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Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Details for Tensas Parish

NameTensas Parish
Place TypeParish
Located in
Louisiana, United States
Parish SeatSaint Joseph
Coordinates
Latitude 31.9834906 31° 59' 00.6" N
Longitude -91.3334484 91° 20' 00.4" W
Population7,103
Elevation20 m
Surrounding Parishes, CountiesMadison N
Warren County (Mississippi) NE
Claiborne County (Mississippi) E
Jefferson County (Mississippi) SE
Adams County (Mississippi) S
Concordia SW
Catahoula SW
Franklin NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID559509
Histopolis Place ID287560071
Updated Apr 15, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Tensas Parish

8 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Louisiana > Tensas Parish [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Louisiana > Tensas Parish
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/LA/TensasP/ (4 Apr 2010)

Tensas Parish, Louisiana County Information - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Get all the local information you need on Tensas Parish, Louisiana, LA - community history, demographics, local search and more at ePodunk
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3605 (16 Dec 2009)

The Political Graveyard: Tensas Parish, La. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/TN.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1162 (25 Aug 2009)

Tensas Parish, Louisiana Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Tensas Parish, Louisiana
http://www.interment.net/us/la/tensas.htm (16 May 2010)

Tensas Parish LA Cemetery Records [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/tensas/cemetery.htm (12 Jul 2010)

Tensas Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensas_Parish,_Louisiana (26 Aug 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Tensas Parish - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=3605&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (15 Dec 2008)
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Surveys in Tensas Parish

1 Survey, 6 Ranges, 24 Townships

The Louisiana Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Tensas Parish. You can navigate to any of the 24 survey townships that overlap Tensas Parish using the navigation tool below.

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Cities of Tensas Parish

3 Towns, 63 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
Alphenia LandingAnchor LandingAshlandAshville (historical u.p.)
AubreyAvondaleAzucenaBalmoral
BarcelonaChambleeConsuella (historical u.p.)Cooter Point
Cooters LandingCrescent LandingCrimeaCross Keys
DearbornDenhartDenmark LandingDixie (historical u.p.)
Eltringham LandingFerry Newlight LandingGlade Bayou LandingGoldman
Goldman LandingGretna GreenHedgelandHelena
HighlandHolly RidgeHopewell LandingJustina
Kirks LandingLake BruinLocust RidgeLuckett (historical u.p.)
Martins LandingMarylandMayflowerMillerfield (historical u.p.)
New Carthage (historical u.p.)New QuartersNewellton (town)Newlight
NotnacOak Dale LandingOlympic LandingOsceola
Pecan LandingRemolina LandingRichlandSaint John
Saint Joseph (town)SaranacShady GroveSomerset
TensasTensas BluffTensas Bluff LandingTroy
Waterproof (town)WestwoodWildcatWilsonia
Young LandingYucatan Landing

Cemeteries of Tensas Parish

29 Cemeteries, 4 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
BlandBurnCantonCross Keys
Elder ShadeElk RidgeGold BellHelena
JordanLakewoodLemyLoam Land
MayflowerMoundMyrtle GroveNewell
NewelltonOneontaPowellsRouthwood
Saint AntiochSaint JohnSaint JosephSaint Matthew
SomersetSt. Antioch (*)St. John (*)St. Joseph (*)
St. Matthew (*)TensasThistle RidgeWinona
Wyoming

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