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 Vincent Landing (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 Vincent Landing. 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 Vincent Landing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Vincent Landing: Vincent Lndg. (or less commonly used: Vincent Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Vincent Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Vincent Landing.
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/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 and hospitals 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.
Vincent Landing 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 Vincent Landing. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vincent Landing:
- Calcasieu Parish (The home parish of Vincent Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent Landing, with the one closest to Vincent Landing listed first.
- Carlyss
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carlyss is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlyss
- Prien
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prien is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prien
- Sulphur
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake Charles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westlake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greinwich Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greinwich Village is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greinwich Village
- Edgerly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Ararat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ararat is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Moss Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Iowa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Dequincy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bell City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Allen Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent Landing, with the one closest to Vincent Landing listed first.
- Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Village is located in Allen Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Reeves
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beauregard Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent Landing, with the one closest to Vincent Landing listed first.
- Helme
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Helme is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helme
- Ragley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fayette ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fayette is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Cameron Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent Landing, with the one closest to Vincent Landing listed first.
- Grand Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Hackberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cameron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Creole
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Creole is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creole
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent Landing, with the one closest to Vincent Landing listed first.
- Lacassine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Welsh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Welsh is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,195 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welsh <1>
- Newton County (TX)
- Deweyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Orange County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vincent Landing, with the one closest to Vincent Landing listed first.
- Orange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pinehurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pinehurst is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
- West Orange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lemonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lemonville is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vincent Landing, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Vincent Landing.
Cemeteries Near Vincent Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vincent Landing.
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 Vincent Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vincent Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vincent Landing, with the one closest to Vincent Landing listed first.
- Farqurar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mimosa - Pines South Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa - Pines South Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mimosa - Pines South Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Carlyss.
- The Mimosa - Pines South Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mimosa - Pines Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68231 <3>
- Burleson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Cove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Benoit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Consolata Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prien Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roseland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Landry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- H.J. Moss Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for H.J. Moss Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the H.J. Moss Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest of Sulphur.
- The H.J. Moss Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calcasieu Cemetery
- Moss Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68268 <3>
- Highland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (68 more) ...
- Bilbo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bagdad Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pujol Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Vincent Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vincent Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vincent Landing, with the one closest to Vincent Landing listed first.
- Lake Charles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Westlake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Lake is located in Cameron Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Hackberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Edgerly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
- Chloe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chloe is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
- Vinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Iowa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Iowa is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Echo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Echo is located in Orange County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Orange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cameron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vincent Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vincent Landing.
Newspapers Published in Vincent Landing ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vincent Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vincent Landing, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vincent Landing.
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 Vincent Landing:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Calcasieu Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Allen Parish
- Beauregard Parish
- Cameron Parish
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Vincent Landing) 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 Vincent Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |