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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 Red Chute (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 Red Chute. 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 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.

Red Chute is located in Bossier 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 Bossier Parish: Lafayette (AR), Miller (AR), Bienville, Caddo, Red River & Webster.

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

  • Bossier Parish     (The home parish of Red Chute)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Chute, with the one closest to Red Chute listed first.
    • Espanita Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
    • Bodcau
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
    • Eastwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
    • Fillmore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Fillmore is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
    • Parkland Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
    • Haughton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Princeton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bossier City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellevue
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bellevue is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Benton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Elm Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Alden Bridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Alden Bridge is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Bridge
    • Atkins
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Atkins is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
  • Bienville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Chute, with the one closest to Red Chute listed first.
    • Armistead
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Armistead is located in Bienville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
    • Ringgold
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Taylor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jamestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Caddo Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Chute, with the one closest to Red Chute listed first.
    • Normandy Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Normandy Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
    • Shreveport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Chateau Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Chateau Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Village
    • Ellerbe Woods
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Ellerbe Woods is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbe Woods
    • Silver Pine Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
    • Summer Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
    • Blanchard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Longwood Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
    • South Towne Heights
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Towne Heights is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Heights
    • Western Hills Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Edgewood Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Edgewood Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
    • Reisor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Reisor is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reisor
    • Belcher
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Claiborne Parish
    • Holly Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Holly Springs is located in Claiborne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • De Soto Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Chute, with the one closest to Red Chute listed first.
    • Frierson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Stonewall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gloster
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Red River Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Chute, with the one closest to Red Chute listed first.
    • East Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • East Point is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
    • Westdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Westdale is located in Red River Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
  • Webster Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Chute, with the one closest to Red Chute listed first.
    • Doyline
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Dixie Inn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Dixie Inn is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Inn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
    • Yellow Pine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Yellow Pine is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
    • Sibley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Buckhorn ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Buckhorn is located in Webster Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Minden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cotton Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dubberly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Heflin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Sarepta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Cullen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Harrison County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Red Chute, with the one closest to Red Chute listed first.
    • Waskom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Waskom is located in Harrison County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waskom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waskom <1>
    • Jonesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Red Chute ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Chute.

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 Red Chute - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Fellowship Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Haughton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fillmore Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mayflower Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Burns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hawkins Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Allen Town Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (199 more) ...
    • Hebrew Rest Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pilkinson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Red River Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Bodcau
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
  • Haughton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Brownlee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Brownlee is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
  • Bossier City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Vanceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Vanceville is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanceville
  • Curtis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Curtis is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
  • Shreveport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellevue
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bellevue is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
  • Doyline
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Midway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Midway is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Jewella ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jewella is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewella
  • Benton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Robson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Robson is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robson
    • La Rosen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • La Rosen is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosen
    • Blanchard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Red Chute ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Chute.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Chute, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Chute.

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 Red Chute:

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 Red Chute, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Red Chute) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.