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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 Campo Indian Reservation (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 Campo Indian Reservation. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Campo Indian Reservation is located in San Diego 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 Diego County: Imperial, Orange & Riverside.

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

  • San Diego County     (The home county of Campo Indian Reservation)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campo Indian Reservation, with the one closest to Campo Indian Reservation listed first.
    • Boulevard
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Campo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Morena Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morena Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morena Village
      • Morena Village is located in San Diego County
    • Jacumba Hot Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Titus ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Titus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titus
      • Titus is located in San Diego County
    • Canyon City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
      • Canyon City is located in San Diego County
    • Dos Cabezas ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dos Cabezas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
      • Dos Cabezas is located in San Diego County
    • Mount Laguna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Pine Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Potrero
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Guatay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guatay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guatay
      • Guatay is located in San Diego County
    • Tecate
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Los Terrentos
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Terrentos
      • Los Terrentos is located in San Diego County
  • Imperial County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campo Indian Reservation, with the one closest to Campo Indian Reservation listed first.
    • Ocotillo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Plaster City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plaster City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaster City
      • Plaster City is located in Imperial County

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

Newspapers Published in Campo Indian Reservation ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campo Indian Reservation.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campo Indian Reservation, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campo Indian Reservation.

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 Campo Indian Reservation:

Cemeteries Near Campo Indian Reservation ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campo Indian Reservation.

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 Campo Indian Reservation covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Campo Indian Reservation, with the one closest to Campo Indian Reservation listed first.

  • St. Carmel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Carmel Cemetery
  • St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier 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.<4>

While we didn't find Campo Indian Reservation in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Campo Indian Reservation.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Campo Indian Reservation, with the one closest to Campo Indian Reservation listed first.

  • Campo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Potrero
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Descanso
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cuyamaca ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuyamaca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamaca
    • Cuyamaca is located in San Diego County
  • Dulzura
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Alpine
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Banner
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
    • Banner is located in San Diego County
  • El Capitan ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Capitan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Capitan
    • El Capitan is located in San Diego County
  • Dehesa
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dehesa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehesa
    • Dehesa is located in San Diego County
  • Jamul
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

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

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Campo Indian Reservation) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Campo Indian Reservation. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6734, Longitude: -116.3632       In this case, the coordinates for Campo Indian Reservation have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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 Campo Indian Reservation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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