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 Cucamonga (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 Cucamonga. 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 hospitals and 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.
Cucamonga is located in San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Cucamonga. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cucamonga:
- San Bernardino County (The home county of Cucamonga)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cucamonga, with the one closest to Cucamonga listed first.
- San Antonio Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- San Antonio Heights is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Heights
- Alta Loma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Upland is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77,850 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upland <1>
- Rancho Cucamonga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ontario is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183,393 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <1>
- Racimo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Racimo is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racimo
- Guasti
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Montclair
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Etiwanda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West End
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West End is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Chino
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chino is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chino <1>
- Declez
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Declez is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
- Los Angeles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cucamonga, with the one closest to Cucamonga listed first.
- Mount Baldy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- La Verne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pomona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- San Dimas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spadra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spadra is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Charter Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Charter Oak is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak
- Diamond Bar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glendora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Azusa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Azusa is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azusa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49,238 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Azusa <1>
- Citrus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Citrus is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus
- Covina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gladstone is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cucamonga, with the one closest to Cucamonga listed first.
- Yorba Linda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Anaheim Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Brea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beeks Place ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Beeks Place is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks Place
- Atwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- La Habra
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Placentia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Olive
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Olive is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Villa Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fullerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wanda ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wanda is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Cowan Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cowan Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Heights
- Anaheim
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cucamonga, with the one closest to Cucamonga listed first.
- Eastvale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glen Avon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Avon is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
- Mira Loma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jurupa Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jurupa Valley is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jurupa Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109,745 people
- De Anza Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- De Anza Village is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Anza Village
- Pedley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pedley is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedley
- Sunnyslope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyslope is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope
- Norco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rubidoux
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Corona
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Highgrove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Highgrove is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cucamonga, see our County-by-County Page for Cucamonga.
Cemeteries Near Cucamonga ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cucamonga.
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 Cucamonga - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cucamonga covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cucamonga, with the one closest to Cucamonga listed first.
- Oak Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Palomares Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palomares Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Palomares Memorial Park is located in Pomona.
- The Palomares Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Palomares Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8252 <2>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pomona.
- The Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8036 <2>
- Pomona Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pomona Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Pomona.
- The Pomona Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pomona Valley Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8286 <2>
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Pomona.
- Spadra Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Covina Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Covina Hills
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Covina Hills is a very large cemetery that is located in Covina.
- The Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Covina Hills has also been known as:
- Covina Hills Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
- Covina Hills Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7973 <2>
- Veterans Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crestlawn Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (44 more) ...
- Rialto Park Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oakdale Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Green Acres Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cucamonga had a population of 94 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cucamonga, with the one closest to Cucamonga listed first.
- North Ontario
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Ontario is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ontario
- North Cucamonga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Cucamonga is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cucamonga
- Ontario
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ontario is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183,393 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <1>
- Rochester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rochester is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Etiwanda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Pomona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Pomona is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pomona
- Pomona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chino
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chino is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chino <1>
- Declez
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Declez is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
- San Dimas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Declezville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Declezville is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declezville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Grapeland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grapeland is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeland
- Spadra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spadra is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Glendora
(13 miles [20.9 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 Cucamonga. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cucamonga.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Cucamonga ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cucamonga.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Cucamonga. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Cucamonga and those printed in the larger area surrounding Cucamonga.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Cucamonga.
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 Cucamonga:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to San Bernardino County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Los Angeles County
- Orange County
- Riverside 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> | 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 Cucamonga, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cucamonga) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |