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 Platation 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 Platation 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 ...
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 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Platation Acres is located in East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parish : Ascension , East Feliciana , Iberville , Livingston , Saint Helena , West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana .
Below are the parishes that are near Platation Acres. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Platation Acres:
East Baton Rouge Parish (The home parish of Platation Acres)
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Shenandoah (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah Old Jefferson (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson Woodshire Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village Perkins Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village Village Saint George (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George Inniswold (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Oak Hills Place (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place Essen (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen Westminster (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Lynwood Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village Monticello (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello Burtville ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville Gardere (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere Ascension Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Hope Villa (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa Bullion (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bullion is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion Oak Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Prairieville (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Hobart (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Hobart is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart Little Prairie (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie Galvez Town (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town Galvez (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Galvez is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Claybank (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Claybank is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank Dutch Town (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town Duplessis (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Cornerview (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview Summerfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield Assumption Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Belle Terre (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre Belle Alliance (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance Burbank ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Burbank is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Belle Rose (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Brulie Maurin (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin Freetown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Freetown is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Lula (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Lula is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula Monty (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Monty is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty Bruly Saint Martin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin Kessler (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Kessler is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler Star (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Star is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Sweet Home (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home Grand Bayou (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou East Feliciana Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Slaughter (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Blairstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Lindsay (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay Bells Store ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store Ethel (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Iberville Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Iberville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Iberville is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville Saint Gabriel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Sunshine (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Carville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Morrisonville ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville Bayou Goula (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Plaquemine (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
White Castle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Indian Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village Grosse Tete (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Rosedale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Livingston Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Denham Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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>
Port Vincent (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
Walker (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Walker is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
Watson (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
French Settlement (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Livingston (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Oldfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield Maurepas (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Holden (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Clio (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Clio is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio Starns (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Starns is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns Killian (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Killian is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
Albany (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Pointe Coupee Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Glynn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hermitage (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Rougon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Lakeland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Saint Helena Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Grangeville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville Pine Grove (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Montpelier (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
Saint James Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Chatman Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town Free Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Free Town is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town Uncle Sam (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Burton Lane (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane Convent (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Gramercy (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hester (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Hester is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester Saint James (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Lutcher (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Paulina (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Lagan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Lagan is located in Saint James Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan Vacherie (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Saint John the Baptist Parish
Wallace (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Tangipahoa Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Baptist (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Wadesboro (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro West Baton Rouge Parish
The following are listed by their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Port Allen (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Brusly (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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>
Addis (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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>
Lobdell (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell Wilbert ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert Carey (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey Devalls (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls Arbroth (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth Erwinville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Platation Acres, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Platation Acres .
Cemeteries Near Platation Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Platation 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 Platation Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Platation Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Woodlawn Baptist Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Cann Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Richards Gardens of Memory Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Hillman Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
O'Neal Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Harelson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Myford Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Knox Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Resthaven Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
St. George Catholic Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Hebron Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Kleinpeter Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Continue List (255 more) ...
Bible Students Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemeteries (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Ealy Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Platation Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Platation Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Platation Acres, with the one closest to Platation Acres listed first.
Hopeville ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville Galvez (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Galvez is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Denham Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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>
Dutch Town (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town Gardere (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere Port Vincent (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
Sunshine (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Saint Gabriel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Walker (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 north)
Magnolia is located in East Baton Rouge Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Baton Rouge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Southwood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Southwood is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Continue List (14 more) ...
Geismar (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Gonzales (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Hohen Solms (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Platation Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Platation Acres .
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Platation Acres:
Websites specific to Louisiana Pages specific to East Baton Rouge Parish Genealogy information for nearby parishes
Ascension Parish Assumption Parish East Feliciana Parish Iberville Parish Livingston Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Saint Helena Parish Saint James Parish Saint John the Baptist Parish Tangipahoa Parish West Baton Rouge Parish Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Platation Acres. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Platation Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.