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Nearest Communities to South Pass,
Listed Parish-By-Parish

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to South Pass, on a Parish-by-Parish basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for South Pass:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring parishes in addition to 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 checked the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from South Pass.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

South Pass is located in Plaquemines Parish.

The following 3 parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Plaquemines Parish: Jefferson, Orleans & Saint Bernard.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 11 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of South Pass. Of these communities, 1 are located in parishes other than Plaquemines Parish.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home parish for South Pass (which is Plaquemines Parish), we list the parishes in alphabetical order and for each of those parishes, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from South Pass

For the following list, only those parishes that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Plaquemines Parish   (where South Pass resides)
    • Parish Website:   https://www.plaqueminesparish.gov/
    • Parish Seat for Plaquemines:   Pointe a la Hache
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the south and the east
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Pass   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Pass.
      • Port Eads
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Port Eads is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Eads
      • Balize ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Balize is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balize
      • Pilotsville ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Pilotsville is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilotsville
      • Pilottown
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Burrwood ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Burrwood is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrwood
      • Orchard
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Orchard is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
      • Venice
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Duvic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Duvic is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvic
      • Olga
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Olga is located in Plaquemines Parish
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
      • Boothville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pointe Coupee Parish

Footnotes ...

<1>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- South Pass) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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