Our Genealogy Helper
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 Central Camp (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 Central Camp. 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 southeast 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 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.
Central Camp is located in Madera 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 Madera County: Fresno, Mariposa, Merced & Mono.
Below are the counties that are near Central Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Central Camp:
- Madera County (The home county of Central Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Central Camp, with the one closest to Central Camp listed first.
- The Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Pines is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
- Wishon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wishon is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
- Bass Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yosemite Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
- Oakhurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Coarsegold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ahwahnee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nipinnawasee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nipinnawasee is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipinnawasee
- O'Neals
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yosemite Lakes Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
- Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
- Yosemite Lakes
- Knowles ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Knowles is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Fresno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Central Camp, with the one closest to Central Camp listed first.
- Huntington Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Former names for Big Creek:
- Big Creek Flats
- Cascada
- Manzanita Park
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
- Lakeshore
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Auberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meadow Lakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
- Dora Belle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
- Shaver Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pineridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pineridge is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Prather
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tollhouse
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mono Hot Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bretz Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bretz Mill is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Mill
- Mariposa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Central Camp, with the one closest to Central Camp listed first.
- Fish Camp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wawona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Darrah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Darrah is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrah
- Bootjack
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bootjack is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
- Yosemite West
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Yosemite West is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite West
- Jerseydale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
- Curry Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Curry Village is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Village
- El Portal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Midpines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yosemite Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Yosemite Valley is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Valley
- Yosemite Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Yosemite Village is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Village
- Mariposa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Nevada County
- Cedar Crest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Central Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Central Camp.
Cemeteries Near Central Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Central Camp.
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 Central Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Central Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Central Camp, with the one closest to Central Camp listed first.
- North Fork Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Walker Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fine Gold Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Picayune Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Auberry Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tollhouse Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Winchell Cove Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Winchell Cove Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchell Cove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Winchell Cove Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Friant.
- Raymond Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mariposa Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mariposa.
- The Mariposa Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2205021 <2>
- Watts Valley Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
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 Central Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Central Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Central Camp, with the one closest to Central Camp listed first.
- Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
- Wawona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Knowles ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Knowles is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Tollhouse
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Raymond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Jerseydale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
- Sentinel ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sentinel is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Ben Hur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Mariposa
(28 miles [45.1 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 Central Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Central Camp.
Newspapers Published in Central Camp ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Central Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Central Camp, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Central Camp.
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 websites either 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 Central Camp:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Madera County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fresno County
- Mariposa County
- Nevada County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Central Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Central Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |