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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sanfords Camp. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sanfords Camp to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sanfords Camp, please Contact Us.
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 Sanfords Camp (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 Sanfords Camp. 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 Sanfords Camp ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Sanfords Camp, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Sanfords Camp may originally have been Sanford's Camp.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sanfords Camp might be written as Sanford Camp.
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 Counties/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 counties/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 counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Sanfords Camp is historic, it would have been located within present day Washington 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 Washington Parish: Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Marion (MS), Pearl River (MS), Pike (MS) & Walthall (MS).
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Sanfords Camp. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sanfords Camp:
- Washington Parish (The home parish of Sanfords Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanfords Camp, with the one closest to Sanfords Camp listed first.
- Enon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Enon is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Franklinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Pine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pine is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Bogalusa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stoney Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stoney Point is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Popeville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Popeville is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
- Varnado
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Angie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hermon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Saint Tammany Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanfords Camp, with the one closest to Sanfords Camp listed first.
- Sun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <3>
- Folsom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Abita Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Talisheek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goodbee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodbee is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbee
- Madisonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mandeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Hickory
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanfords Camp, with the one closest to Sanfords Camp listed first.
- Husser
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Henry City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Henry City is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry City
- Wilmer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Wilmer is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmer
- Loranger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Katie ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
- Roseland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Amite City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fluker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Independence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Genessee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Genessee is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genessee
- Tickfaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tangipahoa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marion County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanfords Camp, with the one closest to Sanfords Camp listed first.
- Twin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin is located in Marion County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Kokomo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pearl River County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanfords Camp, with the one closest to Sanfords Camp listed first.
- Picayune
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nicholson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nicholson is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Pike County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sanfords Camp, with the one closest to Sanfords Camp listed first.
- Smithburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Smithburg is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Osyka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walthall County (MS)
- Tylertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sanfords Camp, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Sanfords Camp.
Cemeteries Near Sanfords Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sanfords Camp.
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 Sanfords Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sanfords Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sanfords Camp, with the one closest to Sanfords Camp listed first.
- Spencer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Magee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Magee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Magee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Letchworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cordelia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Corkern Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mizell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (550 more) ...
- Magee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Magee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Sanfords Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sanfords Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sanfords Camp, with the one closest to Sanfords Camp listed first.
- Zona
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Zona is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Franklinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Sun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <3>
- Popeville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Popeville is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
- Chinquapin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chinquapin is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
- Bailey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Covington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Talisheek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hermon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Smithburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Smithburg is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Madisonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Katie ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
- Mandeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sanfords Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sanfords Camp.
Newspapers Published in Sanfords Camp ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sanfords Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sanfords Camp, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sanfords Camp.
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 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 Sanfords Camp:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Washington Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Saint Tammany Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Marion County
- Pearl River County
- Pike County
- Walthall County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sanfords Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Sanfords Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |