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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Sandspur. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sandspur to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sandspur, please Contact Us.

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 Sandspur (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 Sandspur. 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 hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Sandspur is historic, it would have been located within present day Tulare 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 Tulare County: Fresno, Inyo, Kern & Kings.

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

  • Tulare County     (The home county of Sandspur)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandspur, with the one closest to Sandspur listed first.
    • Lemon Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Woodlake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Woodlake Junction
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake Junction
      • Woodlake Junction is located in Tulare County
    • Three Rivers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kaweah
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Exeter
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Advance ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
      • Advance is located in Tulare County
    • Ivanhoe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • East Farmersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmersville
      • East Farmersville is located in Tulare County
    • Farmersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Taurusa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taurusa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taurusa
      • Taurusa is located in Tulare County
    • Yettem
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lindsay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandspur, with the one closest to Sandspur listed first.
    • Miramonte
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Pinehurst
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Orange Cove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunlap
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Reedley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Yokuts
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hume
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Kingsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Sandspur ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandspur.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandspur, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandspur.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Sandspur:

Cemeteries Near Sandspur ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandspur.

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

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

  • Woodlake Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamilton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery
  • Lone Oak Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Oak Cemetery
  • Deep Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lindsay - Strathmore Public Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Visalia Public Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Visalia Public Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Visalia.
    • The Visalia Public Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Visalia Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Visalia Public Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #198468 <5>
  • Smith Mtn. Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Tulare Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tulare Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tulare Cemetery
  • Woodville Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Crabtree Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Porterville Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Porterville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Porterville Cemetery
  • S D A Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the S D A Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the S D A Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • St. Anne's Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Vandalia Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Squaw Valley Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Squaw Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Squaw Valley 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.

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

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

  • Yokohl
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yokohl have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yokohl
    • Yokohl is located in Tulare County
  • Three Rivers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kaweah
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Exeter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Advance ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
    • Advance is located in Tulare County
  • Farmersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Taurusa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taurusa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taurusa
    • Taurusa is located in Tulare County
  • Lindsay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Auckland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auckland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auckland
    • Auckland is located in Tulare County
  • Visalia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Milo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
    • Milo is located in Tulare County
  • Orosi
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Monson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
      • Monson is located in Tulare County
    • Tagus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tagus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
      • Tagus is located in Tulare County
    • Tokay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tokay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokay
      • Tokay is located in Tulare County

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

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Sandspur, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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- Sandspur) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sandspur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3991, Longitude: -119.0345       In this case, the coordinates for Sandspur have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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