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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 Carbona (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 Carbona. 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 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.

Carbona 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 Carbona. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carbona:

  • San Joaquin County     (The home county of Carbona)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carbona, with the one closest to Carbona listed first.
    • Wainwright Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wainwright Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wainwright Village
      • Wainwright Village is located in San Joaquin County
    • Lyoth
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyoth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyoth
      • Lyoth is located in San Joaquin County
    • Ellis ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
      • Ellis is located in San Joaquin County
    • Tracy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
      • Tracy is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,025 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tracy <2>
    • Banta
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Carnegie ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carnegie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
      • Carnegie is located in San Joaquin County
    • Vernalis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lathrop
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
      • Lathrop is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,373 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lathrop <2>
    • Manteca
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteca
      • Manteca is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,445 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteca <2>
    • Ripon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
      • Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <2>
    • French Camp
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Manteca Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteca Junction
      • Manteca Junction is located in San Joaquin County
  • Alameda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carbona, with the one closest to Carbona listed first.
    • Tesla ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tesla. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesla
      • Tesla is located in Alameda County
    • Altamont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • 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
    • Laddville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laddville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddville
      • Laddville is located in Alameda County
    • Livermore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Pleasanton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Scotts Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
      • Scotts Corner is located in Alameda County
    • Sunol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Komandorski Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Komandorski Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komandorski Village
      • Komandorski Village is located in Alameda County
    • Dublin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • San Ramon Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ramon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ramon Village
      • San Ramon Village is located in Alameda County
  • Contra Costa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carbona, with the one closest to Carbona listed first.
    • Byron
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Discovery Bay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bixler
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
      • Bixler is located in Contra Costa County
    • Brentwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Knightsen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethel Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tassajara
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tassajara
      • Tassajara is located in Contra Costa County
    • Oakley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Marsh Creek Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek Springs
      • Marsh Creek Springs is located in Contra Costa County
    • Blackhawk - Camino Tassajara
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Blackhawk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackhawk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
      • Blackhawk is located in Contra Costa County
    • Antioch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carbona, with the one closest to Carbona listed first.
    • Grayson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grayson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
      • Grayson is located in Stanislaus County
    • Westley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuolumne City ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuolumne City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City
      • Tuolumne City is located in Stanislaus County
    • Salida
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Riverdale Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Park
      • Riverdale Park is located in Stanislaus County
    • West Modesto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Modesto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Modesto
      • West Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
    • Patterson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Del Rio
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Del Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
      • Del Rio is located in Stanislaus County
    • Stewart
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stewart. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
      • Stewart is located in Stanislaus County
    • Bret Harte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bret Harte
      • Bret Harte is located in Stanislaus County
    • Bystrom
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bystrom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bystrom
      • Bystrom is located in Stanislaus County
    • Modesto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modesto
      • Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215,666 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Modesto <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Carbona ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carbona.

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

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

  • Tracy Public Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Brichetto Tomb
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • East Union Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ahayas Achim Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ahayas Achim Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ahayas Achim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Congregation Adas Yeshuran of Stockton Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Congregation of Ahavas Achim Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Chinese Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Stockton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7905 <4>
  • Grayson Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Park View Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ripon Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Patterson Cemetery District
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Atlanta Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Woodcolony Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodcolony Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodcolony Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Modesto.
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Tracy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
    • Tracy is located in San Joaquin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,025 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tracy <2>
  • Yarmouth ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yarmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth
    • Yarmouth is located in San Joaquin County
  • Ellis ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
    • Ellis is located in San Joaquin County
  • Banta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Vernalis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Midway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Midway is located in Alameda County
  • Lathrop
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
    • Lathrop is located in San Joaquin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,373 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lathrop <2>
  • Westley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Grayson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grayson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
    • Grayson is located in Stanislaus County
  • Ripon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
    • Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <2>
  • French Camp
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Salida
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Atlanta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
      • Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
    • Byron
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • 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 Carbona. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carbona.

Newspapers Published in Carbona ...

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 159 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carbona.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carbona, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carbona.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Carbona:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carbona. 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>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>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- Carbona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carbona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6960, Longitude: -121.4122       In this case, the coordinates for Carbona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Carbona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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