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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 Brack Tract (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 Brack Tract. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Brack Tract is located in San Joaquin 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 Joaquin County: Alameda, Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Sacramento, Santa Clara & Stanislaus.

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

  • San Joaquin County     (The home county of Brack Tract)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brack Tract, with the one closest to Brack Tract listed first.
    • Terminous
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminous
      • Terminous is located in San Joaquin County
    • Taison
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
      • Taison is located in San Joaquin County
    • Thornton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mokelumne City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mokelumne City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokelumne City
      • Mokelumne City is located in San Joaquin County
    • North Woodbridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
      • North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
    • South Woodbridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbridge
      • South Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
    • Woodbridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Henderson Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henderson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Village
      • Henderson Village is located in San Joaquin County
    • Acampo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lodi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
      • Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <2>
    • Lincoln Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
      • Lincoln Village is located in San Joaquin County
    • Country Club
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Club have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
      • Country Club is located in San Joaquin County
  • Alameda County
    • Altamont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altamont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
      • Altamont is located in Alameda County
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brack Tract, with the one closest to Brack Tract listed first.
    • Camanche Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camanche Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
    • Carbondale ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
      • Carbondale is located in Amador County
    • May ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
      • May is located in Amador County
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brack Tract, with the one closest to Brack Tract listed first.
    • Wallace
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oregon Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
      • Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
  • Contra Costa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brack Tract, with the one closest to Brack Tract listed first.
    • Bethel Island
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Knightsen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bixler
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
      • Bixler is located in Contra Costa County
    • Oakley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
      • Oakley is located in Contra Costa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,710 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakley <2>
    • Brentwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Discovery Bay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Antioch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
      • Antioch is located in Contra Costa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111,605 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antioch <2>
    • Empire ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
      • Empire is located in Contra Costa County
    • Byron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pittsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Marsh Creek Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek Springs
      • Marsh Creek Springs is located in Contra Costa County
    • West Pittsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pittsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pittsburg
      • West Pittsburg is located in Contra Costa County
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brack Tract, with the one closest to Brack Tract listed first.
    • Walnut Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Locke
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
      • Locke is located in Sacramento County
    • Ryde
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Isleton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Vorden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorden
      • Vorden is located in Sacramento County
    • Galt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
      • Galt is located in Sacramento County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <2>
    • Courtland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Arno ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arno have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
      • Arno is located in Sacramento County
    • Franklin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Sacramento County
    • Herald
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • McConnel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McConnel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
      • McConnel is located in Sacramento County
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brack Tract, with the one closest to Brack Tract listed first.
    • Rio Vista
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Oxford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Oxford is located in Solano County
    • Birds Landing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Solano City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Solano City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solano City
      • Solano City is located in Solano County
    • Denverton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denverton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
      • Denverton is located in Solano County
    • Travis Field
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Travis Field have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
      • Travis Field is located in Solano County
    • Elmira
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dixon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
    • Cannon ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
      • Cannon is located in Solano County
    • Leisure Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
      • Leisure Town is located in Solano County
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brack Tract, with the one closest to Brack Tract listed first.
    • Greendale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greendale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
      • Greendale is located in Yolo County
    • Clarksburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • West Sacramento
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • El Macero
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Broderick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Bryte
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Davis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Swingle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swingle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County

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

Newspapers Published in Brack Tract ...

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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brack Tract.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brack Tract, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brack Tract.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Brack Tract:

Cemeteries Near Brack Tract ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brack Tract.

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 Brack Tract covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Galt - Arno Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherokee Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Islamic Cemetery of California
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Lodi Memorial Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
  • Hicksville Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hicksville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hicksville Cemetery
  • San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Stockton Rural Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stockton Rural Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Stockton.
    • The Stockton Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rural Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stockton Rural Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8382 <5>
  • Harmony Grove Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Grove Cemetery
  • Franklin Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Cemetery
  • Hebrew Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
  • Temple Israel Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (42 more) ...
    • Locke Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Locke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Locke Cemetery
    • Elliott Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elliott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elliott Cemetery
    • Masonic Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery

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

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

  • Taison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
    • Taison is located in San Joaquin County
  • New Hope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • New Hope is located in San Joaquin County
  • Walnut Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodbridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Isleton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lodi
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
    • Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <2>
  • Acampo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pope
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
    • Pope is located in San Joaquin County
  • Galt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
    • Galt is located in Sacramento County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <2>
  • Rio Vista
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Courtland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Arno ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arno have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
    • Arno is located in Sacramento County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • McConnel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McConnel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
      • McConnel is located in Sacramento County
    • Franklin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Sacramento County
    • Stockton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
      • Stockton is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312,716 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <2>

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

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

The official website for San Joaquin County: www.sjgov.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brack Tract) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brack Tract. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1555, Longitude: -121.4633       In this case, the coordinates for Brack Tract have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 Brack Tract, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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