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 Lafayette (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 Lafayette. 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 Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Lafayette is located in Sussex County .
To see how the shape of New Jersey's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sussex County : Morris , Passaic , Warren , Orange (NY) , Monroe (PA) & Pike (PA) .
Below are the counties that are near Lafayette. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lafayette:
Sussex County (The home county of Lafayette)
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Ross Corner (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Ross Corner is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner Augusta (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Augusta is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta Armstrong (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Armstrong is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Balesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Balesville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balesville Washingtonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Washingtonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville Pellettown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Pellettown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown Newton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Newton is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 7,977 people
Roys (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Roys is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roys Wykertown (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Wykertown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykertown Beaver Run (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Beaver Run is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Run Lake Mohawk (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Lake Mohawk is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohawk Sparta (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Sparta is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta Hardistonville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Hardistonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardistonville Bergen County
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Campgaw (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Campgaw is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw Ackermans Mills (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills Wyckoff (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Wyckoff is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckoff Mahwah (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Mahwah is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah Wortendyke (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Wortendyke is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortendyke Ridgewood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Ridgewood is located in Bergen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people
Essex County
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Fairfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Fairfield is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield West Caldwell (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
West Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Caldwell Caldwell (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Caldwell is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Borough of Essex Fells (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Borough of Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Essex Fells Estimated population in 2015: 2,159 people
Essex Fells (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Essex Fells is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Fells Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
Livingston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Livingston is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston Meadow Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Meadow Village is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village Cedar Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cedar Grove is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Verona (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Verona is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona Montclair Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Montclair Heights is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair Heights Upper Montclair (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Upper Montclair is located in Essex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Montclair Hunterdon County
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Farmersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Farmersville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville Pottersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Pottersville is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville Califon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Califon is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califon Hoffmans (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Hoffmans is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans New Hampton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
New Hampton is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton Readingsburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Readingsburg is located in Hunterdon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readingsburg Morris County
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Woodport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Woodport is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodport Weldon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Weldon is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Hurdtown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Hurdtown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdtown Newfoundland (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Newfoundland is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland Lake Telemark (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Lake Telemark is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Telemark Hibernia (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Hibernia is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia Hilltown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Hilltown is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown Budd Lake (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Budd Lake is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budd Lake White Meadow Lake (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
White Meadow Lake is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Meadow Lake Mine Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Mine Hill is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mine Hill Succasunna (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Succasunna is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Succasunna Dover (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Dover is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
Lyonsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Lyonsville is located in Morris County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville Passaic County
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Macopin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Macopin is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macopin West Milford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
West Milford is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milford Haskell (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Haskell is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Wayne (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Wayne is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Preakness (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Preakness is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness Singac (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Singac is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singac Little Falls (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Little Falls is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls Paterson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Paterson is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Population from the 2020 Census: 144,801 people
Borough of Woodland Park (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
The Village at Little Falls (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Somerset County
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Gladstone (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Gladstone is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone Bedminster (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Bedminster is located in Somerset County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedminster Warren County
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Allamuchy - Panther Valley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Long Bridge is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge Millbrook ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Millbrook is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook Paulina (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Paulina is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulina Blairstown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Blairstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown Hackettstown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Hackettstown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Vienna (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Vienna is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Hope (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Hope is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Mount Hermon (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Mount Hermon is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon Vail (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Vail is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Beattystown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Beattystown is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattystown Hainesburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Hainesburg is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesburg Karrsville (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Karrsville is located in Warren County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karrsville Orange County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Unionville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Amity (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Amity is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Newport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Newport is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Edenville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Edenville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville Pine Island (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Pine Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Port Jervis (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Sterling Forest (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Sparrow Bush (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Warwick (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Shin Hollow (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Shin Hollow is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shin Hollow Big Island (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Big Island is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Island Homestead Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Homestead Village is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village South Centerville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
South Centerville is located in Orange County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Centerville Rockland County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Sloatsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Hillburn (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ramapo (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ramapo is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramapo Suffern (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Airmont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Airmont is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airmont Population from the 2020 Census: 8,767 people
Montebello (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Montebello is located in Rockland County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montebello Population from the 2020 Census: 4,579 people
Tallman (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Sullivan County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Pond Eddy (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Barryville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Monroe County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Bushkill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Shoemakers (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Shoemakers is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers Coolbaugh (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Coolbaugh is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolbaugh Delaware Water Gap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
East Stroudsburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Stroudsburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Arlington Heights (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights Parkside (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Parkside is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside Mountainhome (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Paradise Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley Northampton County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Portland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Portland is located in Northampton County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
Slateford (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Slateford is located in Northampton County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford East Bangor (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
East Bangor is located in Northampton County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
Richmond (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Richmond is located in Northampton County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Pike County (PA)
The following are listed by their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Delaware (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Delaware is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Conashaugh (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Conashaugh is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conashaugh Egypt Mills (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Egypt Mills is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills Milford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Matamoras (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Millrift (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Millrift is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift Parkers Glen (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Parkers Glen is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Glen Lords Valley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Blooming Grove (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Blooming Grove is located in Pike County (PA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove Lackawaxen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lafayette, see our County-by-County Page for Lafayette .
Cemeteries Near Lafayette ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lafayette.
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 Lafayette - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lafayette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Vaughn Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Branchville Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Newton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Newton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Newton . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100140 <2>
St. Thomas Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Hardyston Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
St. Joseph Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Immaculate Conception Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Holland Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Deckertown Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Union Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Headley Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Fairview Cemetery (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (206 more) ...
Milton Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Canistear Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Clove Cemetery (10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lafayette had a population of 438 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lafayette, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
Branchville Junction (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Branchville Junction is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville Junction Plains (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Plains is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains Sparta Junction (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Sparta Junction is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta Junction Woodruffs Gap (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Woodruffs Gap is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruffs Gap Augusta (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Augusta is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta Armstrong (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Armstrong is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Monroe (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Monroe is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Northrup (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Northrup is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northrup Balesville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Balesville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balesville Washingtonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Washingtonville is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville Halsey (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Halsey is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halsey Newton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Newton is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Population from the 2020 Census: 7,977 people
Continue List (17 more) ...
Pellettown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Pellettown is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pellettown Sparta (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Sparta is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta South Ogdensburg (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
South Ogdensburg is located in Sussex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ogdensburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lafayette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lafayette .
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lafayette ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lafayette.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lafayette. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lafayette and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lafayette.
An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> 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 professional and volunteer 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 Lafayette:
Websites specific to New Jersey Pages specific to Sussex County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bergen County Essex County Hunterdon County Morris County Passaic County Somerset County Warren County Orange County Rockland County Sullivan County Monroe County Northampton County Pike County Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lafayette. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Sussex County: https://sussex.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Lafayette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lafayette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.