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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 Hilarita (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 Hilarita. 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 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.

Hilarita is located in Marin 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 Marin County: Contra Costa, San Francisco & Sonoma.

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

  • Marin County     (The home county of Hilarita)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hilarita, with the one closest to Hilarita listed first.
    • Belvedere
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Tiburon
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bel Aire
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Bel Aire is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Aire
    • Sausalito
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Paradise Cay
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Paradise Cay is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cay
    • Strawberry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Strawberry is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Marin City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Marin City is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marin City
    • Manzanita
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Manzanita is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita
    • Fort McDowell
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fort McDowell is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDowell
    • Tamalpais - Homestead Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Corte Madera
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Larkspur
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Alameda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hilarita, with the one closest to Hilarita listed first.
    • Albany
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • University Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • University Village is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
    • Berkeley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Emeryville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Campbell Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Campbell Village is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Village
    • Normandy Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Normandy Village is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
    • Rochedale Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Rochedale Village is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochedale Village
    • South Berkeley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • South Berkeley is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berkeley
      • Former name for South Berkeley:
      • Lorin
    • West Oakland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • West Oakland is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oakland
    • Oakland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Piedmont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Brooklyn ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Brooklyn is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
      • Former names for Brooklyn:
      • Antonio
      • Clinton
  • Contra Costa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hilarita, with the one closest to Hilarita listed first.
    • Point Richmond
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Atchison Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Atchison Village is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atchison Village
    • Nystrom Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Nystrom Village is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nystrom Village
    • Easter Hill Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Easter Hill Village is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter Hill Village
    • Richmond
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Richmond is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,038 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <1>
    • San Pablo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • El Cerrito
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • East Richmond Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • East Richmond Heights is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Richmond Heights
    • Rollingwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Rollingwood is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Kensington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sobrante
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sobrante is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobrante
    • Bayview
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayview is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hilarita, with the one closest to Hilarita listed first.
    • Merazo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Merazo is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
    • American Canyon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Lombard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lombard is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
    • Middleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Middleton is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Suscol ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Suscol is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suscol
      • Suscol has also been known as:
      • Soscol
      • Susqual
    • Napa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Napa is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napa <1>
  • San Francisco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hilarita, with the one closest to Hilarita listed first.
    • Amanico Ergina Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Amanico Ergina Village is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanico Ergina Village
    • Friendship Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Friendship Village is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Village
    • Chinatown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Chinatown is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
    • Sydney Town ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sydney Town is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydney Town
    • Doelger City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Doelger City is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doelger City
    • San Francisco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Golden Gate Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Golden Gate Heights is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gate Heights
    • Mission District
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Mission District is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission District
    • Stonestown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Stonestown is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonestown
  • San Mateo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hilarita, with the one closest to Hilarita listed first.
    • Broadmoor Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Broadmoor Village is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor Village
    • Broadmoor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Broadmoor is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Daly City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Westlake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Westlake is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Brisbane
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Colma
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Colma is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colma <1>
    • South San Francisco
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Pacifica
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • San Bruno
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Fairway Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Fairway Park is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Park
    • Millbrae
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Hillsborough
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hilarita, with the one closest to Hilarita listed first.
    • Guadalcanal Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Guadalcanal Village is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalcanal Village
    • Mare Island ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Mare Island is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mare Island
    • Vallejo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Benicia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sonoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hilarita, with the one closest to Hilarita listed first.
    • Sears Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sears Point is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Point
    • McGill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • McGill is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
    • Lakeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
    • Wingo ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Wingo is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
    • Petaluma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Temelec
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Temelec is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temelec
    • Vineburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • El Verano
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Sonoma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Boyes Hot Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Ely ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ely is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
    • Fetters Hot Springs - Agua Caliente
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Hilarita ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hilarita.

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

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

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

  • Fernwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • San Francisco National Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco National Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the San Francisco National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in San Francisco.
    • The San Francisco National Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Post Cemetery
    • Presidio Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8344 <2>
  • Mission San Rafael Arcangel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Yerba Buena Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    • The St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Angels / St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    • Holy Angels Cemetery
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8327 <2>
  • Sunset View Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Rolling Hills Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Japanese Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Olivet Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (66 more) ...
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Chinese Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Chinese 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>

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

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

  • Tiburon
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Sausalito
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Manzanita
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Manzanita is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita
  • Alto
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Alto is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
  • Corte Madera
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Larkspur
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mill Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • San Quentin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Greenbrae
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • San Rafael
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ross
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ross is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,479 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <1>
  • San Francisco
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Stege
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Stege is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stege
    • San Pablo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • San Anselmo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Hilarita ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hilarita.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hilarita, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hilarita.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hilarita:

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 Hilarita, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hilarita) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.