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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 Hawes (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 Hawes. 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.

Hawes is located in San Joaquin 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 Joaquin County: Alameda, Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Sacramento, Santa Clara & Stanislaus.

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

  • San Joaquin County     (The home county of Hawes)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawes, with the one closest to Hawes listed first.
    • Lodi
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <1>
    • Victor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Morada
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Morada is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morada
    • Henderson Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Henderson Village is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Village
    • Acampo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Woodbridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
    • South Woodbridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • South Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbridge
    • Woodbridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lockeford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Village is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
    • August
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • August is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for August
    • Garden Acres
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Garden Acres is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawes, with the one closest to Hawes listed first.
    • Camanche Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
    • Ione
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
    • Carbondale ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Carbondale is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • May ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • May is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
    • Martell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawes, with the one closest to Hawes listed first.
    • Wallace
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Burson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jenny Lind
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
    • Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
    • Milton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Milton is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Rancho Calaveras
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
    • Valley Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Campo Seco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Lost City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lost City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
    • Telegraph City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
    • Carmen City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
  • Contra Costa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawes, with the one closest to Hawes listed first.
    • Bethel Island
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bixler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bixler is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
    • Discovery Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Knightsen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Brentwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Byron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Oakley is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,710 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakley <1>
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawes, with the one closest to Hawes listed first.
    • Galt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Galt is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
    • Herald
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Arno ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Arno is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
    • Locke
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Locke is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
    • Walnut Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • McConnel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • McConnel is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
    • Ryde
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Vorden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Vorden is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorden
    • Isleton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Wilton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Elk Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Franklin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Franklin is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawes, with the one closest to Hawes listed first.
    • Rio Vista
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Oxford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Oxford is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawes, with the one closest to Hawes listed first.
    • Del Rio
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Del Rio is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
    • Salida
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Stewart
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Stewart is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
    • Adela
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
    • Riverbank
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawes, with the one closest to Hawes listed first.
    • Greendale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Greendale is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
    • Clarksburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Hawes ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hawes.

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

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

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

  • Cherokee Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Islamic Cemetery of California
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islamic Cemetery of California
    • The Islamic Cemetery of California has also been known as:
    • California Islamic Cemetery
  • Lodi Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Harmony Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Locke Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stockton Rural Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton Rural Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stockton Rural Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Stockton.
    • The Stockton Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rural Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8382 <2>
  • San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hebrew Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Temple Israel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Galt - Arno Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Elliott Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (42 more) ...
    • Clements Glen View Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chinese Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinese Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Stockton.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7905 <2>
    • Congregation Adas Yeshuran of Stockton Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Lodi
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <1>
  • Pope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pope is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
  • Acampo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Woodbridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lockeford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Charleston ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Charleston is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Stockton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Stockton is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 312,716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <1>
  • Walthal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
  • Linden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clements
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Elliott ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Elliott is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
  • Galt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Galt is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Holden ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Holden is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
    • Taison
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Taison is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
    • Bellota
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota

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

Newspapers Published in Hawes ...

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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawes.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hawes, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hawes.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Hawes:

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 Hawes, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hawes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.