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 Fleta (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 Fleta. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Fleta is located in Kern 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 Kern County: Inyo, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare & Ventura.
Below are the counties that are near Fleta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fleta:
- Kern County (The home county of Fleta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleta, with the one closest to Fleta listed first.
- Gold Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gold Town is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Town
- Reefer City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Reefer City is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reefer City
- Mojave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Actis Gardens ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Actis Gardens is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Actis Gardens
- Actis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Actis is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Actis
- Former names for Actis:
- Gloster
- Highberg
- Rummington
- Rosamond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- California City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edwards
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Summit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Summit is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- North Edwards
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Edwards is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Edwards
- Tehachapi
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Hills is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hills
- Los Angeles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fleta, with the one closest to Fleta listed first.
- Antelope Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Antelope Acres is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Acres
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Del Sur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Del Sur is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sur
- Quartz Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Leona Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Desert View Highlands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Desert View Highlands is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert View Highlands
- Lake Hughes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Neenach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Neenach is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenach
- Palmdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wilsona Gardens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsona Gardens is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsona Gardens
- Green Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Valley is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fleta, see our County-by-County Page for Fleta.
Cemeteries Near Fleta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fleta.
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 Fleta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fleta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fleta, with the one closest to Fleta listed first.
- East Kern Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kern Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Kern Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mojave.
- The East Kern Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mojave Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990430 <2>
- James Foley Gravesite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sand Canyon Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Islamic Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- California City Memorial Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tehachapi Public Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tehachapi Public Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehachapi Public Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Tehachapi.
- The Tehachapi Public Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tehachapi Eastside Cemetery
- Tehachapi Protestant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137484 <2>
- Tehachapi Westside Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tehachapi Westside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehachapi Westside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Tehachapi.
- The Tehachapi Westside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tehachapi Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137488 <2>
- Old Tehachapi Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Joshua Memorial Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Josie Bishop Gravesite
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tejon Indian Settlement Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fickert Family Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
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 Fleta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fleta.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fleta, with the one closest to Fleta listed first.
- Mojave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rosamond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tehachapi
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Del Sur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Del Sur is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sur
- Fairmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Girard ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Girard is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Keene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Neenach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Neenach is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenach
- Rowen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rowen is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowen
- Palmdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fleta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fleta.
Newspapers Published in Fleta ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fleta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fleta, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fleta.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Fleta:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Kern County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fleta) 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 Fleta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |