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Spanish City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Spanish City is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish City
    • Monroe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • West Monroe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Claiborne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
    • Pino Bayou Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Pino Bayou Village is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino Bayou Village
    • Richwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Richwood is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,375 people
    • Eureka
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Forksville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Richland Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ouachita City, with the one closest to Ouachita City listed first.
    • Start
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rayville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Alto
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ashley County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ouachita City, with the one closest to Ouachita City listed first.
    • Meridian
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Elon ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Elon is located in Ashley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
    • Crossett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • West Crossett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • West Crossett is located in Ashley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Crossett
  • Union County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ouachita City, with the one closest to Ouachita City listed first.
    • Huttig
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Huttig is located in Union County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huttig
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
    • Felsenthal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Felsenthal is located in Union County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felsenthal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
    • Bolding
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lapile
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Ouachita City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ouachita City.

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 Ouachita City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Thompson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Bartholomew Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cook Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Spencer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Parks Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Burton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Glendora Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Phillips Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Anderson Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rock Row Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bufferin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (160 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ouachita City had a population of 151 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • De Siard
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • De Siard is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Siard
  • Bastrop
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Colsons ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Colsons is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colsons
  • Doss ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Doss is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
  • Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Point is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
  • Sicard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sicard is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicard
  • Cleora ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cleora is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
  • West Monroe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Monroe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Marion
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Millhaven
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Millhaven is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
  • Mer Rouge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Moselys Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Moselys Bluff is located in Union Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselys Bluff
    • Walnut Lane ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Lane is located in Union Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Lane
    • Cheniere
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Cheniere is located in Ouachita Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheniere

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

Newspapers Published in Ouachita City ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ouachita City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ouachita City, 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 Ouachita City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ouachita City:

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