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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 California Hot Springs (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 California Hot Springs. 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 California Hot Springs ...

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 California Hot Springs: California Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: California Hot Spngs. or California Hot Sprngs.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

California Hot Springs is located in Tulare 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 Tulare County: Fresno, Inyo, Kern & Kings.

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

  • Tulare County     (The home county of California Hot Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from California Hot Springs, with the one closest to California Hot Springs listed first.
    • Pine Flat
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flat
      • Pine Flat is located in Tulare County
    • Sugarloaf Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
      • Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County
    • Posey
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Poso Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poso Park
      • Poso Park is located in Tulare County
    • Panorama Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Heights
      • Panorama Heights is located in Tulare County
    • White River ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
      • White River is located in Tulare County
    • Roads End ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roads End
      • Roads End is located in Tulare County
      • Former name for Roads End:
      • Pascoe's Pack Station
      • Roads End has also been known as:
      • Roads End Resort
    • Ponderosa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
      • Ponderosa is located in Tulare County
    • Camp Nelson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Slope
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Slope
      • Cedar Slope is located in Tulare County
    • Springville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • East Porterville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Porterville
      • East Porterville is located in Tulare County
    • Ducor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Kern County
    • The following are listed by their distance from California Hot Springs, with the one closest to California Hot Springs listed first.
    • Glennville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Alta Sierra
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
      • Alta Sierra is located in Kern County
    • Shirley Meadows
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Meadows
      • Shirley Meadows is located in Kern County
    • Rogersville ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
      • Rogersville is located in Kern County
    • Woody
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kernville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wofford Heights
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Kern County
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greenhorn
    • Isabella ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabella have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
      • Isabella is located in Kern County
    • Keyesville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
      • Keyesville is located in Kern County
      • Former names for Keyesville:
      • Hogeye
      • Keysville
    • Lake Isabella
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Kern County
    • Bodfish
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of California Hot Springs ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around California Hot Springs.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of California Hot Springs. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of California Hot Springs and those printed in the larger area surrounding California Hot Springs.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of California Hot Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 California Hot Springs:

Cemeteries Near California Hot Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of California Hot Springs.

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 California Hot Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from California Hot Springs, with the one closest to California Hot Springs listed first.

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.<7>

While we didn't find California Hot Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of California Hot Springs.

These communities are listed based on their distance from California Hot Springs, with the one closest to California Hot Springs listed first.

  • White River ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
    • White River is located in Tulare County
  • Woody
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kernville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Globe
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Globe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
    • Globe is located in Tulare County
  • Plano
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plano have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
    • Plano is located in Tulare County
  • Terra Bella
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Milo
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
    • Milo is located in Tulare County
  • Porterville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Havilah
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havilah
    • Havilah is located in Kern County
  • Weldon
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Onyx
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Poplar
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Poplar is located in Tulare County
    • Poplar has also been known as:
    • Poplar - Cotton Center

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

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

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.ca.us/

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>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- California Hot Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in California Hot Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8806, Longitude: -118.6708    
<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>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.
<6>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<7>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 California Hot Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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