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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 Kings 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 Kings 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 Kings 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 occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Kings Crossing: Kings Xing.
  • While the name of this community is Kings Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kings Crossing may originally have been King's Crossing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kings Crossing might be written as King Crossing.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Kings Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kings Crossing.

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 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.

Kings Crossing is located in Humboldt 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 Humboldt County: Del Norte, Mendocino, Siskiyou & Trinity.

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

  • Humboldt County     (The home county of Kings Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kings Crossing, with the one closest to Kings Crossing listed first.
    • Hoopa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Atsepar ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Atsepar is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atsepar
    • Weitchpec
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Weitchpec is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitchpec
    • Willow Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Korbel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Westhaven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • McKinleyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Trinidad
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Alliance
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Alliance is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
    • Fickle Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fickle Hill is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle Hill
    • Arcata
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Arcata is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcata
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,044 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcata <2>
    • Tyee City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Tyee City is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyee City
  • Siskiyou County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kings Crossing, with the one closest to Kings Crossing listed first.
    • Somes Bar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Forks of Salmon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kings Crossing, with the one closest to Kings Crossing listed first.
    • Salyer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Trinity Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Trinity Village is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Village
    • Denny ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Denny is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
    • Burnt Ranch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Kings Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kings 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.

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 Kings Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hoopa Tribal Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Trinidad Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Eloise Nelson Gateway Garden
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnsons Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Spear Family Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Myrtle Grove Memorial
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Oceanview Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Bernard's Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Weitchpec
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Weitchpec is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitchpec
  • Blue Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Korbel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Trinidad
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Arcata
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Arcata is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcata
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,044 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcata <2>
  • Bayside
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Orick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Maple Creek is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
  • Orleans
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Freshwater
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Freshwater is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
    • Eureka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Eureka is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <2>
    • Burnt Ranch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Denny ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Denny is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
    • Somes Bar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Forks of Salmon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Kings 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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kings Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kings Crossing, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kings Crossing.

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 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 Kings Crossing:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Freshwater Corners and Freshwater. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kings Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Kings Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.