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 Scottsville (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 Scottsville. 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/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 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/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 north 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.
Scottsville is located in Claiborne 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 Claiborne Parish: Columbia (AR), Union (AR), Bienville, Lincoln, Union & Webster.
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Scottsville. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scottsville:
- Claiborne Parish (The home parish of Scottsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottsville, with the one closest to Scottsville listed first.
- Wards Mill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wards Mill is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wards Mill
- Summerfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summerfield is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Junction City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Weldon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weldon is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Lisbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arizona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arizona is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona
- Gordon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Sugar Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sugar Creek is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Homer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Haynesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blackburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blackburn is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Bienville Parish
- Arcadia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottsville, with the one closest to Scottsville listed first.
- Hico
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hico is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Vining Mills ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vining Mills is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining Mills
- Dubach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Unionville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Vienna
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
- Cedarton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarton is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarton
- Simsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Grambling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ruston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sibley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sibley is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibley
- Union Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottsville, with the one closest to Scottsville listed first.
- Lillie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spearsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cane Ridge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cane Ridge is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Ridge
- Pisgah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Bernice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Truxno
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Truxno is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxno
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Farmerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Downsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Webster Parish
- Shongaloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Columbia County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottsville, with the one closest to Scottsville listed first.
- Emerson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson is located in Columbia County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Village is located in Columbia County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
- Calhoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Union County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scottsville, with the one closest to Scottsville listed first.
- Junction City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Scotland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Scotland is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Blanchard Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchard Springs is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Springs
- Dodge City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge City is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- El Dorado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dumas City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dumas City is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas City
- Lisbon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lisbon is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Lawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawson is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Urbana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Urbana is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Perdue City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Perdue City is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue City
- Strong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crain City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crain City is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crain City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scottsville, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Scottsville.
Cemeteries Near Scottsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scottsville.
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 Scottsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scottsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scottsville, with the one closest to Scottsville listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fellowship Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Summerfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama - Weldon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Graceland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hard Shell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Scottsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scottsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scottsville, with the one closest to Scottsville listed first.
- Wards Mill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wards Mill is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wards Mill
- Summerfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summerfield is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Weldon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Weldon is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Blanchard Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchard Springs is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Springs
- Cane Ridge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cane Ridge is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Ridge
- Spearsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cornie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cornie is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornie
- Antioch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Caledonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Lisbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Three Creeks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Three Creeks is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creeks
- Wesson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wesson is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesson
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hico
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hico is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Clayton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Shiloh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scottsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scottsville.
Newspapers Published in Scottsville ...
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 Scottsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scottsville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scottsville.
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 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 Scottsville:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Claiborne Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Bienville Parish
- Lincoln Parish
- Union Parish
- Webster Parish
- Columbia County
- Union 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 Scottsville, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scottsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |