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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 Clearing House (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 Clearing House. 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.

Clearing House is located in Mariposa 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 Mariposa County: Madera, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Mariposa County     (The home county of Clearing House)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearing House, with the one closest to Clearing House listed first.
    • El Portal
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jerseydale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
    • Yosemite West
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Yosemite West is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite West
    • Midpines
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Colorado ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Colorado is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
    • Darrah
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Darrah is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrah
    • Bootjack
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bootjack is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
    • Mariposa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wawona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Bullion
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
    • Dogtown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Dogtown is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Bagby ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Bagby is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagby
  • Madera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearing House, with the one closest to Clearing House listed first.
    • Nipinnawasee ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Nipinnawasee is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipinnawasee
    • Ahwahnee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Yosemite Forks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
    • Oakhurst
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bass Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Coarsegold
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • The Pines
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
    • Knowles ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Knowles is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
  • Merced County
    • Merced Falls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Merced Falls is located in Merced County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merced Falls
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clearing House, with the one closest to Clearing House listed first.
    • Mather
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Mather is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
    • Big Oak Flat
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Groveland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Moccasin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacksonville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Tuolumne City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tuolumne City is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City
    • Tuolumne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuolumne Rancheria
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tuolumne Rancheria is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne Rancheria
    • Soulsbyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Clearing House ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clearing House.

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 Clearing House - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clearing House covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Coulterville Public Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Catheys Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Santa Cruz Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Sturdevant Ranch Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • White Rock Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Granite Spring Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Oakhill Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pate Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Carter's Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carter's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tuolumne.
    • The Carter's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tuolumne City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1103592 <2>
  • Cherokee Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cherokee Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Tuolumne.
    • The Cherokee Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Arastraville Cemetery
    • Cherokee Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216200 <2>
  • Tuolumne Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Jerseydale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
  • Sequoia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Sequoia is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoia
  • Mariposa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Bullion
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
  • Wawona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bear Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Coulterville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Ben Hur
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
  • Hornitos
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Groveland
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Oak Flat
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
  • Merced Falls
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Merced Falls is located in Merced County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merced Falls
  • Tuolumne
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Clearing House ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clearing House.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clearing House, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clearing House.

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 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 Clearing House:

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 '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- Clearing House) 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 Clearing House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.