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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 Saint Landry (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 Saint Landry. 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.

Name Variations for Saint Landry ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Saint Landry: St. Landry

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Saint Landry is located in Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Jefferson Davis, Rapides & Saint Landry.

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

  • Evangeline Parish     (The home parish of Saint Landry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Landry, with the one closest to Saint Landry listed first.
    • Bayou Chicot
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Chicot is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chicot
    • Turkey Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ville Platte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pine Prairie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Reddell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mamou
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mamou is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mamou
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,077 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mamou <1>
    • Chataignier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Duralde
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Duralde is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duralde
    • Tyrone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Tyrone is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
    • Unatex
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Unatex is located in Evangeline Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unatex
  • Acadia Parish
    • Church Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Allen Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Landry, with the one closest to Saint Landry listed first.
    • Pawnee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Pawnee is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
    • Bond
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bond is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
    • Oakdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Ward
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Ward is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
    • Mab
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Mab is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mab
    • Canton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Canton is located in Allen Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
  • Avoyelles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Landry, with the one closest to Saint Landry listed first.
    • Gold Dust
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Gold Dust is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Dust
    • Milburn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Milburn is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
    • Eola
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Eola is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola
    • Bunkie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bunkie is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,826 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunkie <1>
    • Evergreen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Enterprise
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Cottonport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hickory is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Hessmer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Plaucheville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Dupont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Dupont is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
    • Mansura
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Egg Bend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Egg Bend is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Bend
  • Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Legonier
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Legonier is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legonier
  • Rapides Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Landry, with the one closest to Saint Landry listed first.
    • Cheneyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Loyd
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Loyd is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
    • Echo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lecompte
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Longleaf
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenmora
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • McNary
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • McNary is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
    • Ruby
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Whittington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Whittington is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittington
    • Woodworth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Moreland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Moreland is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
    • Anandale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Anandale is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale
  • Saint Landry Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Landry, with the one closest to Saint Landry listed first.
    • Morrow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Boretta
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Boretta is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boretta
    • Rosa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Rosa is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
    • Bayou Jack
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Bayou Jack is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Jack
    • Immaculata
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Immaculata is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculata
    • Lebeau
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Washington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Palmetto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Lawtell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Opelousas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Eunice
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Eunice is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,655 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eunice <1>
    • Port Barre
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lewisburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lewisburg is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg

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

Cemeteries Near Saint Landry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Landry.

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 Saint Landry - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Keller Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lauther Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fergerson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fontenot Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Fogleman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chaney Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Vanburg Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Murdock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pythian Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (194 more) ...
    • Griffin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Campbell Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Barbreck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Barbreck is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbreck
  • Eola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Eola is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola
  • Haas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Haas is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
  • Whiteville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Whiteville is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
  • Bunkie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bunkie is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,826 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunkie <1>
  • Boretta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boretta is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boretta
  • Morrow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Dubuisson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dubuisson is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubuisson
  • Evergreen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cheneyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Garland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Garland is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
  • Big Cane
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Big Cane is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cane
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Loyd
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Loyd is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
    • Cottonport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Beggs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Beggs is located in Saint Landry Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beggs

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

Newspapers Published in Saint Landry ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Landry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Landry, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Landry.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Saint Landry:

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 Saint Landry, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Landry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.