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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 Quadrate (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 Quadrate. 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 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.

Quadrate is located in Rapides 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 Rapides Parish: Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Grant, La Salle, Natchitoches & Vernon.

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

  • Rapides Parish     (The home parish of Quadrate)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quadrate, with the one closest to Quadrate listed first.
    • Hot Wells
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Hot Wells is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Wells
    • Boyce
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gardner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Zimmerman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Zimmerman is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Rock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Rock is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
    • Hemphill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hemphill is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
    • Weil
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Weil is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weil
    • Otis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lena
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Flatwoods
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sieper
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hineston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Elmer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Avoyelles Parish
  • Grant Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quadrate, with the one closest to Quadrate listed first.
    • Fairmount
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
    • Colfax
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Creola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Creola is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • Creola has also been known as:
      • Creola village
    • Stay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Stay is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
    • Bentley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dry Prong
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pollock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Antonia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Antonia is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonia
    • Fishville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
    • Black Creek ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
    • Montgomery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Natchitoches Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quadrate, with the one closest to Quadrate listed first.
    • Marco
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Marco is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
    • Gorum
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cloutierville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Derry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Derry is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
    • Melrose
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Flora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Natchez
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Vernon Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quadrate, with the one closest to Quadrate listed first.
    • Leander
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Leander is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Lacamp
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Simpson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hicks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hicks is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
    • Walnut Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Alco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Alco is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • Kurthwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Slagle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Fullerton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pitkin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Quadrate ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quadrate.

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

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

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

  • Texada Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Campground Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Campground Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Dark - Neal Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • James Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • McNutt Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • McNutt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ball Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Boyce Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Dewill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Belgard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (186 more) ...
    • Knight Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rose View Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<2>

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

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

  • Crane
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Crane is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Boyce
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Milford ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Milford is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
  • Hemphill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hemphill is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
  • Rapides
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rapides is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapides
  • Fairmount
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Weil
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Weil is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weil
  • Lena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Colfax
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hineston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Elmer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Chopin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chopin is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopin
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Alexandria
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Gorum
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Quadrate ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quadrate.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quadrate, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Quadrate.

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 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 Quadrate:

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>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 Quadrate, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Quadrate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.