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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 Swampers (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 Swampers. 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.

Swampers is located in Franklin Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin Parish: Caldwell, Catahoula, Madison, Richland & Tensas.

Below are the parishes that are near Swampers. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swampers:

  • Franklin Parish     (The home parish of Swampers)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swampers, with the one closest to Swampers listed first.
    • Crowville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Winnsboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
      • Winnsboro is located in Franklin Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,462 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <1>
    • Chase
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
      • Chase is located in Franklin Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chase <1>
    • Baskinton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baskinton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskinton
      • Baskinton is located in Franklin Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Baskinton
      • From Swampers to Baskinton
    • Baskin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baskin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskin
      • Baskin is located in Franklin Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 240 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baskin <1>
    • Gilbert
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Big Creek is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jigger
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jigger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jigger
      • Jigger is located in Franklin Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jigger <1>
    • Wisner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wisner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisner
      • Wisner is located in Franklin Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wisner <1>
    • Elam
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Liddieville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Fort Necessity
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Caldwell Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swampers, with the one closest to Swampers listed first.
    • Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredericksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
      • Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
      • Columbia is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <1>
  • Catahoula Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swampers, with the one closest to Swampers listed first.
    • Sicily Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Greenville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
      • Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Wildwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wildwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
      • Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wildwood
      • From Swampers to Wildwood
    • Enterprise
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Madison Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swampers, with the one closest to Swampers listed first.
    • Waverly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Tendal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tendal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tendal
      • Tendal is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tendal
      • From Swampers to Tendal
    • Quebec
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Quebec. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
      • Quebec is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Quebec
      • From Swampers to Quebec
    • Richmond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Richmond is located in Madison Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
    • Tallulah
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Coleman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coleman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
      • Coleman is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Coleman
      • From Swampers to Coleman
    • Barnes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
      • Barnes is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barnes
      • From Swampers to Barnes
  • Richland Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swampers, with the one closest to Swampers listed first.
    • New Light
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Mangham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Archibald
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Archibald have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archibald
      • Archibald is located in Richland Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Archibald <1>
    • Delhi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Dunn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Holly Ridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Alto
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rayville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rayville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayville
      • Rayville is located in Richland Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,436 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rayville <1>
    • Start
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Start have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Start
      • Start is located in Richland Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Start <1>
  • Tensas Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Swampers, with the one closest to Swampers listed first.
    • Newlight
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newlight. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
      • Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Newlight
      • From Swampers to Newlight
    • Newellton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newellton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newellton
      • Newellton is located in Tensas Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 927 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newellton <1>
    • Highland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Yucatan Landing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Saint Joseph
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Waterproof
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterproof have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterproof
      • Waterproof is located in Tensas Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterproof <1>
  • West Carroll Parish
    • Epps
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Epps have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epps
      • Epps is located in West Carroll Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epps <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swampers, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Swampers.

Cemeteries Near Swampers ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swampers.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swampers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swampers, with the one closest to Swampers listed first.

  • Harris Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Magnolia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Magnolia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crowville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crowville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crowville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Providence Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wayside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wayside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wayside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • State Place Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the State Place Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the State Place Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • True Light Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the True Light Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the True Light Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ward Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ward Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Winnsboro Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Winnsboro Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Winnsboro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (147 more) ...
    • Myrtle Memorial Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Myrtle Memorial Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Myrtle Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • New Winnsboro Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Winnsboro Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Winnsboro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jordan Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jordan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jordan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Swampers in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Swampers.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Swampers, with the one closest to Swampers listed first.

  • Crowville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Como
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Como have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
    • Como is located in Franklin Parish
  • Winnsboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
    • Winnsboro is located in Franklin Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,462 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <1>
  • Lamar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
    • Lamar is located in Franklin Parish
  • Newlight
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newlight. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
    • Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Newlight
    • From Swampers to Newlight
  • Baskinton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baskinton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskinton
    • Baskinton is located in Franklin Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Baskinton
    • From Swampers to Baskinton
  • Gilbert
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
    • Oakley is located in Franklin Parish
  • Mangham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Archibald
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Archibald have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archibald
    • Archibald is located in Richland Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Archibald <1>
  • Fort Necessity
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Delhi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Holly Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
      • Holly Grove is located in Franklin Parish
    • Waverly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Altoona
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
      • Altoona is located in Madison Parish

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Swampers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swampers.

Newspapers Published in Swampers ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swampers.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swampers, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Swampers.

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 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 Swampers:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Swampers. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/

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 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.
<3>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.
<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 Swampers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swampers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Swampers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1915, Longitude: -91.5707    









 

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