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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 Rosedale (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 Rosedale. 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 hospitals 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.

Rosedale is located in Assumption 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 Assumption Parish: Ascension, Iberia, Iberville, Lafourche, Saint James, Saint Martin, Saint Mary & Terrebonne.

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

  • Assumption Parish     (The home parish of Rosedale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Woodlawn
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Bertie
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
    • Elmfield
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
    • Madewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
    • Ingleside
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Albemarle
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Saint Thomas
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Thomas is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
    • Ratliff
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ratliff is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff
    • Cancienne
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cancienne is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cancienne
    • Little Texas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Texas is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
    • Foley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Foley is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
    • Napoleonville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Aben
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Donaldsonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Barton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Darrow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Cofield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Burnside
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Geismar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Sorrento
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Brittany
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Gonzales
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Saint Amant
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Southwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Burtville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
    • Gardere
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
    • Village Saint George
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
  • Iberville Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • White Castle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Carville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Bayou Goula
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Gabriel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sunshine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Iberville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Plaquemine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Chackbay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Thibodaux
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Acadia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Kraemer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bayou Blue
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Godchaux
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Raceland Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mathews
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • French Settlement
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Port Vincent
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Killona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Des Allemands
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Montz
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Saint James
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lagan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Burton Lane
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Free Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
    • Chatman Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Convent
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Uncle Sam
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hester
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • North Vacherie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • South Vacherie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • Vacherie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Paulina
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Wallace
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Mount Airy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Garyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Reserve
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Bayou Geneve
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Morgan City Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
    • Amelia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • Morgan City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Berwick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Vista
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilsons Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilsons Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Landing
    • Patterson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Calumet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Calumet is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
    • Ricohoc
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ricohoc is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricohoc
    • Verdunville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Verdunville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdunville
    • Centerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosedale, with the one closest to Rosedale listed first.
    • Chacahoula
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
    • Donner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Schriever
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gibson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Gray
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Ardoyne
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Bayou Cane
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Broadmoor
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Houma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Rosedale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosedale.

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

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

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

  • Woodlawn UMC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pugh Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Christ Episcopal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Evening Star Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Philomena Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Virginia Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Christ Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Augustine Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Jules Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (100 more) ...
    • St. James Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Celestin Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Bertie
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie
  • Albemarle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
  • Napoleonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Labadieville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Plattenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Paincourtville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Belle Rose
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint James
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Convent
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Welcome
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Welcome is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Central
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Central is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • White Hall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Lauderdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lauderdale is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
    • Thibodaux
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Union
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Union is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

Newspapers Published in Rosedale ...

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 Rosedale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosedale, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosedale.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Rosedale:

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 Rosedale, 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- Rosedale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.