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Introduction ...

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

We've added Greenspot to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Greenspot, 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 Greenspot (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 Greenspot. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Greenspot is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Greenspot. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenspot:

  • San Bernardino County     (The home county of Greenspot)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenspot, with the one closest to Greenspot listed first.
    • Eastbern ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Eastbern is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbern
    • Mentone
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • University Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • University Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
    • Plymouth Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Plymouth Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Village
    • Redlands
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Redlands is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,271 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redlands <2>
    • Yucaipa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Yucaipa is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucaipa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,833 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yucaipa <2>
    • Lugonia ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Lugonia is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugonia
    • Mountain Home Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Mountain Home Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home Village
    • Highland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55,696 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland <2>
    • Patton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bryn Mawr
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Marigold
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Marigold is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenspot, with the one closest to Greenspot listed first.
    • Calimesa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ordway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ordway is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
    • Cherry Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Moreno Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaumont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Highgrove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Highgrove is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove
    • Bannockburn Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bannockburn Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannockburn Village
    • March Field
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • March Field is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March Field
    • Lakeview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Lakeview is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Banning
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilman Hot Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Gilman Hot Springs is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman Hot Springs
    • Riverside
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Greenspot ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenspot.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Mentone
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Eastbern ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Eastbern is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbern
  • Redlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Redlands is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,271 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redlands <2>
  • Lugonia ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lugonia is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugonia
  • Victoria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Victoria is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
  • Mound City ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
  • Arrowhead Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Arrowhead Springs is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
  • San Bernardino
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Colton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Colton is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <2>
  • Rialto
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <2>
  • Banning
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Grapeland ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Grapeland is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeland
    • Declez
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Declez is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
    • Declezville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Declezville is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declezville

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

Newspapers Published in Greenspot ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenspot.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenspot, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenspot.

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 Greenspot:

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 Greenspot, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenspot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.