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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 Pigeon (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 Pigeon. 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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the east. 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 east 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.

Pigeon is located in Iberville 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 Iberville Parish: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Pointe Coupee, Saint Martin & West Baton Rouge.

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

  • Iberville Parish     (The home parish of Pigeon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon, with the one closest to Pigeon listed first.
    • White Castle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Bayou Goula
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Plaquemine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Carville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Morrisonville ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • Saint Gabriel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunshine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Iberville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Grosse Tete
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Rosedale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon, with the one closest to Pigeon listed first.
    • Barton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Southwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
    • Darrow
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Donaldsonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Geismar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Aben
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Burnside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Cofield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Cornerview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
    • Dutch Town
      (22 miles [35.4 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)
    • Bullion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon, with the one closest to Pigeon listed first.
    • Pierre Part
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand Bayou
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
    • Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
    • Bruly Saint Martin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
    • Kessler
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
    • Lula
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Lula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
    • Magnolia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Magnolia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Monty
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Monty is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
    • Star
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Star is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Belle River
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle River is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
    • Westfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Westfield is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
    • Belle Rose
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon, with the one closest to Pigeon listed first.
    • Burtville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
    • Gardere
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
    • Lynwood Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
    • Oak Hills Place
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
    • Essen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
    • Perkins Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
    • Village Saint George
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
    • Beauregard Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
    • Inniswold
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Westminster
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
    • Baton Rouge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Old Jefferson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
  • Iberia Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon, with the one closest to Pigeon listed first.
    • Jeanerette
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Loreauville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Patoutville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Patoutville is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoutville
    • Morbihan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Morbihan is located in Iberia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morbihan
    • Lydia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon, with the one closest to Pigeon listed first.
    • Free Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
    • Burton Lane
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Chatman Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Convent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Saint James
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Uncle Sam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lagan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon, with the one closest to Pigeon listed first.
    • Bayou Chene
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
    • Bayou Geneve
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
    • Coteau Holmes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Coteau Holmes is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coteau Holmes
    • Bankers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bankers is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankers
    • Catahoula Cove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Catahoula Cove is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catahoula Cove
    • Banker Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Banker Plantation is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Plantation
    • Isle Labbe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Isle Labbe is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Labbe
    • Saint John
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Saint John is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon, with the one closest to Pigeon listed first.
    • Charenton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Irish Bend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
    • Caffery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Caffery is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffery
    • Katy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Katy is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
    • Sterling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sterling is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
    • Adeline
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Adeline is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adeline
    • Baldwin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Verdunville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Verdunville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdunville
    • Garden City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ashton is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pigeon, with the one closest to Pigeon listed first.
    • Addis
      (19 miles [30.6 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
      (22 miles [35.4 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>
    • Wilbert ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
    • Port Allen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Carey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Lobdell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell

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

Cemeteries Near Pigeon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pigeon.

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 Pigeon - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Indian Mound Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • First Baptist Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Paul Baptist Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • White Castle Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • St. John Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pilgrim Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Belle River Baptist Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Martins Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (131 more) ...
    • Raspberry Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grace Memorial Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Brazil Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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 Pigeon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pigeon.

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

  • Dorcyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
  • Bayou Goula
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Plaquemine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Bayou Chene
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
  • Paincourtville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Belle Rose
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • McCall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • McCall is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
  • Smoke Bend
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
  • Geary ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Geary is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
  • Plattenville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hohen Solms
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
  • Southwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Saint Gabriel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunshine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Charenton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Pigeon ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pigeon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pigeon, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pigeon.

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 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 Pigeon:

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 Pigeon, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pigeon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.