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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 Reserve - Edgard Ferry (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 Reserve - Edgard Ferry. 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 southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the west. 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 west 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.
Reserve - Edgard Ferry is located in Saint John the Baptist 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 Saint John the Baptist Parish: Ascension, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Saint Charles, Saint James & Tangipahoa.
Below are the parishes that are near Reserve - Edgard Ferry. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry:
- Saint John the Baptist Parish (The home parish of Reserve - Edgard Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Reserve
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Edgard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Garyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Laplace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Airy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wallace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Frenier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Sorrento
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Amant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brittany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cofield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Brignac
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
- Weber City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Aben
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Aben is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
- Aben has also been known as:
- Abend
- Gonzales
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Darrow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Donaldsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Brulie Maurin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Madewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
- Rosedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Woodlawn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Albemarle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
- Cedar Grove Plantation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Ingleside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Belle Alliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Belle Terre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Bertie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
- Elmfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
- Jefferson Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Kenner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- River Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Harahan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Waggaman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Avondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bridge City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Metairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Westwego
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Marrero
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Estelle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Estelle is located in Jefferson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
- Lafourche Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Kraemer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chackbay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Raceland Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
- Godchaux
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
- Raceland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thibodaux
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Acadia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
- Mathews
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gheens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bayou Blue
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
- Lockport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Clio
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Maurepas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Killian
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- French Settlement
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Port Vincent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Orleans Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Milneburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
- New Orleans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gentilly Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gentilly Terrace is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly Terrace
- Gentilly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gentilly is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
- Saint Charles Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Gypsy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Killona
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Montz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
- Taft
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Norco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hahnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Sarpy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boutte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Destrehan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Luling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paradis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vallier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Gramercy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lutcher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Vacherie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Paulina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vacherie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Vacherie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
- Hester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Uncle Sam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burton Lane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Chatman Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Convent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lagan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Akers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manchac
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
- Wadesboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- Ponchatoula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Terrebonne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Schriever
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gray
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Plantation
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
- Minerva Plantation
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
- Broadmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Reserve - Edgard Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Reserve - Edgard Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reserve - Edgard Ferry.
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 Reserve - Edgard Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reserve - Edgard Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bishop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Montz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Phillips Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Western Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Highway Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- St. Charles Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Mound Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Young Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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 Reserve - Edgard Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reserve - Edgard Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reserve - Edgard Ferry, with the one closest to Reserve - Edgard Ferry listed first.
- Edgard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lucy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lucy is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Johnson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Mount Airy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Killona
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Frenier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
- Paulina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vacherie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sarpy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sarpy is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarpy
- Remy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Remy is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Hahnville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- La Branche
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- La Branche is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Branche
- Hester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Vallier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reserve - Edgard Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reserve - Edgard Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Reserve - Edgard Ferry ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reserve - Edgard Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reserve - Edgard Ferry, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reserve - Edgard Ferry.
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 Reserve - Edgard Ferry:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- Jefferson Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Orleans Parish
- Saint Charles Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Terrebonne Parish
- 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 Reserve - Edgard Ferry, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reserve - Edgard Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |