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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 Llanada (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 Llanada. 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.

Llanada is located in San Benito 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 San Benito County: Fresno, Merced, Monterey, Santa Clara & Santa Cruz.

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

  • San Benito County     (The home county of Llanada)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Llanada, with the one closest to Llanada listed first.
    • Panoche
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panoche
      • Panoche is located in San Benito County
    • San Benito
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Benito
      • San Benito is located in San Benito County
    • Pinnacles
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinnacles have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacles
      • Pinnacles is located in San Benito County
    • Bitterwater
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitterwater
      • Bitterwater is located in San Benito County
    • New Idria ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Idria
      • New Idria is located in San Benito County
      • New Idria has also been known as:
      • Idria
    • Paicines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Tres Pinos
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ridgemark
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgemark
      • Ridgemark is located in San Benito County
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Llanada, with the one closest to Llanada listed first.
    • Mercey Hot Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercey Hot Springs
      • Mercey Hot Springs is located in Fresno County
      • Former name for Mercey Hot Springs:
      • Mercy Hot Springs
    • Oro Loma ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Loma
      • Oro Loma is located in Fresno County
    • Panoche Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panoche Junction
      • Panoche Junction is located in Fresno County
    • Giffen Cantua Ranch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giffen Cantua Ranch
      • Giffen Cantua Ranch is located in Fresno County
    • Benito
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benito
      • Benito is located in Fresno County
    • Firebaugh
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Merced County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Llanada, with the one closest to Llanada listed first.
    • South Dos Palos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dos Palos
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Monterey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Llanada, with the one closest to Llanada listed first.
    • Soledad
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • King City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gonzales
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Llanada ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Llanada.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Llanada, 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 Llanada.

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 Llanada:

Cemeteries Near Llanada ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Llanada.

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

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

  • Cherry Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cherry Hill Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherry Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7899 <5>
  • Bitterwater Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bitterwater Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Bitterwater.
    • The Bitterwater Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pine Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bitterwater Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7858 <5>
  • Willow Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Paicines Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Soledad Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Soledad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Soledad Cemetery
  • Greenfield Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenfield Cemetery
  • Williams - Duckworth Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Anderson Akers Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gonzales Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Clayton Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Llanada had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • San Benito
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Benito
    • San Benito is located in San Benito County
  • Bitterwater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitterwater
    • Bitterwater is located in San Benito County
  • New Idria ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Idria
    • New Idria is located in San Benito County
    • New Idria has also been known as:
    • Idria
  • Paicines
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Lonoak
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lonoak have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonoak
    • Lonoak is located in Monterey County
  • Metz
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Metz have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
    • Metz is located in Monterey County
  • Soledad
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Tres Pinos
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Gonzales
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • King City
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Llanada. See our List of 1890's Communities around Llanada.

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

The official website for San Benito County: www.san-benito.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Llanada) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Llanada. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6091, Longitude: -120.9166       In this case, the coordinates for Llanada have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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>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 Llanada, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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