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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 China Lake Acres (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 China Lake Acres. 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 China Lake Acres ...

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 China Lake Acres: China Lk. Acres

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

China Lake Acres is located in Kern 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 Kern County: Inyo, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare & Ventura.

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

  • Kern County     (The home county of China Lake Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from China Lake Acres, with the one closest to China Lake Acres listed first.
    • Inyokern
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • China Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ridgecrest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Freeman ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
      • Freeman is located in Kern County
    • Armistead
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
      • Armistead is located in Kern County
    • Garlock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garlock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlock
      • Garlock is located in Kern County
    • Johannesburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Randsburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Saltdale ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltdale
      • Saltdale is located in Kern County
    • Cantil
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Onyx
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Sageland ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sageland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageland
      • Sageland is located in Kern County
  • Inyo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from China Lake Acres, with the one closest to China Lake Acres listed first.
    • Pearsonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsonville
      • Pearsonville is located in Inyo County
    • Linnie ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linnie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnie
      • Linnie is located in Inyo County
    • Narka ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Narka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
      • Narka is located in Inyo County
    • Little Lake ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Coso ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coso have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coso
      • Coso is located in Inyo County
    • Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells
      • Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells is located in Inyo County
      • Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells has also been known as:
      • Homewood Canyon
    • Valley Wells
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Wells
      • Valley Wells is located in Inyo County
    • Coso Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coso Junction
      • Coso Junction is located in Inyo County
    • Sykes ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykes
      • Sykes is located in Inyo County
  • San Bernardino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from China Lake Acres, with the one closest to China Lake Acres listed first.
    • Spangler ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spangler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
      • Spangler is located in San Bernardino County
    • Argus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus
      • Argus is located in San Bernardino County
    • Pinnacle ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinnacle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
      • Pinnacle is located in San Bernardino County
    • Westend
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westend
      • Westend is located in San Bernardino County
    • Red Mountain
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Searles Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searles Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles Valley
      • Searles Valley is located in San Bernardino County
    • Trona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in China Lake Acres ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around China Lake Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of China Lake Acres, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for China Lake Acres.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 China Lake Acres:

Cemeteries Near China Lake Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of China Lake Acres.

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 China Lake Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Desert Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Owens Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Roger McGavin Gravesite
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Roger McGavin Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roger McGavin Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386701 <5>
  • Garlock - Goler Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Garlock - Goler Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Garlock - Goler Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Garlock
    • The Garlock - Goler Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Benson Canyon Cemetery
    • Goler Cemetery
    • Goler Mine Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garlock - Goler Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2432257 <5>
  • Rand District Community Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rand District Community Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Johannesburg
    • The Rand District Community Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Johannesburg Cemetery
    • Rand District Cemetery
    • Randsburg Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rand District Community Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #685739 <5>
  • Little Lake Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Little Lake Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Little Lake Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Little Lake
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Lake Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2425875 <5>
  • Searles Valley Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Josie Bishop Gravesite
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cottage Grove Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Onyx Indian Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Onyx Indian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Onyx.
    • The Onyx Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Onyx Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8065 <5>
  • Sageland Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Freeman ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Freeman is located in Kern County
  • Onyx
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Weldon
    (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 China Lake Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around China Lake Acres.

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

The official website for Kern County: www.co.kern.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>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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- China Lake Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in China Lake Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6405, Longitude: -117.7640       In this case, the coordinates for China Lake Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 China Lake Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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