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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 Happy Hill (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 Happy Hill. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Happy Hill is located in San Luis Obispo 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 San Luis Obispo County: Kern, Kings, Monterey, Santa Barbara & Ventura.

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

  • San Luis Obispo County     (The home county of Happy Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Happy Hill, with the one closest to Happy Hill listed first.
    • West Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
      • West Village is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Cambria
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • East Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
      • East Village is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Tin City
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tin City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin City
      • Tin City is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • San Simeon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmony
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayucos
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Nacimiento
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bee Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Rock
      • Bee Rock is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Morro Bay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morro Bay
      • Morro Bay is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,560 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morro Bay <2>
    • Templeton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Los Osos
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Monterey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Happy Hill, with the one closest to Happy Hill listed first.
    • Pleyto ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleyto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleyto
      • Pleyto is located in Monterey County
    • Lockwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Martinus Corner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinus Corner
      • Martinus Corner is located in Monterey County
    • Bradley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jolon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Gorda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorda
      • Gorda is located in Monterey County
  • San Mateo County

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

Newspapers Published in Happy Hill ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Happy Hill.

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

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 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 Happy Hill:

Cemeteries Near Happy Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Happy Hill.

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

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

  • Cambria Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cambria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cambria Cemetery
  • Santa Rosa Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Rosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Rosa Cemetery
  • Adelaida Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cayucos - Morro Bay District Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cayucos - Morro Bay District Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cayucos - Morro Bay District Cemetery
  • Templeton Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Templeton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Templeton Cemetery
  • Quintana Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quintana Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quintana Cemetery
  • Paso Robles District Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paso Robles District Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paso Robles District Cemetery
  • Los Osos Valley Memorial Park
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Atascadero Pine Mtn. Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Lockwood Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lockwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lockwood Cemetery

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 Happy Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Happy Hill.

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

  • Cambria
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • San Simeon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Adelaida
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adelaida have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaida
    • Adelaida is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Cayucos
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bryson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
    • Bryson is located in Monterey County
  • Pleyto ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleyto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleyto
    • Pleyto is located in Monterey County
  • Templeton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Paso Robles
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Asuncion
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asuncion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asuncion
    • Asuncion is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lockwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • San Miguel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dove ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
      • Dove is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jolon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Estrella
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
      • Estrella is located in San Luis Obispo County

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

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

The official website for San Luis Obispo County: www.co.slo.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Happy Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Happy Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5711, Longitude: -121.1066       In this case, the coordinates for Happy Hill 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>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 Happy Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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