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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 Halfway House (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 Halfway House. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Halfway House is located in Kern 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 Kern County: Inyo, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare & Ventura.

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

  • Kern County     (The home county of Halfway House)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Halfway House, with the one closest to Halfway House listed first.
    • Woody
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Oil City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Kern County
    • Oildale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oildale
      • Oildale is located in Kern County
    • Oil Junction
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Junction
      • Oil Junction is located in Kern County
    • Cawelo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawelo
      • Cawelo is located in Kern County
    • Minter Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minter Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter Village
      • Minter Village is located in Kern County
    • East Bakersfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bakersfield
      • East Bakersfield is located in Kern County
      • Former names for East Bakersfield:
      • Kern City
      • Sumner
    • Famoso
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Famoso
      • Famoso is located in Kern County
    • Bakersfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Kayandee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kayandee
      • Kayandee is located in Kern County
    • Crome
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crome
      • Crome is located in Kern County
    • Greenacres
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tulare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Halfway House, with the one closest to Halfway House listed first.
    • White River ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
      • White River is located in Tulare County
    • Richgrove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ducor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Posey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Panorama Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Heights
      • Panorama Heights is located in Tulare County
    • Poso Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poso Park
      • Poso Park is located in Tulare County
    • Sugarloaf Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
      • Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County
    • California Hot Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Terra Bella
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Pine Flat
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flat
      • Pine Flat is located in Tulare County
    • Earlimart
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saucelito ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saucelito have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saucelito
      • Saucelito is located in Tulare County

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

Newspapers Published in Halfway House ...

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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halfway House.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halfway House, 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 Halfway House.

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 helpful 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 Halfway House:

Cemeteries Near Halfway House ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halfway House.

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

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

  • Engle Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Blue Mtn. Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Weringer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenlawn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pomfret Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Union Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bakersfield Memorial Cemetery
    • Historic Union Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8414 <4>
  • White River Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tailholt Boot Hill Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Tailholt Boot Hill Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tailholt Boot Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2312993 <4>
  • Shafter Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenlawn Southwest Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Delano - McFarland District Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Delano - McFarland District Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Delano.
      • The Delano - McFarland District Cemetery has also been known as:
      • North Kern Cemetery
      • North Kern Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delano - McFarland District Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640421 <4>
    • Galley Mtn. Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Wasco Memorial Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Woody
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lerdo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lerdo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerdo
    • Lerdo is located in Kern County
  • Bakersfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • White River ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
    • White River is located in Tulare County
  • Rosedale ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Rosedale is located in Kern County
  • Delano
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Havilah
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havilah
    • Havilah is located in Kern County
  • Terra Bella
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Caliente
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bealville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bealville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bealville
    • Bealville is located in Kern County

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

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

The official website for Kern County: www.co.kern.ca.us/

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' (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- Halfway House) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Halfway House. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5897, Longitude: -118.9604       In this case, the coordinates for Halfway House have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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 Halfway House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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