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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Zugg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Zugg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Zugg, please Contact Us.
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 Zugg (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 Zugg. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Zugg is historic, it would have been located within present day Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee Parish: Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana.
Below are the parishes that are near Zugg. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zugg:
- Pointe Coupee Parish (The home parish of Zugg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Fordoche
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ravenswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ravenswood is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Morganza
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lottie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Livonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elliot City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elliot City is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot City
- Jarreau
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oscar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Krotz Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Krotz Springs is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Krotz Springs
- Patin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Patin is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patin
- Ventress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Avoyelles Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Odenburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Odenburg is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odenburg
- Simmesport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Port Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Port Hudson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hudson
- Zachary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Zachary is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zachary <2>
- Baker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Baker is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,999 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <2>
- Tristian Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tristian Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tristian Village
- Beauregard Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beauregard Town is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard Town
- Brownfields
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brownfields is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownfields
- Zion City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Zion City is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
- Baton Rouge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Lindsay
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Jackson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Maringouin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grosse Tete
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Landry Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Melville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elba is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Krotz Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Half Moon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Half Moon is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Swayze Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Swayze Lake is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swayze Lake
- Palmetto
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Port Barre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Portage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Portage is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Immaculata
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Immaculata is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculata
- Lebeau
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bayou Jack
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bayou Jack is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Jack
- Rosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rosa is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
- Arnaudville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Cecilia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Erwinville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arbroth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Carey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Lobdell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Brusly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Port Allen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Addis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- West Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Saint Francisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bains
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bains is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bains
- Tunica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Angola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Converse ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
- Wakefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Weyanoke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rogillioville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zugg, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Zugg.
Cemeteries Near Zugg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zugg.
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 Zugg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zugg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Zion Travelers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Airy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- False River Station Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False River Station Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the False River Station Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Fordoche.
- The False River Station Cemetery has also been known as:
- False River Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2564758 <3>
- Bailey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Francis Cabrini Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Ann Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Ann Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Ann Catholic Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Morganza.
- The St. Ann Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Ann Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1982886 <3>
- St. Marys Episcopal Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bright Morning Star Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunlight Baptissst Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sixth Ward Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairlane Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Midway Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the northwest of New Roads.
- The St. Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Francis Catholic Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2147785 <3>
- Mt. Zion 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.
While we didn't find Zugg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Zugg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zugg, with the one closest to Zugg listed first.
- Fordoche
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ravenswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ravenswood is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Viva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Viva is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viva
- Livonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Melville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Raccourci ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Raccourci is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccourci
- New Roads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elba is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Ventress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pointe Coupee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pointe Coupee is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointe Coupee
- Lakeland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Musson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Musson is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musson
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- Anchor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Anchor is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Waterloo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Bayou Current
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bayou Current is located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Current
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zugg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zugg.
Newspapers Published in Zugg ...
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 Zugg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zugg, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zugg.
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 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 Zugg:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Pointe Coupee Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Avoyelles Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Saint Landry Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Zugg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Zugg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |