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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 Grossmont (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 Grossmont. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Grossmont is located in San Diego County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Diego County: Imperial, Orange & Riverside.

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

  • San Diego County     (The home county of Grossmont)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grossmont, with the one closest to Grossmont listed first.
    • El Cajon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • La Mesa
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bostonia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bostonia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostonia
      • Bostonia is located in San Diego County
    • Rancho San Diego
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rancho San Diego have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho San Diego
      • Rancho San Diego is located in San Diego County
    • Lemon Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Santee
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
      • Santee is located in San Diego County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,770 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santee <1>
    • Winter Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Gardens
      • Winter Gardens is located in San Diego County
    • La Presa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Presa
      • La Presa is located in San Diego County
    • Granite Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Hills
      • Granite Hills is located in San Diego County
    • Glenview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
      • Glenview is located in San Diego County
    • Lakeside
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Crest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
      • Crest is located in San Diego County

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

Newspapers Published in Grossmont ...

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 338 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grossmont.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grossmont, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grossmont.

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 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 Grossmont:

Cemeteries Near Grossmont ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grossmont.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • El Cajon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Home of Peace Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
  • St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
  • La Vista Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the La Vista Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the La Vista Cemetery
  • Glen Abbey Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • El Camino Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Miramar National Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dearborn Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    • Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carmel Valley Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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.<5>

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

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

  • La Mesa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Spring Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • El Cajon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • La Presa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Presa
    • La Presa is located in San Diego County
  • Santee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
    • Santee is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santee <1>
  • Lakeside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Riverview is located in San Diego County
  • Sunnyside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunnyside is located in San Diego County
  • Jamul
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dehesa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dehesa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehesa
    • Dehesa is located in San Diego County
  • Bonita
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • National City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • San Diego
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Chula Vista
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Otay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otay
      • Otay is located in San Diego County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grossmont. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grossmont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grossmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7785, Longitude: -116.9881    
<4>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.
<5>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 Grossmont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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