Our Genealogy Helper
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 Hite Cove (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 Hite Cove. 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 Hite Cove ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hite Cove: Hite Cv.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hite Cove is located in Mariposa 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 Mariposa County: Madera, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.
Below are the counties that are near Hite Cove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hite Cove:
- Mariposa County (The home county of Hite Cove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hite Cove, with the one closest to Hite Cove listed first.
- El Portal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jerseydale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
- Yosemite West
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Yosemite West is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite West
- Midpines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darrah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Darrah is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrah
- Colorado ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colorado is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
- Bootjack
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bootjack is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
- Wawona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mariposa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Bullion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
- Yosemite Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yosemite Valley is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Valley
- Bagby ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bagby is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagby
- Bear Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Madera County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hite Cove, with the one closest to Hite Cove listed first.
- Nipinnawasee ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nipinnawasee is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipinnawasee
- Ahwahnee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Yosemite Forks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
- Oakhurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bass Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coarsegold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- The Pines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Pines is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
- Knowles ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Knowles is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Raymond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Wishon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wishon is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
- Knowles Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Knowles Junction is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Junction
- Merced County
- Merced Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Merced Falls is located in Merced County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merced Falls
- Tuolumne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hite Cove, with the one closest to Hite Cove listed first.
- Mather
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mather is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Groveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Big Oak Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moccasin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Tuolumne City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tuolumne City is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City
- Tuolumne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hite Cove, see our County-by-County Page for Hite Cove.
Cemeteries Near Hite Cove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hite Cove.
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 Hite Cove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hite Cove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hite Cove, with the one closest to Hite Cove listed first.
- Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mariposa Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mariposa.
- The Mariposa Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2205021 <2>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catheys Valley Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coulterville Public Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Santa Cruz Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Granite Spring Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sturdevant Ranch Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pate Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Hite Cove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hite Cove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hite Cove, with the one closest to Hite Cove listed first.
- Jerseydale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
- Sequoia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sequoia is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoia
- Mariposa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wawona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Bullion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
- Bear Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Coulterville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ben Hur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hornitos
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Big Oak Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Merced Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Merced Falls is located in Merced County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merced Falls
- Raymond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Knowles ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Knowles is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hite Cove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hite Cove.
Newspapers Published in Hite Cove ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hite Cove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hite Cove, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hite Cove.
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 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 Hite Cove:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Mariposa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Madera County
- Merced County
- Tuolumne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 Hite Cove, 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 from Point A (ie- Hite Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |