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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Gaspur. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gaspur to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gaspur, please Contact Us.

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 Gaspur (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 Gaspur. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Gaspur is historic, it would have been located within present day Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino & Ventura.

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

  • Los Angeles County     (The home county of Gaspur)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gaspur, with the one closest to Gaspur listed first.
    • Long Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Wilmington
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Wilmington is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Cambodia Town
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Cambodia Town is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambodia Town
    • Dominguez
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Dominguez is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
    • Lincoln Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Lincoln Village is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • Los Cerritos
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Los Cerritos is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerritos
    • Signal Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Avalon Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Avalon Village is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon Village
    • Fish Harbor ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fish Harbor is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Harbor
    • Dana Strand Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Dana Strand Village is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Strand Village
    • West Carson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • West Carson is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carson
    • Harbor City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Harbor City is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
    • Belmont Shore
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gaspur, with the one closest to Gaspur listed first.
    • Rossmoor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Rossmoor is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
    • Seal Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Los Alamitos
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Surfside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunset Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Barber City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Barber City is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber City
    • La Palma
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Westminster
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Green Lantern Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Midway City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Stanton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Wintersburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Wintersburg is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersburg

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

Cemeteries Near Gaspur ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gaspur.

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 Gaspur - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Table Top Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilmington Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilmington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilmington.
    • The Wilmington Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Historic Wilmington Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #152636 <3>
  • Long Beach Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach Cemetery
    • The Long Beach Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Long Beach Municipal Cemetery
  • Harbor View Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • All Souls Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Lawn Park Cemetery (Long Beach)
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn Park Cemetery (Long Beach)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Lawn Park Cemetery (Long Beach) is located in Long Beach.
    • The Forest Lawn Park Cemetery (Long Beach) has also been known as:
    • Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery - Long Beach
    • Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach
    • Long Beach Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
    • Long Beach Forest Lawn Park Cemetery
    • Sunnyside Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #180662 <3>
  • Green Hills Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Roosevelt Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Angeles Abbey Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...

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.

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

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

  • Long Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Thenard
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Thenard is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thenard
  • Wilmington
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Wilmington is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Dominguez
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dominguez is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
  • San Pedro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • San Pedro is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Compton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Compton is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,967 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Compton <2>
  • Clearwater
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearwater is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
  • Gardena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gardena is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,498 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardena <2>
  • Moneta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Moneta is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
  • Artesia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Artesia is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Artesia <2>
  • South Los Angeles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • South Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Los Angeles
  • Cerritos
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Lynwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Lynwood is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,508 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynwood <2>
    • Redondo Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Norwalk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Norwalk is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,635 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwalk <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Gaspur ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gaspur.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gaspur, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gaspur.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Gaspur:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Gaspur, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Gaspur) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.