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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 Gregg (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 Gregg. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Gregg is located in Madera 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 Madera County: Fresno, Mariposa, Merced & Mono.

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

  • Madera County     (The home county of Gregg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gregg, with the one closest to Gregg listed first.
    • Parksdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Parksdale is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksdale
    • Parkwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Parkwood is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
    • Bonadelle Ranchos - Madera Ranchos
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Madera
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • La Vina
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • La Vina is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vina
    • Madera Acres
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Madera Acres is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madera Acres
    • Berenda
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Berenda is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berenda
    • Millerton ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Millerton is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • O'Neals
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knowles Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Knowles Junction is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Junction
    • Yosemite Lakes Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
      • Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
      • Yosemite Lakes
    • Knowles ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Knowles is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
    • Raymond
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Raymond is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gregg, with the one closest to Gregg listed first.
    • Herndon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Herndon is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Barstow
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Barstow is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barstow
    • Highway City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Highway City is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway City
    • Raco
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Raco is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raco
    • Biola
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Muscatel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Muscatel is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatel
    • Pinedale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pratton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Pratton is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratton
    • Floyd
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Floyd is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Rolinda
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Rolinda is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolinda
    • Gordon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Gordon is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Fresno
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Clovis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Merced County

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

Cemeteries Near Gregg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gregg.

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

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

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

  • Borden's Chinese Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Arbor Vitae Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fresno Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Fresno County Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ararat Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Masis Ararat Armenian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Beth Israel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (31 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.<3>

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

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

  • Herndon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Herndon is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
  • Muscatel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Muscatel is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatel
  • La Vina
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • La Vina is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vina
  • Fresno
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Easton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Malaga
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Malaga is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
  • Lone Star
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Oleander
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Oleander is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleander
  • Fowler
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Letcher ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Letcher is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
  • Knowles ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Knowles is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
  • Raymond
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Raymond is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Caruthers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Sanger
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sentinel ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel

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

Newspapers Published in Gregg ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gregg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gregg, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gregg.

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 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 Gregg:

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