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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 Angiola (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 Angiola. 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.

Angiola is located in Tulare County.

To see how the shape of California's counties may 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 Angiola. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Angiola:

  • Tulare County     (The home county of Angiola)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Angiola, with the one closest to Angiola listed first.
    • Alpaugh
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Allensworth ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pixley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Waukena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Tipton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Earlimart
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Saucelito ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Saucelito is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saucelito
    • Tulare
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tulare is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,797 people
      • Tulare has also been known as:
      • Tulare City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <1>
    • Woodville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodville is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Poplar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Poplar is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Poplar has also been known as:
      • Poplar - Cotton Center
    • Tagus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Tagus is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
    • Loma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Loma is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
  • Kern County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Angiola, with the one closest to Angiola listed first.
    • Delano
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Vinland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Vinland is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinland
    • McFarland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Semitropic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Semitropic is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semitropic
    • Wasco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Lost Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Famoso
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Famoso is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Famoso
  • Kings County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Angiola, with the one closest to Angiola listed first.
    • Corcoran
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Home Garden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Home Garden is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
    • Stratford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Hanford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Armona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lemoore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Kettleman City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Millham City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Millham City is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millham City

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

Cemeteries Near Angiola ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Angiola.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Angiola - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Angiola covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Tipton - Pixley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Corcoran Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Allensworth Historical Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tulare Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodville Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Delano - McFarland District Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano - McFarland District Cemetery
    • 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640421 <2>
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Hanford Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Potters Field
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Sam Yup Chinese Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • St. Anne's Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Visalia Public Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Visalia Public Cemetery
      • 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #198468 <2>
    • Santa Rosa Rancheria Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa Rancheria Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Santa Rosa Rancheria Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Lemoore.
      • The Santa Rosa Rancheria Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Tachi Indian Cemetery
      • Tachi Yokut Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152019 <2>
    • Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Pixley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Tipton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Tulare
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tulare is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,797 people
    • Tulare has also been known as:
    • Tulare City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <1>
  • Woodville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodville is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Delano
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Poplar
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Poplar is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Poplar has also been known as:
    • Poplar - Cotton Center
  • Tagus
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Tagus is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
  • Terra Bella
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Porterville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Visalia
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Goshen
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Hanford
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Plano
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Plano is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
    • Lindsay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Angiola ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Angiola.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Angiola, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Angiola.

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 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 Angiola:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Angiola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Angiola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.