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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sunbeam. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sunbeam to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunbeam, please Contact Us.
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 Sunbeam (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 Sunbeam. 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 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/counties 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/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Sunbeam is historic, it would have been located within present day East Feliciana 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 East Feliciana Parish: East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena, West Feliciana, Amite (MS) & Wilkinson (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Sunbeam. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunbeam:
- East Feliciana Parish (The home parish of Sunbeam)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Blairstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Slaughter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Troy ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lindsay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Norwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Galvez Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Hope Villa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Bullion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Claybank
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Hobart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Little Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Summerfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Baywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Baywood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Pride
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Greenwell Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Central
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <2>
- Zachary
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <2>
- Boganvilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
- Tristian Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
- Baker
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
- Brownfields
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Merrydale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Merrydale is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrydale
- Zion City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Oldfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Watson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Denham Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Walker
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Georgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Livingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Starns
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Holden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Albany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Port Vincent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Hermitage
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Glynn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rougon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Patin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
- Ventress
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Roads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Helena Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Grangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Pine Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coleman Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Chipola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Greensburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Montpelier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Amite City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fluker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Roseland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tangipahoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Independence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kentwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Baptist
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Tickfaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Genessee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Genessee is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genessee
- Natalbany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Arbroth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Lobdell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Devalls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Port Allen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- West Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Rogillioville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
- Converse ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Saint Francisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wakefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bains is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bains
- Amite County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Gillsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Huron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Gloster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wilkinson County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Whitaker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Centreville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Turnbull
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunbeam, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Sunbeam.
Cemeteries Near Sunbeam ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunbeam.
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 Sunbeam - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunbeam covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- New Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cooper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairchild Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- South Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nesom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mahoney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Booker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Naul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Powers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lipscomb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (557 more) ...
- Drehr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Sunbeam in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunbeam.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunbeam, with the one closest to Sunbeam listed first.
- Blairstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Grangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Kents Store ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kents Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Olive Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Olive Branch is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Clinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Pine Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Darlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Ethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Slaughter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chipola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Felixville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Felixville is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felixville
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunbeam. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunbeam.
Newspapers Published in Sunbeam ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunbeam.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunbeam, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunbeam.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Sunbeam:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to East Feliciana Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint Helena Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- Amite County
- Wilkinson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sunbeam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sunbeam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |