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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Madrone Soda Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Madrone Soda Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Madrone Soda Springs, 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 Madrone Soda 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 Madrone Soda 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 Madrone Soda 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Madrone Soda Springs: Madrone Soda Spgs. (or less commonly used: Madrone Soda Spngs. or Madrone Soda 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Madrone Soda Springs is historic, it would have been located within present day Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County: Alameda, Merced, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Cruz & Stanislaus.
Below are the counties that are near Madrone Soda Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Madrone Soda Springs:
- Santa Clara County (The home county of Madrone Soda Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Madrone Soda Springs, with the one closest to Madrone Soda Springs listed first.
- San Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rucker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rucker is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Madrone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Madrone is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrone
- Gilroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coyote
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bell Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Station is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Station
- Bell Station has also been known as:
- Bell's Station
- Sveadal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sveadal is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sveadal
- Sargent ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sargent is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
- English Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- English Town is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- New Almaden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Seven Trees
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Trees is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Trees
- Alamitos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alamitos is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamitos
- Merced County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madrone Soda Springs, with the one closest to Madrone Soda Springs listed first.
- Santa Nella Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Santa Nella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gustine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Monterey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madrone Soda Springs, with the one closest to Madrone Soda Springs listed first.
- Aromas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Vega ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vega is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
- Pajaro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pajaro is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajaro
- Las Lomas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Las Lomas is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Lomas
- Elkhorn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkhorn is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Prunedale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Moss Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Castroville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- San Benito County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madrone Soda Springs, with the one closest to Madrone Soda Springs listed first.
- Dunneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dunneville is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunneville
- River Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- River Oaks is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Oaks
- Hollister
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- San Juan Bautista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgemark
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ridgemark is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgemark
- Tres Pinos
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Cruz County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madrone Soda Springs, with the one closest to Madrone Soda Springs listed first.
- Interlaken
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Strongs Mobile Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Amesti
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amesti is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesti
- Corralitos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Day Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Day Valley is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Valley
- Aptos Hills - Larkin Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colache Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colache Town is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colache Town
- Freedom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Watsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Willows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- The Willows is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Willows
- Aptos
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- La Selva Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rio del Mar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stanislaus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Madrone Soda Springs, with the one closest to Madrone Soda Springs listed first.
- Newman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Crows Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Madrone Soda Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Madrone Soda Springs.
Cemeteries Near Madrone Soda Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Madrone Soda 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 Madrone Soda Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Madrone Soda Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Madrone Soda Springs, with the one closest to Madrone Soda Springs listed first.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hacienda Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hidalgo Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Old Mexican Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pajaro Valley Memorial Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Day Valley Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watsonville Catholic Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- IOOF Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #670325 <3>
- Oak Hill Memorial Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- San Juan Bautista Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 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.
While we didn't find Madrone Soda Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Madrone Soda Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Madrone Soda Springs, with the one closest to Madrone Soda Springs listed first.
- Tennant ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tennant is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
- Madrone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Madrone is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrone
- Perry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Perry is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Gilroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coyote
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Carnadero
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carnadero is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnadero
- Bell Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Station is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Station
- Bell Station has also been known as:
- Bell's Station
- Sargent ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sargent is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
- Evergreen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- New Almaden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greystone ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Greystone is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Corralitos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Alamitos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alamitos is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamitos
- Vega ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vega is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
- Guadalupe ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Guadalupe is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Madrone Soda Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Madrone Soda Springs.
Newspapers Published in Madrone Soda 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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Madrone Soda Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Madrone Soda Springs, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Madrone Soda Springs.
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 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 Madrone Soda Springs:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Santa Clara County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Merced County
- Monterey County
- San Benito County
- Santa Cruz County
- Stanislaus 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 Madrone Soda Springs, 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> | 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. |
| <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- Madrone Soda Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |