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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 Helm Corner (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 Helm Corner. 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 Helm Corner ...

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 Helm Corner: Helm Cor. (or less commonly used: Helm Crn.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Helm Corner is located in Kings 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 Kings County: Fresno, Kern, Monterey, San Luis Obispo & Tulare.

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

  • Kings County     (The home county of Helm Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Helm Corner, with the one closest to Helm Corner listed first.
    • Corcoran
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Stratford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Home Garden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
      • Home Garden is located in Kings County
    • Armona
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Hanford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lemoore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kettleman City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Vanguard
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vanguard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanguard
      • Vanguard is located in Kings County
    • Millham City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millham City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millham City
      • Millham City is located in Kings County
    • Hardwick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
      • Hardwick is located in Kings County
    • Hub
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hub have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
      • Hub is located in Kings County
    • Avenal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Helm Corner, with the one closest to Helm Corner listed first.
    • Laton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Riverdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Huron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Lanare
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanare
      • Lanare is located in Fresno County
    • Conejo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conejo
      • Conejo is located in Fresno County
    • Kingsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Tulare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Helm Corner, with the one closest to Helm Corner listed first.
    • Waukena
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Alpaugh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tipton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Tulare
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
      • Tulare is located in Tulare County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,797 people
      • Tulare has also been known as:
      • Tulare City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <1>
    • Tagus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tagus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
      • Tagus is located in Tulare County
    • Goshen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Allensworth ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pixley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Loma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
      • Loma is located in Tulare County
    • Chinowths Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinowths Corner
      • Chinowths Corner is located in Tulare County
    • Woodville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Tulare County
    • Ambler
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambler
      • Ambler is located in Tulare County
    • Visalia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Helm Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Helm Corner.

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

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

  • Corcoran Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Santa Rosa Rancheria Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Rosa Rancheria Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Santa Rosa Rancheria Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<5> to the north of Lemoore.
    • The Santa Rosa Rancheria Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tachi Indian Cemetery
    • Tachi Yokut Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152019 <4>
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Grangeville Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grangeville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grangeville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Armona.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #247363 <4>
  • Hanford Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanford Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanford Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hanford.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8012 <4>
  • Potters Field
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Sam Yup Chinese Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Tipton - Pixley Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Lemoore Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Tulare Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tulare Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tulare Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rhoads Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Taylor Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2365867 <4>
    • Kings River Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Allensworth Historical Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Hanford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Tipton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Tulare
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
    • Tulare is located in Tulare County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,797 people
    • Tulare has also been known as:
    • Tulare City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <1>
  • Tagus
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tagus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
    • Tagus is located in Tulare County
  • Pixley
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Goshen
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lillis ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lillis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillis
    • Lillis is located in Fresno County
  • Woodville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Woodville is located in Tulare County
  • Visalia
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Riverdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Traver
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Huron
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Poplar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
      • Poplar is located in Tulare County
      • Poplar has also been known as:
      • Poplar - Cotton Center
    • Farmersville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wildflower
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildflower have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildflower
      • Wildflower is located in Fresno County

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

Newspapers Published in Helm Corner ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Helm Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Helm Corner, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Helm Corner.

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 Helm Corner:

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

The official website for Kings County: www.countyofkings.com/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>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- Helm Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Helm Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0980, Longitude: -119.6437       In this case, the coordinates for Helm Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Helm Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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