Nearest Communities to West Point,
Listed Parish-By-Parish
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to West Point, on a Parish-by-Parish basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for West Point:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring parishes in addition to the parish in which they lived: their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the west contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
West Point is located in Plaquemines Parish.
The following 3 parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Plaquemines Parish: Jefferson, Orleans & Saint Bernard.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of West Point.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home parish for West Point (which is Plaquemines Parish), we list the parishes in alphabetical order and for each of those parishes, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from West Point
For the following list, only those parishes that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Plaquemines Parish (where West Point resides)
- Parish Website: https://www.plaqueminesparish.gov/
- Parish Seat for Plaquemines: Pointe a la Hache
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the south and the east
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to West Point ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from West Point.
- Breton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Breton is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breton
- Duvic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Duvic is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvic
- Olga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olga is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Boothville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Venice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Jackson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Jackson is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jackson
- Fort Saint Phillip
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Saint Phillip is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Saint Phillip
- Orchard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Triumph
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Triumph is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
- Pilottown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gulftown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gulftown is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulftown
- Buras
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ostrica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ostrica is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrica
- Quarantine ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Quarantine is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarantine
- Sunrise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sunrise is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Pilotsville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pilotsville is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilotsville
- Empire
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nicholls ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nicholls is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholls
- Point Pleasant ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Point Pleasant is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Balize ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Balize is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balize
- Hesperides
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hesperides is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesperides
- Nairn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nairn is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nairn
- Tropical Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tropical Bend is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Bend
- Daisy ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Bremond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bremond is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremond
- Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
- Home Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
- Nestor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nestor is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestor
- Port Sulphur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Potash
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Potash is located in Plaquemines Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potash
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- West Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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