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 Saint Tammany Corner (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 Tammany Corner. 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 Tammany Corner ...
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 Tammany Corner: St. Tammany Cor. (or less commonly used: St. Tammany Crn.)
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/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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the east. 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/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 south 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.
Saint Tammany Corner is located in Saint Tammany 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 Tammany Parish: Jefferson, Orleans, Tangipahoa, Washington, Hancock (MS) & Pearl River (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Saint Tammany Corner. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Tammany Corner:
- Saint Tammany Parish (The home parish of Saint Tammany Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Tammany Corner, with the one closest to Saint Tammany Corner listed first.
- Hickory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Talisheek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pearl River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lacombe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Browns Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
- Abita Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Huntwyck Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huntwyck Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntwyck Village
- Northwood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
- Bush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bon Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
- Lake Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Slidell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mandeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Orleans Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Tammany Corner, with the one closest to Saint Tammany Corner listed first.
- Lake Catherine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Milneburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
- Pine Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Gentilly Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gentilly Terrace is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly Terrace
- Gentilly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gentilly is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Tammany Corner, with the one closest to Saint Tammany Corner listed first.
- Katie ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
- Robert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Washington Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Tammany Corner, with the one closest to Saint Tammany Corner listed first.
- Lees Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Enon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Enon is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Bogalusa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hancock County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Tammany Corner, with the one closest to Saint Tammany Corner listed first.
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Napoleon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Napoleon is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Pearlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kiln
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shoreline Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
- Lakeshore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeshore is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Necaise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Necaise is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
- Pearl River County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Tammany Corner, with the one closest to Saint Tammany Corner listed first.
- Nicholson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nicholson is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Picayune
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Tammany Corner, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Saint Tammany Corner.
Cemeteries Near Saint Tammany Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Tammany Corner.
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 Tammany Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Tammany Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Tammany Corner, with the one closest to Saint Tammany Corner listed first.
- Peace Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Charter Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Austin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Welch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Toomer Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Cousin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- James Todd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Henry Talley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Tammany Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Tammany Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Tammany Corner, with the one closest to Saint Tammany Corner listed first.
- Florenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenville
- Talisheek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pearl River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mandeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Slidell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Sun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sun is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun <1>
- Madisonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Pearlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Chinquapin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chinquapin is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
- Katie ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
- Lake Catherine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Tammany Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Tammany Corner.
Newspapers Published in Saint Tammany Corner ...
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 Saint Tammany Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Tammany Corner, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Tammany Corner.
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 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 Saint Tammany Corner:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Saint Tammany Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Orleans Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Washington Parish
- Hancock County
- Pearl River County
- 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> | 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 Tammany Corner, 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 from Point A (ie- Saint Tammany Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |