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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 Chemurgic (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 Chemurgic. 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.

Chemurgic is located in Stanislaus 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 Stanislaus County: Alameda, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin & Santa Clara.

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

  • Stanislaus County     (The home county of Chemurgic)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chemurgic, with the one closest to Chemurgic listed first.
    • Turlock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlock
      • Turlock is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,059 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turlock <1>
    • Keyes
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Denair
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ceres
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
      • Ceres is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,603 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ceres <1>
    • Hughson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Crows Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bret Harte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bret Harte
      • Bret Harte is located in Stanislaus County
    • Bystrom
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bystrom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bystrom
      • Bystrom is located in Stanislaus County
    • Shackelford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shackelford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackelford
      • Shackelford is located in Stanislaus County
    • Newman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
      • Newman is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,702 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newman <1>
    • Patterson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Empire
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Riverdale Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Park
      • Riverdale Park is located in Stanislaus County
  • Merced County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chemurgic, with the one closest to Chemurgic listed first.
    • Hilmar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Delhi
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stevinson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ballico
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Livingston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cressey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Gustine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Arundel ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arundel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arundel
      • Arundel is located in Merced County
    • Winton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • The Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
      • The Grove is located in Merced County
    • Atwater
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Amsterdam
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
      • Amsterdam is located in Merced County
    • Fluhr
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluhr
      • Fluhr is located in Merced County
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chemurgic, with the one closest to Chemurgic listed first.
    • Ripon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 <1>
    • Escalon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalon
      • Escalon is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Escalon <1>
    • Vernalis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Alba
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
      • Alba is located in San Joaquin County
    • Atlanta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
      • Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
    • Five Corners
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
      • Five Corners is located in San Joaquin County
    • Manteca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 <1>
    • Lyoth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyoth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyoth
      • Lyoth is located in San Joaquin County

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

Newspapers Published in Chemurgic ...

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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chemurgic.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chemurgic, 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 Chemurgic.

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 Chemurgic:

Cemeteries Near Chemurgic ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chemurgic.

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

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

  • North Hilmar Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Turlock Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • South Hilmar Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Hilmar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Hilmar Cemetery
  • Denair Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery
  • Lakewood Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakewood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakewood Memorial Park
  • Hills Ferry Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
  • Patterson Cemetery District
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Grayson Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Winton Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Winton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8453 <4>
  • Woodcolony Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodcolony Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Modesto.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodcolony Cemetery
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Roberts Ferry Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Ferry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Ferry Cemetery
    • Langworth Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langworth Cemetery
    • Burwood Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Turlock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlock
    • Turlock is located in Stanislaus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,059 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turlock <1>
  • Keyes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Delhi
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Crows Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ceres
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
    • Ceres is located in Stanislaus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,603 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ceres <1>
  • Newman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
    • Newman is located in Stanislaus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,702 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newman <1>
  • Livingston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Montpelier
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montpelier have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
    • Montpelier is located in Stanislaus County
  • Modesto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • 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 <1>
  • Arena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
    • Arena is located in Merced County
  • Hickman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Waterford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Gustine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Grayson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grayson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
      • Grayson is located in Stanislaus County
    • Westley
      (16 miles [25.7 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 Chemurgic. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chemurgic.

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

The official website for Stanislaus County: www.co.stanislaus.ca.us/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chemurgic) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chemurgic. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4641, Longitude: -120.9188       In this case, the coordinates for Chemurgic have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Chemurgic, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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