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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 Thibodaux Junction (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 Thibodaux Junction. 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.

Name Variations for Thibodaux Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Another variation: Thibodeaux Junction.

  • A typical abbreviation for Thibodaux Junction: Thibodaux Jct. (or less commonly used: Thibodaux Jctn.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the east. 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 east 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.

Thibodaux Junction is located in Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish: Assumption, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Terrebonne.

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

  • Lafourche Parish     (The home parish of Thibodaux Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thibodaux Junction, with the one closest to Thibodaux Junction listed first.
    • Acadia
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Thibodaux
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Chackbay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
    • Kraemer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bayou Blue
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Godchaux
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Raceland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Raceland Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Mathews
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lockport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gheens
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Larose
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thibodaux Junction, with the one closest to Thibodaux Junction listed first.
    • Aben
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Donaldsonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cofield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Barton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Darrow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Burnside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Sorrento
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thibodaux Junction, with the one closest to Thibodaux Junction listed first.
    • Brule
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Chula
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Chula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Labadieville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Grove Plantation
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Leche
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Leche is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
    • Albemarle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Himalaya
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
    • Supreme
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
    • Percle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Percle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percle
    • Ingleside
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Little Texas
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Little Texas is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thibodaux Junction, with the one closest to Thibodaux Junction listed first.
    • Des Allemands
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Vallier
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Bayou Gauche
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Paradis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Killona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Camardelle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Camardelle is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camardelle
    • Boutte
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Montz
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
    • Taft
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Tabatiere Perdue
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Tabatiere Perdue is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabatiere Perdue
    • Gypsy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
    • Chaudiere Casse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Chaudiere Casse is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaudiere Casse
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thibodaux Junction, with the one closest to Thibodaux Junction listed first.
    • South Vacherie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • Lagan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Saint James
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • North Vacherie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Burton Lane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Convent
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Hester
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Vacherie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Chatman Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Paulina
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Uncle Sam
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Free Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thibodaux Junction, with the one closest to Thibodaux Junction listed first.
    • Wallace
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Mount Airy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Garyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Reserve
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Laplace
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thibodaux Junction, with the one closest to Thibodaux Junction listed first.
    • Bayou Geneve
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Stephenville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thibodaux Junction, with the one closest to Thibodaux Junction listed first.
    • Morgan City Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
    • Amelia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Morgan City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Berwick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Fairville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
    • Bayou Vista
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Wilsons Landing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Wilsons Landing is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Landing
    • Patterson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thibodaux Junction, with the one closest to Thibodaux Junction listed first.
    • Schriever
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Gray
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Minerva Plantation
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Ardoyne
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Chacahoula
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
    • Broadmoor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Bayou Cane
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Donner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Houma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
    • Gibson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bourg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Thibodaux Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thibodaux Junction.

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 Thibodaux Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Garden of Memories Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Halfway Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Third Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bayou Cane.
    • The St. Francis Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Francis de Sales Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1234261 <2>
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Trosclair Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • St. Philomena Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mulberry Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (74 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Thibodaux Junction had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Schriever
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Thibodaux
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ewing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Chacahoula
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
  • Central
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Central is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Ellendale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
  • Crescent
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Crescent is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Labadieville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Southdown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Southdown is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southdown
  • Houma
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <1>
  • Raceland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Albemarle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Saint James
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bertie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bertie is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertie

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

Newspapers Published in Thibodaux Junction ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thibodaux Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thibodaux Junction, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thibodaux Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Thibodaux Junction:

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 Thibodaux Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Thibodaux Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.