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Introduction ...

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

We've added Bender to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bender, 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 Bender (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 Bender. 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 and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Bender is historic, it would have been located within present day Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of Bender)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bender, with the one closest to Bender listed first.
    • Lanare
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lanare is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanare
    • Burrel
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Caruthers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Raisin City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Five Points
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Helm
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Conejo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Conejo is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conejo
    • Laton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Bowles
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bowles is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowles
    • Easton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • San Joaquin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kings County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bender, with the one closest to Bender listed first.
    • Hub
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hub is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
    • Hardwick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Hardwick is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
    • Lemoore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Vanguard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Vanguard is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanguard
    • Armona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hanford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Stratford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Home Garden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Home Garden is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
    • Millham City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Millham City is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millham City
  • Madera County
    • La Vina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • La Vina is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vina
  • Tulare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bender, with the one closest to Bender listed first.
    • Traver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • London
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • London is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
    • Goshen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Dinuba
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Bender ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bender.

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 Bender - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Oak Knoll Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Raisin City Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rhoads Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lemoore Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington Colony Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Grangeville Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grangeville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Armona.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #247363 <3>
  • Santa Rosa Rancheria Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • 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]<4> 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 <3>
  • Kings River Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Fowler Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • West Selma Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sam Yup Chinese Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hanford Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Riverdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Caruthers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lillis ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lillis is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillis
  • Wildflower
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Wildflower is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildflower
  • Oleander
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Oleander is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleander
  • Easton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hanford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Fowler
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Huron
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Selma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Selma is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,370 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <2>
  • Malaga
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Malaga is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
  • Lone Star
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Muscatel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Muscatel is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatel
    • Fresno
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Traver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Bender ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bender.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bender, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bender.

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 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 Bender:

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 Bender, 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 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.
<4>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- Bender) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.