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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 Lakeview Hot Springs (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 Lakeview Hot Springs. 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 Lakeview Hot Springs ...

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.

Another variation: Lake View Hot Springs.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lakeview Hot Springs: Lakeview Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: Lakeview Hot Spngs. or Lakeview Hot Sprngs.)

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 southeast 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 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.

Lakeview Hot Springs is located in Riverside 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 Riverside County: La Paz (AZ), Imperial, Orange, San Bernardino & San Diego.

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

  • Riverside County     (The home county of Lakeview Hot Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Hot Springs, with the one closest to Lakeview Hot Springs listed first.
    • Lakeview
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lakeview is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Nuevo
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Perris
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Perris is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79,011 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perris <1>
    • Homeland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Romoland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • March Field
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • March Field is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March Field
    • Moreno Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gilman Hot Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Gilman Hot Springs is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman Hot Springs
    • Menifee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sun City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Winchester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Quail Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaumont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Hot Springs, with the one closest to Lakeview Hot Springs listed first.
    • Trabuco Canyon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Trabuco Highlands
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Trabuco Highlands is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trabuco Highlands
    • Beeks Place ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Beeks Place is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks Place
    • Silverado Canyon ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Silverado Canyon is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverado Canyon
    • Silverado
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Rancho Santa Margarita
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Modjeska
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Modjeska is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modjeska
    • Portola Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Portola Hills is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portola Hills
    • Coto de Caza
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • San Bernardino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview Hot Springs, with the one closest to Lakeview Hot Springs listed first.
    • Plymouth Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Plymouth Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Village
    • Yucaipa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Yucaipa is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucaipa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,833 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yucaipa <1>
    • Bryn Mawr
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Eastbern ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Eastbern is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbern
    • Redlands
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Redlands is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,271 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redlands <1>
    • University Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • University Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
    • Lugonia ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Lugonia is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugonia
    • Mentone
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Grand Terrace
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Loma Linda
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mound City ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Marigold
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Marigold is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
    • Colton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Colton is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <1>
  • San Diego County
    • Rainbow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow

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

Cemeteries Near Lakeview Hot Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeview Hot Springs.

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 Lakeview Hot Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakeview Hot Springs, with the one closest to Lakeview Hot Springs listed first.

  • Perris Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Menifee Valley Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverside National Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • San Jacinto Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the San Jacinto Valley Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Hemet.
    • The San Jacinto Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hemet Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #376454 <2>
  • Sunnyslope Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Elsinore Valley Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Olivewood Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Montecito Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...

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.<4>

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

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakeview Hot Springs, with the one closest to Lakeview Hot Springs listed first.

  • Eastbern ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Eastbern is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbern
  • Redlands
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Redlands is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,271 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redlands <1>
  • Lugonia ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lugonia is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugonia
  • Mound City ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
  • Banning
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mentone
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Riverside
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Victoria
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Victoria is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
  • Colton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Colton is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <1>
  • Murrieta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • San Bernardino
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rialto
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <1>
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Declezville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Declezville is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declezville
    • Arrowhead Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Arrowhead Springs is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
    • Declez
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Declez is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez

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

Newspapers Published in Lakeview Hot Springs ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeview Hot Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakeview Hot Springs, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakeview Hot Springs.

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 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 Lakeview Hot Springs:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lakeview Hot Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Lakeview Hot Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.