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 Binghamton (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 Binghamton. 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 and doctors 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.
Binghamton is located in Solano 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 Solano County: Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, Sonoma & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near Binghamton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Binghamton:
- Solano County (The home county of Binghamton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Binghamton, with the one closest to Binghamton listed first.
- Batavia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leisure Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leisure Town is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Hartley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hartley is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Travis Field
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Travis Field is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
- Vacaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Allendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allendale is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Solano City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Solano City is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solano City
- Denverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denverton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
- Oxford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Contra Costa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Binghamton, with the one closest to Binghamton listed first.
- Pittsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Antioch
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bay Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Pittsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Pittsburg is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pittsburg
- Port Chicago ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Port Chicago is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Chicago
- Empire ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Empire is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Oakley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Avon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Avon is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Clyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clyde is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Knightsen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Vine Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Hill is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Hill
- Napa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Binghamton, with the one closest to Binghamton listed first.
- Redbud Park ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redbud Park is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
- Spanish Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lombard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lombard is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
- Middleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Napa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- American Canyon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Suscol ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Suscol is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suscol
- Suscol has also been known as:
- Soscol
- Susqual
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Las Putas ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Las Putas is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
- Yountville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sacramento County
- The following are listed by their distance from Binghamton, with the one closest to Binghamton listed first.
- Courtland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vorden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vorden is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorden
- Ryde
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Isleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Locke
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Locke is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Freeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Freeport is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Walnut Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Laguna West - Lakeside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Sutterville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
- Laguna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Laguna is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Binghamton, with the one closest to Binghamton listed first.
- Mokelumne City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Mokelumne City is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokelumne City
- Thornton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Taison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Taison is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
- Terminous
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Terminous is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminous
- North Woodbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
- Yolo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Binghamton, with the one closest to Binghamton listed first.
- Greendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Greendale is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Davis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Winters
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- El Macero
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Plainfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Plainfield is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Swingle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swingle is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
- Woodland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bryte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Sacramento
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Broderick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Madison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Binghamton, see our County-by-County Page for Binghamton.
Cemeteries Near Binghamton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Binghamton.
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 Binghamton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Binghamton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Binghamton, with the one closest to Binghamton listed first.
- Silveyville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vacaville - Elmira Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tremont Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Suisun - Fairfield Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winters Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Winters Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Winters.
- The Winters Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8452 <2>
- Davis Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Davis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Davis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7930 <2>
- Rockville Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wragg Canyon Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cottonwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Esparto.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7919 <2>
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- St. Rose Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Masonic Lawn Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Binghamton had a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Binghamton, with the one closest to Binghamton listed first.
- Maine Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maine Prairie is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Prairie
- Batavia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Violet ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Violet is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Vacaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vanden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vanden is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanden
- Denverton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denverton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
- Allendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allendale is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Suisun City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Suisun City is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
- Suisun City has also been known as:
- Suisun
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <1>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Courtland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Winters
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Davis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Binghamton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Binghamton.
Newspapers Published in Binghamton ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Binghamton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Binghamton, 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 Binghamton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Binghamton:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Solano County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Contra Costa County
- Napa County
- Sacramento County
- San Joaquin County
- Yolo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Binghamton) 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 Binghamton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |