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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Linnie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Linnie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Linnie, please Contact Us.
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 Linnie (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 Linnie. 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 hospitals and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Linnie is historic, it would have been located within present day Inyo 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 Inyo County: Fresno, Kern, Mono, San Bernardino, Tulare, Clark (NV), Esmeralda (NV) & Nye (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Linnie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linnie:
- Inyo County (The home county of Linnie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linnie, with the one closest to Linnie listed first.
- Pearsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pearsonville is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsonville
- Narka ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Narka is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
- Little Lake ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coso ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coso is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coso
- Sykes ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sykes is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykes
- Coso Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coso Junction is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coso Junction
- Dunmovin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dunmovin is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmovin
- Dunmovin has also been known as:
- Dun Movin
- Dun Moving
- Dunmoving
- Talus ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Talus is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talus
- Haiwee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Haiwee is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haiwee
- Haiwee has also been known as:
- Enchanted Lake Village
- Junction Ranch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Junction Ranch is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ranch
- Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells
- Homewood Canyon - Valley Wells has also been known as:
- Homewood Canyon
- Millspaugh ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millspaugh is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millspaugh
- Kern County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linnie, with the one closest to Linnie listed first.
- Inyokern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- China Lake Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- China Lake Acres is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Lake Acres
- Freeman ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- China Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgecrest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Armistead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Armistead is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
- Onyx
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bella Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bella Vista is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bella Vista
- Garlock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Garlock is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlock
- Sageland ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sageland is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageland
- San Bernardino County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linnie, with the one closest to Linnie listed first.
- Searles Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Searles Valley is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles Valley
- Argus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Argus is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus
- Westend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Westend is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westend
- Pinnacle ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pinnacle is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
- Trona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Spangler ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linnie, see our County-by-County Page for Linnie.
Cemeteries Near Linnie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linnie.
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 Linnie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linnie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linnie, with the one closest to Linnie listed first.
- Mt. Owens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Desert Memorial Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage Grove Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cottage Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Onyx.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7918 <4>
- Onyx Indian Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onyx Indian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Onyx Indian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Onyx.
- The Onyx Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Indian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8065 <4>
- Searles Valley Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pauls Place Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roger McGavin Gravesite
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
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.
While we didn't find Linnie in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Linnie.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Linnie, with the one closest to Linnie listed first.
- Freeman ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Onyx
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linnie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linnie.
Newspapers Published in Linnie ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linnie.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linnie, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linnie.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Linnie:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Inyo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kern County
- San Bernardino County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Linnie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Linnie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |