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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 West Pointe A La Hache (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 West Pointe A La Hache. 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 West Pointe A La Hache ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for West Pointe A La Hache: W. Pointe A La Hache

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

West Pointe A La Hache is located in Plaquemines Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Plaquemines Parish: Jefferson, Orleans & Saint Bernard.

Below are the parishes that are near West Pointe A La Hache. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Pointe A La Hache:

  • Plaquemines Parish     (The home parish of West Pointe A La Hache)
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Pointe A La Hache, with the one closest to West Pointe A La Hache listed first.
    • Pointe a la Hache
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pointe a la Hache have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointe a la Hache
      • Pointe a la Hache is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pointe a la Hache <2>
    • Woodland
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bayou Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
      • Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Bohemia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Diamond
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Happy Jack
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Potash
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Sulphur
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Sulphur have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sulphur
      • Port Sulphur is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Sulphur <2>
    • Myrtle Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Monsecour
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Daisy ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daisy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
      • Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Carlisle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Pointe A La Hache, with the one closest to West Pointe A La Hache listed first.
    • Lafitte
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lafitte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafitte
      • Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lafitte <2>
    • Jean Lafitte
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jean Lafitte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Lafitte
      • Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
    • Barataria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barataria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barataria
      • Barataria is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barataria <2>
    • Crown Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Timberlane
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlane
      • Timberlane is located in Jefferson Parish
    • Estelle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodmere
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodmere have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmere
      • Woodmere is located in Jefferson Parish
    • Grand Isle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Terrytown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
      • Terrytown is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terrytown <2>
    • Gretna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Harvey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Marrero
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marrero have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrero
      • Marrero is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marrero <2>
  • Saint Bernard Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Pointe A La Hache, with the one closest to West Pointe A La Hache listed first.
    • Reggio
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Alluvial City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alluvial City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alluvial City
      • Alluvial City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Hopedale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Bernard
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Bernard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernard
      • Saint Bernard is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Bernard <2>
    • Shell Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Toca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toca
      • Toca is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Verret
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Yscloskey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Poydras
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Sebastopol
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Mohawk City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
      • Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
    • Violet
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
      • Violet is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Violet <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Pointe A La Hache, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for West Pointe A La Hache.

Cemeteries Near West Pointe A La Hache ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Pointe A La Hache.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Pointe A La Hache covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Pointe A La Hache, with the one closest to West Pointe A La Hache listed first.

  • Ballowe Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ballowe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ballowe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Magnolia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Magnolia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mange Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mange Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mange Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ancal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ancal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ancal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Paulinus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paulinus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paulinus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Feets Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Feets Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Feets Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pt. Celeste Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pt. Celeste Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pt. Celeste Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bohemian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bohemian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bohemian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nero Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nero Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nero Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Deer Range Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deer Range Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deer Range Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Johnson Fisher Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Fisher Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Fisher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...
    • St. Patrick Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patrick Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Ironton Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ironton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ironton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cannon Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cannon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cannon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, West Pointe A La Hache had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from West Pointe A La Hache, with the one closest to West Pointe A La Hache listed first.

  • Magnolia
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Magnolia is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Woodland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Diamond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bohemia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Point Celeste
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Celeste have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Celeste
    • Point Celeste is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Grand Bayou
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
    • Grand Bayou is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Nero
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nero have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero
    • Nero is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Happy Jack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellevue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellevue have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Bellevue is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Deer Range
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Range have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Range
    • Deer Range is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Potash
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Harlem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harlem have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Harlem is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Grand Prairie ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie
      • Grand Prairie is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Home Place
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Home Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
      • Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish
    • Myrtle Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in West Pointe A La Hache ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Pointe A La Hache.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Pointe A La Hache, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Pointe A La Hache.

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 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 West Pointe A La Hache:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Pointe A La Hache. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 West Pointe A La Hache, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Pointe A La Hache) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Pointe A La Hache. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5695, Longitude: -89.8016       In this case, the coordinates for West Pointe A La Hache have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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