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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 Liebre (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 Liebre. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Liebre is located in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino & Ventura.

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

  • Los Angeles County     (The home county of La Liebre)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Liebre, with the one closest to La Liebre listed first.
    • Neenach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenach
      • Neenach is located in Los Angeles County
    • Gorman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lake Hughes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
      • Green Valley is located in Los Angeles County
    • Castaic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Antelope Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Acres
      • Antelope Acres is located in Los Angeles County
    • Val Verde
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Valencia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Del Sur
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sur
      • Del Sur is located in Los Angeles County
    • Castaic Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castaic Junction
      • Castaic Junction is located in Los Angeles County
    • Leona Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Canyon Country
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kern County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Liebre, with the one closest to La Liebre listed first.
    • Lebec
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Frazier Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lake of the Woods
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
      • Lake of the Woods is located in Kern County
    • Grapevine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
      • Grapevine is located in Kern County
    • Stallion Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallion Springs
      • Stallion Springs is located in Kern County
    • Wheeler Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mettler
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bear Valley Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Pine Mountain Club
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Golden Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hills
      • Golden Hills is located in Kern County
    • Old Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
      • Old Town is located in Kern County
    • Tehachapi
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ventura County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Liebre, with the one closest to La Liebre listed first.
    • Piru
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Buckhorn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
      • Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
    • Fillmore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sespe Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sespe Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sespe Village
      • Sespe Village is located in Ventura County
    • Bardsdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
      • Bardsdale is located in Ventura County
    • Oak Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
      • Oak Village is located in Ventura County

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

Newspapers Published in La Liebre ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Liebre.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of La Liebre, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for La Liebre.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 La Liebre:

Cemeteries Near La Liebre ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of La Liebre.

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 La Liebre covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Ft. Tejon Military Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Tejon Indian Settlement Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Islamic Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Piru Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Piru Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Piru Cemetery
  • Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • James Foley Gravesite
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the James Foley Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the James Foley Gravesite is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of Mojave.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James Foley Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188029 <5>
  • Fickert Family Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Tehachapi Westside Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehachapi Westside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Tehachapi.
    • The Tehachapi Westside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tehachapi Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tehachapi Westside Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137488 <5>
  • Old Tehachapi Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Eternal Valley Memorial Park
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Tehachapi Public Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehachapi Public Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Tehachapi.
    • The Tehachapi Public Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tehachapi Eastside Cemetery
    • Tehachapi Protestant Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tehachapi Public Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137484 <5>

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.<7>

While we didn't find La Liebre in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of La Liebre.

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

  • Neenach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenach
    • Neenach is located in Los Angeles County
  • Fairmont
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
    • Fairmont is located in Los Angeles County
  • Castaic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Del Sur
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Sur
    • Del Sur is located in Los Angeles County
  • Piru
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Buckhorn
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
  • Saugus
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Honby
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honby
    • Honby is located in Los Angeles County
  • Fillmore
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Newhall
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Tehachapi
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sespe Village
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sespe Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sespe Village
    • Sespe Village is located in Ventura County
  • Lang
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lang have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lang
    • Lang is located in Los Angeles County

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

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

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

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>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 from Point A (ie- La Liebre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in La Liebre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7694, Longitude: -118.6909       In this case, the coordinates for La Liebre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lebec and Grapevine. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<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>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.
<7>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 Liebre, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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