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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Brownstone. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Brownstone to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Brownstone, 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 Brownstone (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 Brownstone. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Brownstone is historic, it would have been located within present day Ventura 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 Ventura County: Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara.
Below are the counties that are near Brownstone. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brownstone:
- Ventura County (The home county of Brownstone)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownstone, with the one closest to Brownstone listed first.
- Fillmore
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sespe Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sespe Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sespe Village
- Bardsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bardsdale is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
- Oak Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Buckhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Piru
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Santa Paula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lagol
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lagol is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagol
- Moorpark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Somis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mountclef Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mountclef Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountclef Village
- Leisure Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Leisure Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Simi Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kern County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownstone, with the one closest to Brownstone listed first.
- Frazier Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lake of the Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lake of the Woods is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
- Lebec
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Los Angeles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brownstone, with the one closest to Brownstone listed first.
- Val Verde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Castaic Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Castaic Junction is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castaic Junction
- Castaic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mentryville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mentryville is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentryville
- Stevenson Ranch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bell Canyon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westlake Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Agoura Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth Lake Manor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth Lake Manor is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth Lake Manor
- Santa Clarita
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Valencia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Agoura
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Hills is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brownstone, see our County-by-County Page for Brownstone.
Cemeteries Near Brownstone ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brownstone.
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 Brownstone - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brownstone covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brownstone, with the one closest to Brownstone listed first.
- Bardsdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bardsdale Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Bardsdale.
- Piru Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Santa Paula Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Assumption Catholic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Conejo Mtn. Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Simi Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Clara Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nordhoff Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ojai Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hueneme Masonic Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hueneme Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hueneme Masonic Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Port Hueneme.
- The Hueneme Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8145 <3>
- Oakwood Memorial Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
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 Brownstone in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brownstone.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brownstone, with the one closest to Brownstone listed first.
- Sespe Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sespe Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sespe Village
- Fillmore
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bardsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bardsdale is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
- Buckhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Piru
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Santa Paula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Simi Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saticoy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saticoy is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saticoy
- Springville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Newbury Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Montalvo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montalvo is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montalvo
- Castaic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Matilija
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Matilija is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilija
- Ventura
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ventura is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventura
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107,110 people
- Ventura has also been known as:
- San Buenaventura
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ventura <2>
- Chatsworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brownstone. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brownstone.
Newspapers Published in Brownstone ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brownstone.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brownstone, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brownstone.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Brownstone:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Ventura County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kern County
- Los Angeles County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 Brownstone, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brownstone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |