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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Baldy Mesa (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 Baldy Mesa. 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 hospitals 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.

Baldy Mesa is located in San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).

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

  • San Bernardino County     (The home county of Baldy Mesa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baldy Mesa, with the one closest to Baldy Mesa listed first.
    • South Adelanto
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • South Adelanto is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Adelanto
    • Mountain View Acres
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mountain View Acres is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Acres
    • Mountain View
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mountain View is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Summit Terrace
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Summit Terrace is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Terrace
    • Oak Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Phelan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hesperia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Hesperia is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesperia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 96,911 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hesperia <1>
    • Adelanto
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Adelanto is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelanto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,537 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adelanto <1>
    • The Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
    • Victorville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cajon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Cajon is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cajon
    • The Mesa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Mesa is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Mesa
  • Los Angeles County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baldy Mesa, with the one closest to Baldy Mesa listed first.
    • Big Pines
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Pines is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pines
    • Mount Baldy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Paradise Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Paradise Springs is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Springs
    • Llano Del Rio ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Llano Del Rio is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llano Del Rio
    • Llano
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Big Rock Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Big Rock Springs is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Springs
    • Valyermo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lake Los Angeles
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Falling Springs ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Falling Springs is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Springs
      • Former names for Falling Springs:
      • Cienega Canyon
      • Falling Springs Resort
      • Hedlees Resort
      • La Cienega
    • Wilsona Gardens
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilsona Gardens is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsona Gardens
    • Pearblossom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Juniper Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Juniper Hills is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Hills
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baldy Mesa, with the one closest to Baldy Mesa listed first.
    • Glen Avon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Glen Avon is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
    • Sunnyslope
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Sunnyslope is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope

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

Cemeteries Near Baldy Mesa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baldy Mesa.

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 Baldy Mesa - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<3>

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

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

  • Hesperia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hesperia is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesperia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96,911 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hesperia <1>
  • Cajon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cajon is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cajon
  • Oro Grande
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grapeland ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Grapeland is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeland
  • Arrowhead Springs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Arrowhead Springs is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
  • Llano
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Etiwanda
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Cucamonga
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cucamonga is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cucamonga
  • Rialto
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <1>
  • Rochester
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rochester is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
  • San Bernardino
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • North Cucamonga
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • North Cucamonga is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cucamonga
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • North Ontario
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • North Ontario is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ontario
    • Declez
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Declez is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
    • Colton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Colton is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Baldy Mesa ...

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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baldy Mesa.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baldy Mesa, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baldy Mesa.

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 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 Baldy Mesa:

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>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 Baldy Mesa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baldy Mesa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.