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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 Harold (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 Harold. 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 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.

Harold is located in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino & Ventura.

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

  • Los Angeles County     (The home county of Harold)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harold, with the one closest to Harold listed first.
    • Palmdale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmdale
      • Palmdale is located in Los Angeles County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150,498 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmdale <1>
    • Desert View Highlands
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert View Highlands
      • Desert View Highlands is located in Los Angeles County
    • Vincent
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
      • Vincent is located in Los Angeles County
    • Littlerock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Acton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Paris
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
      • Paris is located in Los Angeles County
    • Lancaster
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Quartz Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pearblossom
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Juniper Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Hills
      • Juniper Hills is located in Los Angeles County
    • Leona Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Agua Dulce
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Kern County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harold, with the one closest to Harold listed first.
    • Rosamond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Actis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Actis
      • Actis is located in Kern County
      • Former names for Actis:
      • Gloster
      • Highberg
      • Rummington
    • Edwards
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Actis Gardens ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Actis Gardens
      • Actis Gardens is located in Kern County
  • San Bernardino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harold, with the one closest to Harold listed first.
    • Pinon Hills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Wrightwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Phelan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Harold ...

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 166 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harold.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harold, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harold.

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 Harold:

Cemeteries Near Harold ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harold.

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

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

  • Desert Lawn Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Palmdale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palmdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palmdale Cemetery
  • Acton Community Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Acton Community Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Acton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Acton Community Cemetery
  • Joshua Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lancaster Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Verdugo Hills Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Verdugo Hills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Verdugo Hills Cemetery
  • Glen Haven Memorial Park
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glen Haven Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Haven Memorial Park
  • Sholom Memorial Park
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sholom Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sholom Memorial Park
  • Islamic Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Mountain View Mausoleum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Mausoleum have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Mausoleum
    • Eternal Valley Memorial Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sierra Madre Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sierra Madre Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sierra Madre Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Harold had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Alpine ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Alpine is located in Los Angeles County
  • Palmdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmdale
    • Palmdale is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 150,498 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmdale <1>
  • Vincent
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
    • Vincent is located in Los Angeles County
  • Acton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lancaster
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Ravenna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravenna have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenna
    • Ravenna is located in Los Angeles County
  • Russ
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russ have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russ
    • Russ is located in Los Angeles County
  • Del Sur
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sur
    • Del Sur is located in Los Angeles County
  • Llano
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Lang
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lang have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lang
    • Lang is located in Los Angeles County
  • Rosamond
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Fairmont
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmont have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
    • Fairmont is located in Los Angeles County
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Sunland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunland
      • Sunland is located in Los Angeles County
    • Honby
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honby
      • Honby is located in Los Angeles County
    • La Crescenta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

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

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

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Harold) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harold. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5539, Longitude: -118.0936       In this case, the coordinates for Harold have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<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 Harold, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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