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 Reveille (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 Reveille. 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the west. 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 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 north 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.
Reveille is located in Iberville 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 Iberville Parish: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Pointe Coupee, Saint Martin & West Baton Rouge.
Below are the parishes that are near Reveille. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reveille:
- Iberville Parish (The home parish of Reveille)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Plaquemine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Iberville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Bayou Goula
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Gabriel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Castle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Grosse Tete
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maringouin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Southwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Geismar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Dutch Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Cornerview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Oak Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prairieville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hope Villa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Duplessis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Barton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Hobart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Darrow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Bruly Saint Martin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
- Belle Rose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Freetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Kessler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Lula
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Monty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Grand Bayou
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Belle Alliance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Star
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Brulie Maurin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Gardere
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Lynwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Oak Hills Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Essen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Perkins Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Beauregard Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
- Inniswold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Baton Rouge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Old Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Shenandoah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- East Feliciana Parish
- Lindsay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Denham Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(21 miles [33.8 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
- French Settlement
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Walker
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Lakeland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rougon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glynn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Jarreau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oscar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Livonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Free Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Burton Lane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Chatman Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Uncle Sam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Convent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Lagan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Saint Martin Parish
- Bayou Chene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Addis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Brusly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Port Allen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Lobdell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Carey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Erwinville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arbroth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reveille, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Reveille.
Cemeteries Near Reveille ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reveille.
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 Reveille - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reveille covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Rock Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Highlands Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pt. Pleasant Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Raphael Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nazarene Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grace Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- St. Gabriel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Conrad Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. John Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Reveille in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reveille.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reveille, with the one closest to Reveille listed first.
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Plaquemine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bayou Goula
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Gabriel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gardere
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Dorcyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
- Brusly Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brusly Landing is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Landing
- Hohen Solms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
- Southwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Geismar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Baton Rouge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Port Allen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McCall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- McCall is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
- Belle Helene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reveille. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reveille.
Newspapers Published in Reveille ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reveille.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reveille, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reveille.
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 Reveille:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Iberville Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- West Baton Rouge 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 Reveille, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reveille) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |