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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 Hess Mill (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 Hess Mill. 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 Hess Mill ...

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 Hess Mill: Hess Ml. (or less commonly used: Hess Mll.)

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 northeast 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 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.

Hess Mill is located in Tuolumne 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 Tuolumne County: Alpine, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono & Stanislaus.

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

  • Tuolumne County     (The home county of Hess Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hess Mill, with the one closest to Hess Mill listed first.
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
    • Twain Harte
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sierra Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sierra Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Village
      • Sierra Village is located in Tuolumne County
    • Long Barn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
    • Mono Vista
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Vista
      • Mono Vista is located in Tuolumne County
    • Soulsbyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Tuolumne Rancheria
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne Rancheria
      • Tuolumne Rancheria is located in Tuolumne County
    • Columbia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Martinez
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hess Mill, with the one closest to Hess Mill listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Lake Alpine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hess Mill, with the one closest to Hess Mill listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Amador County
    • Pioneer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hess Mill, with the one closest to Hess Mill listed first.
    • Hathaway Pines
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Avery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Vista
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
    • Fly-In Acres
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
    • Forest Meadows
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
    • Pinebrook
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
    • Lakemont Pines
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
    • Meadowmont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
    • Douglas Flat
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Big Trees
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Arnold
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphys
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Mariposa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hess Mill, with the one closest to Hess Mill listed first.
    • Coulterville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Dogtown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
      • Dogtown is located in Mariposa County
  • Stanislaus County

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

Newspapers Published in Hess Mill ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hess Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hess Mill, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hess Mill.

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 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 Hess Mill:

Cemeteries Near Hess Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hess Mill.

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

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

  • Cherokee Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Public Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Public Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Public Cemetery
  • Carter's Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carter's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tuolumne.
    • The Carter's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tuolumne City Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter's Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1103592 <5>
  • Tuolumne Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tuolumne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tuolumne Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Mountain Shadow Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaws Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaws Flat Cemetery
  • Sonora City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sonora City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sonora City Cemetery
  • Jewish Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jewish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jewish Cemetery
  • Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery is located in Sonora.
    • The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Masonic Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
    • Vallecito Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jamestown Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jamestown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jamestown 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.<6>

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

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

  • Soulsbyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Columbia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuolumne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Avery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sonora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Douglas Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Big Trees
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
  • Murphys
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Tuttletown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
  • Jamestown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Angels Camp
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

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

The official website for Tuolumne County: www.tuolumnecounty.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>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>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- Hess Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hess Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1024, Longitude: -120.2377       In this case, the coordinates for Hess Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 Hess Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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