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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 Trabuco Highlands (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 Trabuco Highlands. 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.

Trabuco Highlands is located in Orange 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 Orange County: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino & San Diego.

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

  • Orange County     (The home county of Trabuco Highlands)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trabuco Highlands, with the one closest to Trabuco Highlands listed first.
    • Rancho Santa Margarita
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Coto de Caza
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Trabuco Canyon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Las Flores
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Flores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
      • Las Flores is located in Orange County
    • Portola Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portola Hills
      • Portola Hills is located in Orange County
    • Ladera Ranch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mission Viejo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Foothill Ranch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Modjeska
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Modjeska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modjeska
      • Modjeska is located in Orange County
    • Laguna Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lake Forest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Aliso Viejo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Laguna Woods
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trabuco Highlands, with the one closest to Trabuco Highlands listed first.
    • Temescal
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temescal
      • Temescal is located in Riverside County
    • Lakeland Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
      • Lakeland Village is located in Riverside County
    • Lake Elsinore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Sedco Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedco Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedco Hills
      • Sedco Hills is located in Riverside County
    • El Cerrito
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Cerrito have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Cerrito
      • El Cerrito is located in Riverside County
    • Canyon Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Wildomar
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Meadowbrook
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
      • Meadowbrook is located in Riverside County
    • Corona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
      • Corona is located in Riverside County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 170,996 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corona <1>
    • Home Gardens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Gardens
      • Home Gardens is located in Riverside County
    • Porphyry ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porphyry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porphyry
      • Porphyry is located in Riverside County
    • Quail Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Murrieta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • San Bernardino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trabuco Highlands, with the one closest to Trabuco Highlands listed first.
    • Los Serranos
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Serranos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Serranos
      • Los Serranos is located in San Bernardino County
    • Chino Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Chino
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chino
      • Chino is located in San Bernardino County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92,290 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chino <1>
    • Southridge Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southridge Village
      • Southridge Village is located in San Bernardino County
  • San Diego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trabuco Highlands, with the one closest to Trabuco Highlands listed first.
    • San Onofre
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Fallbrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rainbow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
      • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
    • Bonsall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • San Luis Rey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oceanside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Trabuco Highlands ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trabuco Highlands.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trabuco Highlands, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trabuco Highlands.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Trabuco Highlands:

Cemeteries Near Trabuco Highlands ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trabuco Highlands.

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

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

  • El Toro Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the El Toro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Toro Cemetery
  • Ascension Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mission Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission Cemetery
  • Elsinore Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Wildomar Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wildomar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wildomar Cemetery
  • Pacific View Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pacific View Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pacific View Memorial Park
  • Sunny Shope Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunny Shope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunny Shope Cemetery
  • Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Santa Ana Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Santa Ana Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Santa Ana.
    • The Santa Ana Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Ana Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8351 <4>
  • Fairhaven Memorial Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Santa Ana.
    • The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New St. John Lutheran Cemetery
    • New St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
    • St. Johns Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8324 <4>
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Cemetery
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Yorba Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yorba Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yorba Cemetery
    • Harbor Lawn - Mt. Olive Memorial Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Melrose Abbey Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Melrose Abbey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melrose Abbey 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 Trabuco Highlands in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Trabuco Highlands.

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

  • Modjeska
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Modjeska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modjeska
    • Modjeska is located in Orange County
  • Irvine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • San Onofre
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • El Modena
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Modena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Modena
    • El Modena is located in Orange County
  • Villa Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • McPherson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McPherson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherson
    • McPherson is located in Orange County
  • Santa Ana
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Murrieta
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Wanda ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wanda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
    • Wanda is located in Orange County
  • Orange
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Newport Beach
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Marlboro
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro
    • Marlboro is located in Orange County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Yorba
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yorba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorba
      • Yorba is located in Orange County
    • Olive
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
      • Olive is located in Orange County
    • Las Flores ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Flores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
      • Las Flores is located in San Diego County

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

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

The official website for Orange County: www.oc.ca.gov/

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trabuco Highlands) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trabuco Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6147, Longitude: -117.5664       In this case, the coordinates for Trabuco Highlands 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 Trabuco Highlands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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