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 Pierre Part (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 Pierre Part. 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 southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the west. 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 west 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.
Pierre Part is located in Assumption 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 Assumption Parish: Ascension, Iberia, Iberville, Lafourche, Saint James, Saint Martin, Saint Mary & Terrebonne.
Below are the parishes that are near Pierre Part. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pierre Part:
- Assumption Parish (The home parish of Pierre Part)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
- Grand Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Belle River
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Belle River is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
- Brusle Saint Vincent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brusle Saint Vincent is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusle Saint Vincent
- Westfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Plaincourtville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Plaincourtville is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaincourtville
- Bruly Saint Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Attakapas Canal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Attakapas Canal is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attakapas Canal
- Elm Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elm Hall is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hall
- Attakapas Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Attakapas Landing is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attakapas Landing
- Bellewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bellewood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellewood
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Barton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Donaldsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Darrow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aben
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Aben is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
- Aben has also been known as:
- Abend
- Cofield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Geismar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Southwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Burnside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cornerview
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Dutch Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Gonzales
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brittany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Gardere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Oak Hills Place
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Lynwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Perkins Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Essen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Old Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Iberia Parish
- Jeanerette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- White Castle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bayou Goula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Carville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Indian Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Saint Gabriel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Plaquemine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sunshine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Iberville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Lafourche Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Chackbay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Thibodaux
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Acadia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Free Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Burton Lane
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Chatman Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Convent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint James
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lagan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Uncle Sam
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- North Vacherie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Paulina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vacherie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lutcher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Martin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Bayou Geneve
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- Stephenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
- Bayou Chene
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Fairville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Wilsons Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wilsons Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Landing
- Berwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morgan City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Irish Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
- Verdunville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Verdunville is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdunville
- Bayou Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Morgan City Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
- Patterson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Caffery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Caffery is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffery
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Terrebonne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Gibson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Donner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chacahoula
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
- Schriever
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Plantation
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
- Minerva Plantation
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Addis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pierre Part, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Pierre Part.
Cemeteries Near Pierre Part ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pierre Part.
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 Pierre Part - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pierre Part covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Belle River Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Evening Star Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Christ Episcopal Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Christ Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Jules Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pugh Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- First Baptist Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (106 more) ...
- Woodlawn UMC Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul Baptist Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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 Pierre Part in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pierre Part.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pierre Part, with the one closest to Pierre Part listed first.
- Paincourtville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Napoleonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plattenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Belle Rose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bertie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
- Albemarle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
- Smoke Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
- Geary ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geary is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
- McCall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McCall is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
- Donaldsonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dorcyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
- Darrow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Labadieville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Goula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Irish Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pierre Part. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pierre Part.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pierre Part ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pierre Part.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pierre Part. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pierre Part and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pierre Part.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Pierre Part.
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 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 Pierre Part:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Assumption Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Iberia Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- Saint Mary Parish
- Terrebonne Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- 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> | 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 Pierre Part, 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- Pierre Part) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |