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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 Trout (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 Trout. 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 and doctors 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.

Trout is located in La Salle 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 La Salle Parish: Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Grant, Rapides & Winn.

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

  • La Salle Parish     (The home parish of Trout)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout, with the one closest to Trout listed first.
    • Midway
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Midway is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Jena
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jena is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jena <1>
    • Summerville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Summerville is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Sharp Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sharp Town is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Town
    • Zenoria
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Zenoria is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenoria
    • Tullos
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Urania
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Olla
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Olla is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,371 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olla <1>
    • Standard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Standard is located in La Salle Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
  • Avoyelles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout, with the one closest to Trout listed first.
    • North Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • North Point is located in Avoyelles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Point
    • Center Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Caldwell Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout, with the one closest to Trout listed first.
    • Kelly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Clarks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Grayson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
    • Banks Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Banks Springs is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Springs
    • Columbia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Catahoula Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout, with the one closest to Trout listed first.
    • Rhinehart
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Aimwell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosefield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
    • Utility
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
    • Harrisonburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jonesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Trinity
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Enterprise
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Parhams
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
  • Concordia Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout, with the one closest to Trout listed first.
    • Wildsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Chevey Chase
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Chevey Chase is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevey Chase
    • Athlone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Athlone is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athlone
    • Dunbarton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Dunbarton is located in Concordia Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
  • Franklin Parish
    • Extension
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Extension is located in Franklin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension
  • Grant Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout, with the one closest to Trout listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Antonia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Antonia is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonia
    • Fishville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
    • Pollock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bentley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Creek ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
    • Dry Prong
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Stay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Stay is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
    • Creola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Creola is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • Creola has also been known as:
      • Creola village
  • Rapides Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout, with the one closest to Trout listed first.
    • Deville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Ball
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <1>
    • Libuse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Tioga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kolin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Pineville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Winn Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trout, with the one closest to Trout listed first.
    • Flat Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
    • Newport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Newport is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Joyce
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Trout ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trout.

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 Trout - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Webster Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Renfrow Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Taylor Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Eden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Belah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Forsyth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nolley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Dempsey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Summerville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Turnley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (240 more) ...
    • Penecost Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hair Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hair Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hair Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the east of Jena.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67874 <3>
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Rhinehart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Manifest
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Manifest is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manifest
  • Aimwell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lavacco
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lavacco is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavacco
  • Fishville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
  • Rosefield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosefield is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosefield
  • Utility
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
  • Holloway
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Holloway is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
  • Jonesville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Harrisonburg
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Holum
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Holum is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holum
  • Trinity
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Enterprise
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Flat Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
    • Black Creek ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek

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

Newspapers Published in Trout ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trout.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trout, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trout.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Trout:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Trout) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Trout, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.