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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 Ahwahnee (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 Ahwahnee. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Ahwahnee is located in Madera County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madera County: Fresno, Mariposa, Merced & Mono.

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

  • Madera County     (The home county of Ahwahnee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ahwahnee, with the one closest to Ahwahnee listed first.
    • Nipinnawasee ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipinnawasee
      • Nipinnawasee is located in Madera County
    • Oakhurst
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Yosemite Forks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
      • Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
    • Coarsegold
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bass Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • The Pines
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
    • Wishon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
      • Wishon is located in Madera County
    • Yosemite Lakes Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
      • Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
      • Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
      • Yosemite Lakes
    • Knowles ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
      • Knowles is located in Madera County
    • Raymond
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
      • Raymond is located in Madera County
    • North Fork
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Knowles Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Junction
      • Knowles Junction is located in Madera County
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ahwahnee, with the one closest to Ahwahnee listed first.
    • Auberry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
      • Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
    • Prather
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Friant
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Huntington Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Big Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Big Creek is located in Fresno County
      • Former names for Big Creek:
      • Big Creek Flats
      • Cascada
      • Manzanita Park
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
    • Dora Belle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
      • Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
    • Shaver Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pineridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
      • Pineridge is located in Fresno County
    • Tollhouse
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mariposa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ahwahnee, with the one closest to Ahwahnee listed first.
    • Fish Camp
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bootjack
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
      • Bootjack is located in Mariposa County
    • Darrah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrah
      • Darrah is located in Mariposa County
    • Wawona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jerseydale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
      • Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
    • Mariposa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Midpines
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Yosemite West
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite West
      • Yosemite West is located in Mariposa County
    • Mount Bullion
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
      • Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
    • Catheys Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • El Portal
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Bear Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
      • Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
  • Merced County
  • Nevada County
    • Cedar Crest
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
      • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ahwahnee, see our County-by-County Page for Ahwahnee.

Newspapers Published in Ahwahnee ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ahwahnee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ahwahnee, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ahwahnee.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Ahwahnee:

Cemeteries Near Ahwahnee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ahwahnee.

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

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

  • Oakhill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Picayune Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Picayune Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Picayune Cemetery
  • Walker Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
  • Fine Gold Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fine Gold Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fine Gold Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7970 <4>
  • North Fork Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Fork Cemetery
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mariposa Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mariposa.
    • The Mariposa Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2205021 <4>
  • Raymond Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • White Rock Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Rock Cemetery
  • Catheys Valley Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catheys Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catheys Valley Cemetery
  • Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Pate Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pate Cemetery
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Winchell Cove Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Winchell Cove Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winchell Cove Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Friant.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winchell Cove Cemetery
    • Auberry Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grub Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
    • Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
  • Wawona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Ben Hur
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ben Hur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
    • Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
  • Knowles ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
    • Knowles is located in Madera County
  • Raymond
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Raymond is located in Madera County
  • Jerseydale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
    • Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
  • Mariposa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Bullion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
    • Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
  • Auberry
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bear Valley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
    • Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
  • Hornitos
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ahwahnee. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Madera County: www.madera-county.com/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.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.
<2>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ahwahnee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ahwahnee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3691, Longitude: -119.7253    
<4>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.
<5>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 Ahwahnee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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