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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 Brents Junction (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 Brents Junction. 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 Brents Junction ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Brents Junction: Brents Jct. (or less commonly used: Brents Jctn.)
  • While the name of this community is Brents Junction, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Brents Junction may originally have been Brent's Junction.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Brents Junction might be written as Brent Junction.

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 northeast 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 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.

Brents Junction is located in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino & Ventura.

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

  • Los Angeles County     (The home county of Brents Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brents Junction, with the one closest to Brents Junction listed first.
    • Calabasas
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hidden Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Agoura
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Agoura Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bell Canyon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Glenview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
      • Glenview is located in Los Angeles County
    • Woodland Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
      • Woodland Hills is located in Los Angeles County
    • West Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
      • West Hills is located in Los Angeles County
    • Topanga
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Westlake Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Canoga Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga Park
      • Canoga Park is located in Los Angeles County
    • Chatsworth Lake Manor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chatsworth Lake Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth Lake Manor
      • Chatsworth Lake Manor is located in Los Angeles County
  • Ventura County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brents Junction, with the one closest to Brents Junction listed first.
    • Oak Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Thousand Oaks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Simi Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwich Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwich Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village
      • Greenwich Village is located in Ventura County
    • Mountclef Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountclef Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountclef Village
      • Mountclef Village is located in Ventura County
    • Newbury Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Moorpark
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Casa Conejo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casa Conejo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Conejo
      • Casa Conejo is located in Ventura County
    • Lagol
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagol
      • Lagol is located in Ventura County
    • Leisure Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
      • Leisure Village is located in Ventura County
    • Buckhorn
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
      • Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
    • Somis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Brents Junction ...

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 Brents Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brents Junction, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brents Junction.

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 Brents Junction:

Cemeteries Near Brents Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brents Junction.

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 Brents Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Assumption Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Oakwood Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Simi Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Olson Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olson Cemetery
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Los Angeles National Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Westwood Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westwood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Westwood Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Westwood Village Memorial Park
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westwood Memorial Park
  • San Fernando Mission Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the San Fernando Mission Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mission Hills.
    • The San Fernando Mission Cemetery has also been known as:
    • San Fernando Mission Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Fernando Mission Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109027 <5>
  • Eden Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Conejo Mtn. Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conejo Mtn. Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conejo Mtn. Memorial Park
  • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
  • Continue List   (28 more) ...
    • Eternal Valley Memorial Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Piru Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Piru Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Piru Cemetery
    • Valhalla Memorial Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valhalla Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valhalla Memorial Park

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

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

  • Las Flores
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Flores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
    • Las Flores is located in Los Angeles County
  • Simi Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Chatsworth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
    • Chatsworth is located in Los Angeles County
  • Newbury Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Santa Monica
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • San Fernando
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Buckhorn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
  • Palms
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palms
    • Palms is located in Los Angeles County
  • Pacoima
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacoima
    • Pacoima is located in Los Angeles County
  • Newhall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Piru
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bardsdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
    • Bardsdale is located in Ventura County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Saugus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fillmore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Burbank
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
      • Burbank is located in Los Angeles County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,866 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burbank <2>

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

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

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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 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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brents Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brents Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1483, Longitude: -118.6979       In this case, the coordinates for Brents Junction 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 Brents Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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