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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 White Castle (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 White Castle. 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the west. 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 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 north 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.

White Castle is located in Iberville 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 Iberville Parish: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Pointe Coupee, Saint Martin & West Baton Rouge.

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

  • Iberville Parish     (The home parish of White Castle)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Castle, with the one closest to White Castle listed first.
    • Bayou Goula
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Carville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Gabriel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunshine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Iberville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
    • Plaquemine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Morrisonville ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • Grosse Tete
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosedale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ascension Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Castle, with the one closest to White Castle listed first.
    • Southwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
    • Barton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
    • Geismar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Darrow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Donaldsonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dutch Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
    • Aben
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Aben is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
      • Aben has also been known as:
      • Abend
    • Cornerview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
    • Burnside
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cofield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
    • Gonzales
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Bullion
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Castle, with the one closest to White Castle listed first.
    • Bruly Saint Martin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
    • Burbank ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
    • Lula
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
    • Monty
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Monty is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
    • Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
    • Grand Bayou
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Grand Bayou is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
    • Belle Alliance
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
    • Belle Rose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Belle Terre
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
    • Freetown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
    • Kessler
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
    • Star
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Star is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
  • East Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Castle, with the one closest to White Castle listed first.
    • Burtville ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
    • Gardere
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
    • Oak Hills Place
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
    • Village Saint George
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
    • Lynwood Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
    • Perkins Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
    • Essen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
    • Inniswold
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Westminster
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
    • Old Jefferson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
    • Shenandoah
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Baton Rouge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Lafourche Parish
    • Chackbay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
  • Livingston Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Castle, with the one closest to White Castle listed first.
    • Port Vincent
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
    • French Settlement
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Denham Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
      • Former names for Denham Springs:
      • Amite Springs
      • Hill's Springs
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <1>
    • Walker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Walker is located in Livingston Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
    • Maurepas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Watson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Castle, with the one closest to White Castle listed first.
    • Free Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
    • Burton Lane
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Chatman Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
    • Convent
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Uncle Sam
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint James
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lagan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Hester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Paulina
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Vacherie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Gramercy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lutcher
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <1>
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • Wallace
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Castle, with the one closest to White Castle listed first.
    • Bayou Geneve
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
    • Bayou Chene
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Bayou Chene is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Chene
    • Stephenville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
  • Saint Mary Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Castle, with the one closest to White Castle listed first.
    • Charenton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Irish Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
  • West Baton Rouge Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from White Castle, with the one closest to White Castle listed first.
    • Addis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <1>
    • Brusly
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <1>
    • Port Allen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Wilbert ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
    • Lobdell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
    • Carey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Devalls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
    • Erwinville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near White Castle ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Castle.

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 White Castle - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • White Castle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St. Paul Baptist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • First Baptist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. John Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Raspberry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Brazil Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pilgrim Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (146 more) ...
    • Jerusalem Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Raphael Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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 White Castle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Castle.

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

  • Dorcyville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Dorcyville is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcyville
  • Bayou Goula
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hohen Solms
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
  • McCall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • McCall is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall
  • Geary ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Geary is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
  • Southwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
  • Saint Gabriel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Smoke Bend
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
  • Geismar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Sunshine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Belle Helene
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
  • Belle Rose
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Donaldsonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Darrow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Plaquemine
      (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 White Castle. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Castle.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of White Castle ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Castle.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of White Castle. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of White Castle and those printed in the larger area surrounding White Castle.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of White Castle.

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 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 White Castle:

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 White Castle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- White Castle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.