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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Wilsons Landing during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Wilsons Landing was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Wilsons 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 Wilsons 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 Wilsons 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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Wilsons Landing: Wilsons Lndg. (or less commonly used: Wilsons Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Wilsons Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Wilsons Landing may originally have been Wilson's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wilsons Landing might be written as Wilson 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 ...

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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Wilsons Landing is located in Saint Mary 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 Saint Mary Parish: Iberia, Saint Martin & Terrebonne.

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

  • Saint Mary Parish     (The home parish of Wilsons Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Patterson
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Bayou Vista
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Berwick
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
      • Berwick is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,324 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwick <3>
    • Fairville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
      • Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Calumet
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
      • Calumet is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Morgan City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ricohoc
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ricohoc have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricohoc
      • Ricohoc is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Verdunville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verdunville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdunville
      • Verdunville is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Maria
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maria have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
      • Maria is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Centerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Centerville is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centerville <3>
    • Garden City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Saint Mary Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <3>
    • Irish Bend
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irish Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
      • Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Ascension Parish
    • Barton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
      • Barton is located in Ascension Parish
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Belle River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle River
      • Belle River is located in Assumption Parish
    • Attakapas Landing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attakapas Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attakapas Landing
      • Attakapas Landing is located in Assumption Parish
    • Attakapas Canal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attakapas Canal
      • Attakapas Canal is located in Assumption Parish
    • Bayou Crab
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Crab have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Crab
      • Bayou Crab is located in Assumption Parish
    • Pierre Part
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierre Part have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierre Part
      • Pierre Part is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierre Part <3>
    • Lower Texas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Texas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Texas
      • Lower Texas is located in Assumption Parish
    • Bellewood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bellewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellewood
      • Bellewood is located in Assumption Parish
    • Percle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Percle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percle
      • Percle is located in Assumption Parish
    • Wildwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
      • Wildwood is located in Assumption Parish
    • Brule
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brule have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
    • Elm Hall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hall
      • Elm Hall is located in Assumption Parish
    • Georgia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
  • Iberia Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Jeanerette
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Patoutville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patoutville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patoutville
      • Patoutville is located in Iberia Parish
  • Lafourche Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Acadia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Thibodaux
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thibodaux have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thibodaux
      • Thibodaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,411 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thibodaux <3>
  • Saint Martin Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Stephenville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stephenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
      • Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
    • Bayou Geneve
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Geneve have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
      • Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Gibson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
      • Gibson is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson <3>
    • Donner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner
      • Donner is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donner <3>
    • Chacahoula
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chacahoula have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Minerva Plantation
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minerva Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Ardoyne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Schriever
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schriever have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schriever
      • Schriever is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schriever <3>
    • Gray
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
      • Gray is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Wilsons 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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilsons Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilsons Landing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilsons Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Wilsons Landing:

Cemeteries Near Wilsons Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilsons 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.

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 Wilsons Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Iberts Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Patterson.
    • The St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Patterson Catholic Cemetery
    • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2143457 <6>
  • Bradley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bradley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bradley Cemetery
  • Berwick Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Shadyside - Fairfax Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shadyside - Fairfax Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shadyside - Fairfax Cemetery
  • Morgan City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Little Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Zion Cemetery
  • Douglas Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Douglas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Douglas Cemetery
  • Gratt Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gratt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gratt Cemetery
  • North Bend Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Bend Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Bend Cemetery
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrews Cemetery
  • Palo Alto Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palo Alto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palo Alto Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68517 <6>
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • Midway Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Midway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Midway Cemetery
    • Milton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milton Cemetery
    • Belle River Baptist Church Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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.<7>

While we didn't find Wilsons Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilsons Landing.

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

  • Patterson
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Berwick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
    • Berwick is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,324 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwick <3>
  • Morgan City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ricohoc
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ricohoc have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricohoc
    • Ricohoc is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Bayou Sale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou Sale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Sale
    • Bayou Sale is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Ramos
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramos have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramos
    • Ramos is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Irish Bend
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irish Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Bend
    • Irish Bend is located in Saint Mary Parish
  • Amelia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Franklin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Charenton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Baldwin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Baldwin is located in Saint Mary Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwin <3>
  • Gibson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Gibson is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson <3>
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Labadieville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Labadieville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labadieville
      • Labadieville is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Labadieville <3>
    • Napoleonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Napoleonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleonville
      • Napoleonville is located in Assumption Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napoleonville <3>
    • Chacahoula
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chacahoula have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
      • Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilsons Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilsons Landing.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Wilsons Landing and then turned west". While Wilsons Landing could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Wilsons Landing as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Wilsons Landing could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between parishes is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Louisiana community named Wilsons Landing.
<2>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Wilsons Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilsons Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7213, Longitude: -91.2940       In this case, the coordinates for Wilsons Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Wilsons Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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