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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Port Jackson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Port Jackson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Port Jackson, please Contact Us.

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 Port Jackson (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 Port Jackson. 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.

Name Variations for Port Jackson ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Port Jackson: Prt. Jackson

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Port Jackson. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Port Jackson.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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/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 north 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Port Jackson is historic, it would have been located within present day East Feliciana 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 Feliciana Parish: East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena, West Feliciana, Amite (MS) & Wilkinson (MS).

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

  • East Feliciana Parish     (The home parish of Port Jackson)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Jackson, with the one closest to Port Jackson listed first.
    • Lindsay
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
    • Bells Store ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
    • Slaughter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jackson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <2>
    • Ethel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wilson is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <2>
    • Blairstown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
    • Clinton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <2>
    • Norwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <2>
    • Woodland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Jackson, with the one closest to Port Jackson listed first.
    • Port Hudson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
    • Zachary
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <2>
    • Baker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
    • Tristian Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
    • Brownfields
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
    • Zion City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
    • Boganvilla
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
    • Maribel Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Maribel Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maribel Village
    • Merrydale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
    • Baton Rouge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Beauregard Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
    • Central
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <2>
    • Greenwell Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Jackson, with the one closest to Port Jackson listed first.
    • Maringouin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosedale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Grosse Tete
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Morrisonville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • Plaquemine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Iberville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Sunshine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Jackson, with the one closest to Port Jackson listed first.
    • Watson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Denham Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Oldfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
    • Walker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Walker is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Jackson, with the one closest to Port Jackson listed first.
    • Hermitage
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Glynn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Patin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
    • Ventress
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rougon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New Roads
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lakeland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jarreau
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oscar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dupont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Morganza
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Livonia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Livonia is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,399 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Livonia <2>
    • Fordoche
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Saint Helena Parish
    • Grangeville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
  • Saint Landry Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Jackson, with the one closest to Port Jackson listed first.
    • Melville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Elba
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Elba is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • Krotz Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Half Moon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Half Moon is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
    • Swayze Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Swayze Lake is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swayze Lake
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Jackson, with the one closest to Port Jackson listed first.
    • Arbroth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
    • Devalls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
    • Erwinville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Carey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Lobdell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
    • Wilbert ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
    • Port Allen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Brusly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • 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 <2>
    • Addis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • 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 <2>
  • West Feliciana Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Jackson, with the one closest to Port Jackson listed first.
    • Saint Francisville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bains
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bains is located in West Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bains
    • Converse ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
    • Wakefield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Rogillioville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
    • Weyanoke
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tunica
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Angola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilkinson County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Jackson, with the one closest to Port Jackson listed first.
    • Turnbull
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
    • Whitaker
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
    • Woodville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Centreville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Port Jackson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Jackson.

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 Port Jackson - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.

While we didn't find Port Jackson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Port Jackson.

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

  • Anchor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Anchor is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
  • Waterloo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Waterloo is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Port Hudson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
  • Ventress
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Arbroth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
  • Lindsay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
  • Irene
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Irene is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
  • Pointe Coupee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pointe Coupee is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointe Coupee
  • New Roads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lakeland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Zachary
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <2>
  • Bells Store ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Slaughter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Devalls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
    • Jackson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Port Jackson ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Jackson.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Port Jackson, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Port Jackson.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Port Jackson:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Port Jackson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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- Port Jackson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.