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 Soulouque (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 Soulouque. 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the west. 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 west 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.
Soulouque is located in Iberville 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 Iberville Parish: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Pointe Coupee, Saint Martin & West Baton Rouge.
Below are the parishes that are near Soulouque. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Soulouque:
- Iberville Parish (The home parish of Soulouque)
- The following are listed by their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Iberville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Saint Gabriel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bayou Goula
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Carville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plaquemine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White Castle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Grosse Tete
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maringouin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Southwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Dutch Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Geismar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Cornerview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prairieville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hope Villa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Duplessis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hobart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Barton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Darrow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Bruly Saint Martin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Lula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Monty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Belle Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
- Grand Bayou
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Kessler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Star
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Belle Alliance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Freetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Gardere
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Oak Hills Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Lynwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Perkins Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Essen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Westminster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Inniswold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Baton Rouge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beauregard Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
- East Feliciana Parish
- Lindsay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Port Vincent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Denham Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
- Former names for Denham Springs:
- Amite Springs
- Hill's Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <1>
- French Settlement
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Walker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Watson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maurepas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oldfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Lakeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rougon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glynn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Jarreau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oscar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Chatman Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Free Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Burton Lane
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Uncle Sam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Convent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Lagan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Saint Martin Parish
- Bayou Chene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Addis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <1>
- Brusly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <1>
- Port Allen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Lobdell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Carey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Erwinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Arbroth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Soulouque, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Soulouque.
Cemeteries Near Soulouque ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Soulouque.
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 Soulouque - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Soulouque covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rock Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pt. Pleasant Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Raphael Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Gabriel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (176 more) ...
- Nazarene Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highlands Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. John Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Soulouque in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Soulouque.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Soulouque, with the one closest to Soulouque listed first.
- Sunshine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Saint Gabriel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bayou Goula
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gardere
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Plaquemine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dorcyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
- Southwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Hohen Solms
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
- Geismar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Brusly Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brusly Landing is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly Landing
- Belle Helene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hopeville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Port Allen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McCall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- McCall is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Soulouque. See our List of 1890's Communities around Soulouque.
Newspapers Published in Soulouque ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Soulouque.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Soulouque, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Soulouque.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Soulouque:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Iberville Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- West Baton Rouge 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> | 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 Soulouque, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Soulouque) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |