Our Genealogy Helper
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 Toomey (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 Toomey. 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 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.
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 east 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.
Toomey is located in Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu Parish: Beauregard, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Newton (TX) & Orange (TX).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Toomey. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Toomey:
- Calcasieu Parish (The home parish of Toomey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toomey, with the one closest to Toomey listed first.
- Vinton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edgerly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Starks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carlyss
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyss
- Sulphur
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Prien
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Prien is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prien
- Westlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dequincy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Charles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ararat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ararat is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Greinwich Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greinwich Village is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greinwich Village
- Moss Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beauregard Parish
- Helme
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Helme is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
- Cameron Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Toomey, with the one closest to Toomey listed first.
- Hackberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Jasper County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toomey, with the one closest to Toomey listed first.
- Bunker Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Buna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evadale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toomey, with the one closest to Toomey listed first.
- Groves
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Groves is located in Jefferson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,268 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groves <1>
- Port Neches
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Central Gardens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Central Gardens is located in Jefferson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Gardens
- Nederland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Port Arthur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Higgins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Higgins is located in Jefferson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
- Port Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beaumont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newton County (TX)
- Deweyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orange County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toomey, with the one closest to Toomey listed first.
- Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pinehurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pinehurst is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
- West Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lemonville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lemonville is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
- Orangefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mauriceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bridge City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Texla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Texla is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texla
- Terry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Terry is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Vidor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Vidor is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,310 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidor <1>
- Pine Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Pine Forest
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pine Forest is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Toomey, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Toomey.
Cemeteries Near Toomey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Toomey.
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 Toomey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Toomey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Toomey, with the one closest to Toomey listed first.
- Comier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Granger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Parish Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Benevolent Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (74 more) ...
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Doyle Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<2>
While we didn't find Toomey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Toomey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Toomey, with the one closest to Toomey listed first.
- Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Vinton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edgerly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Tulane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tulane is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulane
- Terry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Terry is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Hackberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Westlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Charles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Johnsons Bayou
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Johnsons Bayou is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Bayou
- Beaumont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Toomey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Toomey.
Newspapers Published in Toomey ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Toomey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Toomey, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Toomey.
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 Toomey:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Calcasieu Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Beauregard Parish
- Cameron Parish
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Newton County
- Orange County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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> | 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 Toomey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Toomey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |