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 Pine Acres (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 Pine Acres. 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 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.
Pine Acres is located in Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu Parish: Beauregard, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Newton (TX) & Orange (TX).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Pine Acres. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Acres:
- Calcasieu Parish (The home parish of Pine Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Acres, with the one closest to Pine Acres listed first.
- Dequincy
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Edgerly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Sulphur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Starks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ararat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ararat is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Moss Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carlyss
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyss
- Vinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Charles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prien
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prien is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prien
- Greinwich Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greinwich Village is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greinwich Village
- Allen Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Acres, with the one closest to Pine Acres listed first.
- Reeves
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Indian Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Le Blanc
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Le Blanc is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Blanc
- Beauregard Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Acres, with the one closest to Pine Acres listed first.
- Helme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Helme is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
- Ragley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Singer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Newlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Fayette ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Longville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merryville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dry Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- DeRidder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cameron Parish
- Grand Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Jasper County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Acres, with the one closest to Pine Acres listed first.
- Bunker Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Call Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Call Junction is located in Jasper County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call Junction
- Newton County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Acres, with the one closest to Pine Acres listed first.
- Deweyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Bon Wier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bleakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
- Call
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orange County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Acres, with the one closest to Pine Acres listed first.
- Lemonville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lemonville is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mauriceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinehurst
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinehurst is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
- Texla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Texla is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texla
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Acres, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Pine Acres.
Cemeteries Near Pine Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Acres.
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 Pine Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Acres, with the one closest to Pine Acres listed first.
- Perkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Perkins Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Dequincy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68548 <2>
- Rigmaiden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Alston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oretta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stanley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hyatt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Royer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gillie Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Big Woods Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Babe Clark Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babe Clark Cemetery
- The Babe Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Archie Clark Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archie Clark Cemetery
- The Archie Clark Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Continue List (86 more) ...
- Carter Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Pine Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Acres, with the one closest to Pine Acres listed first.
- Edgerly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Westlake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Charles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belgrade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belgrade is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
- Chloe
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chloe is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
- Echo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Iowa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Bleakwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
- Orange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Acres.
Newspapers Published in Pine Acres ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Acres, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Acres.
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 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 Pine Acres:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Calcasieu Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Allen Parish
- Beauregard Parish
- Cameron Parish
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Orange 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> | 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 Pine Acres, 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- Pine Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |