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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 Island Crossing (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 Island Crossing. 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 Island Crossing ...

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 Island Crossing: Island Xing.

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 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.

Island Crossing is located in Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of Island Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Island Crossing, with the one closest to Island Crossing listed first.
    • Mono Hot Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Lakeshore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Huntington Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Big Creek is located in Fresno County
      • Former names for Big Creek:
      • Big Creek Flats
      • Cascada
      • Manzanita Park
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
  • Inyo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Island Crossing, with the one closest to Island Crossing listed first.
    • Scheelite ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scheelite
      • Scheelite is located in Inyo County
    • Rovana
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rovana
      • Rovana is located in Inyo County
    • Round Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
      • Round Valley is located in Inyo County
    • Alta Vista
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
      • Alta Vista is located in Inyo County
    • Mesa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
      • Mesa is located in Inyo County
  • Madera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Island Crossing, with the one closest to Island Crossing listed first.
    • Bass Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Pines
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
    • Wishon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
      • Wishon is located in Madera County
  • Mariposa County
    • Curry Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Village
      • Curry Village is located in Mariposa County
  • Mono County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Island Crossing, with the one closest to Island Crossing listed first.
    • Lake Mary
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary
      • Lake Mary is located in Mono County
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
      • Mill City is located in Mono County
    • Old Mammoth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mammoth
      • Old Mammoth is located in Mono County
    • Mammoth Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Convict Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Convict Lake
      • Convict Lake is located in Mono County
    • Crestview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview
      • Crestview is located in Mono County
    • Whitmore Hot Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmore Hot Springs
      • Whitmore Hot Springs is located in Mono County
      • Former names for Whitmore Hot Springs:
      • Whitmore Tub Spring
      • Whitmore Tubs
    • June Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • South Landing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Landing
      • South Landing is located in Mono County
    • Aspen Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Springs
      • Aspen Springs is located in Mono County
    • North Landing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Landing
      • North Landing is located in Mono County
    • June Lake Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for June Lake Junction
      • June Lake Junction is located in Mono County
  • Nevada County
    • Cedar Crest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
      • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
  • Tuolumne County
    • Golden Crown Mine ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Golden Crown Mine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crown Mine
      • Golden Crown Mine is located in Tuolumne County

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

Newspapers Published in Island Crossing ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Island Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Island Crossing, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Island Crossing.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Island Crossing:

Cemeteries Near Island Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Island Crossing.

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 Island Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Gibbs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Gibbs Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibbs Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2313825 <5>
  • Mt. Morrison Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloody Canyon Gravesite
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bloody Canyon Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bloody Canyon Gravesite is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the north of Lee Vining.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloody Canyon Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2495785 <5>
  • Rush Creek Indian Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

  • Round Valley
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
    • Round Valley is located in Inyo County

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

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

The official website for Fresno County: www.co.fresno.ca.us/

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 '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- Island Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Island Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5349, Longitude: -119.0682       In this case, the coordinates for Island Crossing 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 Island Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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