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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 Black Meadow Landing (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 Black Meadow Landing. 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.

Name Variations for Black Meadow Landing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Black Meadow Landing: Black Mdw. Lndg. (or less commonly used: Black Mdw. Lndng.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

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

  • San Bernardino County     (The home county of Black Meadow Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Meadow Landing, with the one closest to Black Meadow Landing listed first.
    • Havasu Palms
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havasu Palms
      • Havasu Palms is located in San Bernardino County
    • Parker Dam
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bluewater
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
      • Bluewater is located in San Bernardino County
    • Earp
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Havasu Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havasu Lake
      • Havasu Lake is located in San Bernardino County
    • Big River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Vidal
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vidal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidal
      • Vidal is located in San Bernardino County
  • La Paz County (AZ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Meadow Landing, with the one closest to Black Meadow Landing listed first.
    • Parker Strip
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker Strip have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Strip
      • Parker Strip is located in La Paz County (AZ)
    • Cienega Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cienega Springs
      • Cienega Springs is located in La Paz County (AZ)
    • Bluewater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
      • Bluewater is located in La Paz County (AZ)
    • Parker
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
      • Parker is located in La Paz County (AZ)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parker <1>
    • Swansea ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swansea. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea
      • Swansea is located in La Paz County (AZ)
    • Poston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bouse
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Mohave County (AZ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Black Meadow Landing, with the one closest to Black Meadow Landing listed first.
    • Lake Havasu City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Desert Hills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desert Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Hills
      • Desert Hills is located in Mohave County (AZ)
    • Franconia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Franconia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
      • Franconia is located in Mohave County (AZ)
    • Powell ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Powell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in Mohave County (AZ)
    • Topock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Black Meadow Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Black Meadow Landing.

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 Black Meadow Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lake Havasu Memorial Gardens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Parker Community Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Colorado River Indian Tribe Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Holly Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Lopez Ranch Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lopez Ranch Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Lopez Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Franconia Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Franconia
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Franconia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
    • Franconia is located in Mohave County (AZ)
  • Powell ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Powell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Powell is located in Mohave County (AZ)

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

Newspapers Published in Black Meadow Landing ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Meadow Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Black Meadow Landing, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Black Meadow Landing.

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 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 Black Meadow Landing:

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

The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>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- Black Meadow Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Meadow Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3520, Longitude: -114.1977       In this case, the coordinates for Black Meadow Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Black Meadow Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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