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 southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the south.
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 west contained birth and death records; the parish to the south 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.<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 Seat for Plaquemines: Pointe a la Hache
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the south and the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- 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) - Balize ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Pilotsville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pilotsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilotsville
- Pilotsville is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Pilottown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilottown
- Pilottown is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pilottown <5>
- Burrwood ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Orchard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Venice
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Venice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Venice is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Venice <5>
- Duvic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Olga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Boothville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boothville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothville
- Boothville is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boothville <5>
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Parish Seat for Pointe Coupee: New Roads
- Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- From Family Search:
- State of Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Nearest Communities to South Pass ...
- Torras ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torras
- Torras is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Torras ‑ Historic
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- South Pass) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Pass. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9947, Longitude: -89.1428 In this case, the coordinates for South Pass have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |