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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 Harmony Grove (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 Harmony Grove. 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.

Name Variations for Harmony Grove ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Harmony Grove: Harmony Grv.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Harmony Grove 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 Harmony Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harmony Grove:

  • San Diego County     (The home county of Harmony Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harmony Grove, with the one closest to Harmony Grove listed first.
    • Escondido
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • San Marcos
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake San Marcos
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake San Marcos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake San Marcos
      • Lake San Marcos is located in San Diego County
    • Rancho Bernardo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rancho Santa Fe
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairbanks Ranch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairbanks Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks Ranch
      • Fairbanks Ranch is located in San Diego County
    • Hidden Meadows
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
      • Hidden Meadows is located in San Diego County
    • Lawrence Welk Resort Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrence Welk Resort Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Welk Resort Village
      • Lawrence Welk Resort Village is located in San Diego County
    • Vista
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Vista is located in San Diego County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <1>
    • Cardiff-by-the-Sea
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Encinitas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Leucadia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harmony Grove, with the one closest to Harmony Grove listed first.
    • Rainbow Canyon Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Canyon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Canyon Village
      • Rainbow Canyon Village is located in Riverside County
    • Lake Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
      • Lake Village is located in Riverside County
    • Temecula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Aguanga
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Harmony Grove ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harmony Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harmony Grove, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harmony Grove.

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 Harmony Grove:

Cemeteries Near Harmony Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harmony Grove.

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 Harmony Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • San Marcos Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Oak Hill Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Memorial Park
  • Olivenhain Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olivenhain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olivenhain Cemetery
  • Dearborn Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Carmel Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley Center Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Eternal Hills Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • El Camino Memorial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • San Luis Rey Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Luis Rey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Luis Rey Cemetery
  • Miramar National Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens Cemetery
  • St. Bartholomew Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bartholomew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bartholomew Cemetery
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Pauma Valley Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pauma Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pauma Valley Cemetery
    • Indian Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • Pala Tribal Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

  • San Marcos
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Escondido
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Twin Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Twin Oaks is located in San Diego County
  • Buena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena
    • Buena is located in San Diego County
  • Buena Vista
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • Buena Vista is located in San Diego County
  • Leucadia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Encinitas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Vista
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <1>
  • Poway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poway
    • Poway is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <1>
  • San Pasqual
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Pasqual have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pasqual
    • San Pasqual is located in San Diego County
  • Valley Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Del Mar
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Carlsbad
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Sorrento
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sorrento have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorrento
      • Sorrento is located in San Diego County
    • Bonsall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harmony Grove. 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 '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- Harmony Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harmony Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0962, Longitude: -117.1353       In this case, the coordinates for Harmony Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Harmony Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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