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 Skidder (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 Skidder. 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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Skidder is located in Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches Parish: Bienville, De Soto, Grant, Rapides, Red River, Sabine, Vernon & Winn.
Below are the parishes that are near Skidder. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Skidder:
- Natchitoches Parish (The home parish of Skidder)
- The following are listed by their distance from Skidder, with the one closest to Skidder listed first.
- Ashland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Chestnut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Goldonna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Campti
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Caspari ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Caspari is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caspari
- Grappes Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grappes Bluff is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grappes Bluff
- Powhatan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Natchitoches
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Natchez
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bienville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Skidder, with the one closest to Skidder listed first.
- Saline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burkplace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Burkplace is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkplace
- Lucky
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lucky is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Alberta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alberta is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Castor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bienville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sparta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sparta is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- English
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- English is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Liberty Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Ringgold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bryceland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bryceland is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryceland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Armistead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Armistead is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
- Bossier Parish
- Atkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atkins is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- De Soto Parish
- Butler ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Butler is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Jackson Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Skidder, with the one closest to Skidder listed first.
- Hodge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Hodge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- North Hodge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hodge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Quitman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Weston is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Ansley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ansley is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
- Red River Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Skidder, with the one closest to Skidder listed first.
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
- Hall Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Edgefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Edgefield is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Coushatta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Halfway
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Halfway is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Hanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hanna is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
- Lake End
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake End is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
- Carroll
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Carroll is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Harmon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- East Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Point is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Abington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Abington is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Westdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Westdale is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westdale
- Webster Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Skidder, with the one closest to Skidder listed first.
- Heflin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buckhorn is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Yellow Pine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Pine is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
- Winn Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Skidder, with the one closest to Skidder listed first.
- Pine Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Ridge is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Coldwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Gansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gansville is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gansville
- Calvin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Couley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Couley is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couley
- Dodson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saint Maurice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whitford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitford is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitford
- Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Atlanta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winnfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Joyce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Skidder, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Skidder.
Cemeteries Near Skidder ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skidder.
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 Skidder - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Skidder covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Skidder, with the one closest to Skidder listed first.
- Stewart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ramah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hathorn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas - Wren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Burt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Ebenezer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ebenezer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Ebenezer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Castor.
- The New Ebenezer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ebenezer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960131 <2>
- Pickett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Goldonna Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (138 more) ...
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clear Springs Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Skidder in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Skidder.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Skidder, with the one closest to Skidder listed first.
- Chestnut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Brown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brown is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Saline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burkplace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Burkplace is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkplace
- Pine Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Ridge is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Blume
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blume is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blume
- Coldwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coldwater is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Friendship
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Campti
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grappes Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grappes Bluff is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grappes Bluff
- Coushatta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Timon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Timon is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timon
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bienville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sparta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sparta is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Lake End
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake End is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake End
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Skidder. See our List of 1890's Communities around Skidder.
Newspapers Published in Skidder ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skidder.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Skidder, 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 Skidder.
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 either 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 Skidder:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Natchitoches Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Bienville Parish
- Bossier Parish
- De Soto Parish
- Jackson Parish
- Red River Parish
- Webster Parish
- Winn Parish
- 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> | 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> | 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- Skidder) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Skidder, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |