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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 La Honda Park (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 La Honda Park. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

La Honda Park is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of La Honda Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Honda Park, with the one closest to La Honda Park listed first.
    • Douglas Flat
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Murphys
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Vallecito
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Altaville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Angels Camp
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Angels City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
    • Angels
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Angels is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
    • Cave City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
    • Cedar Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
    • Forest Meadows
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
    • Sheep Ranch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Melones ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Melones is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melones
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Honda Park, with the one closest to La Honda Park listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pioneer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jackson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Volcano
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Martell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Camanche Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
    • Ione
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
    • Drytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Honda Park, with the one closest to La Honda Park listed first.
    • Bellota
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
    • Cometa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
    • Farmington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Trigo ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Trigo is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Honda Park, with the one closest to La Honda Park listed first.
    • Knights Ferry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Oakdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oakdale
    • Adela
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Honda Park, with the one closest to La Honda Park listed first.
    • Columbia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Tuttletown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Martinez
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Squabbletown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Rawhide
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
    • Greenley Oaks
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sonora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Jamestown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • East Sonora
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora

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

Cemeteries Near La Honda Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of La Honda Park.

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 La Honda Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altaville Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Altaville.
    • The Altaville Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Angels Camp Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269483 <2>
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Lode Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Public Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sonora City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jewish Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
      • 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

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 La Honda Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of La Honda Park.

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

  • Douglas Flat
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Murphys
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Angels Camp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tuttletown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • Avery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sonora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • San Andreas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Copperopolis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamestown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Big Trees
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Rail Road Flat
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Soulsbyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in La Honda Park ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Honda Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of La Honda Park, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for La Honda Park.

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 La Honda Park:

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 La Honda Park, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- La Honda Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.