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 Willetts (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 Willetts. 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/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 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/counties 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/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Willetts is located in Concordia 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 Concordia Parish: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Pointe Coupee, Tensas, West Feliciana, Adams (MS) & Wilkinson (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Willetts. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willetts:
- Concordia Parish (The home parish of Willetts)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willetts, with the one closest to Willetts listed first.
- Ridgecrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Sycamore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Vidalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ferriday
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Ferriday
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ferriday
- Monterey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Athlone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Athlone is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athlone
- Armagh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Armagh is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armagh
- Chevey Chase
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chevey Chase is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevey Chase
- Bougere
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bougere is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
- Catahoula Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Willetts, with the one closest to Willetts listed first.
- Parhams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Trinity
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Wildwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Jonesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Utility
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Utility is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utility
- Sicily Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Harrisonburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rhinehart
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tensas Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Willetts, with the one closest to Willetts listed first.
- Highland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Waterproof
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Adams County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willetts, with the one closest to Willetts listed first.
- Carthage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carthage is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Cloverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Natchez
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Jeannette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jeannette is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Selma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Selma is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Franklin County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willetts, with the one closest to Willetts listed first.
- Garden City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Franklin County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Knoxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Franklin County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- White Apple
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Hamburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hamburg is located in Franklin County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Roxie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County (MS)
- Fayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinson County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willetts, with the one closest to Willetts listed first.
- Artonish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Artonish is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
- Wilkinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Rosetta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Willetts, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Willetts.
Cemeteries Near Willetts ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willetts.
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 Willetts - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willetts covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willetts, with the one closest to Willetts listed first.
- St. James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lambert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sawyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Linwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Minorca Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vidalia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Acres Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Routh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ferriday Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Forest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Natchez City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Natchez National Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clemont Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Surget Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find Willetts in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Willetts.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willetts, with the one closest to Willetts listed first.
- Morville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Morville is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morville
- Taconey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Taconey is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taconey
- Vidalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Natchez
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle Lake ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Turtle Lake is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Bullitt Bayou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bullitt Bayou is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullitt Bayou
- Frogmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frogmore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Monterey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Fairview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Foster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Washington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Washington is located in Adams County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gibson Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson Landing is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Landing
- Lismore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lismore is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lismore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Willetts. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willetts.
Newspapers Published in Willetts ...
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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willetts.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willetts, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Willetts.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Willetts:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Concordia Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Catahoula Parish
- Tensas Parish
- Adams County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Wilkinson 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Willetts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Willetts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |