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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 Marshall Junction (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 Marshall Junction. 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 Marshall Junction ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Marshall Junction: Marshall Jct. (or less commonly used: Marshall Jctn.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Marshall Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Marshall Junction.

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 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.

Marshall Junction is located in Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of Marshall Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Junction, with the one closest to Marshall Junction listed first.
    • Prather
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sentinel ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
    • Auberry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadow Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
    • Friant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Tollhouse
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Pineridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Pineridge is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
    • Gordon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Gordon is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Dora Belle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
    • Shaver Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Clovis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tarpey Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tarpey Village is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpey Village
  • Madera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Junction, with the one closest to Marshall Junction listed first.
    • Millerton ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Millerton is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • O'Neals
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • North Fork
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Yosemite Lakes Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
      • Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
      • Yosemite Lakes
    • Bonadelle Ranchos - Madera Ranchos
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Coarsegold
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Wishon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Wishon is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
    • Bass Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • The Pines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
    • Oakhurst
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Knowles Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Knowles Junction is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Junction
    • Knowles ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Knowles is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
  • Nevada County
    • Cedar Crest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest

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

Cemeteries Near Marshall Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marshall Junction.

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 Marshall Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Auberry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Winchell Cove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchell Cove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winchell Cove Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Friant.
  • Winchell Cove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Academy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Tollhouse Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fine Gold Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Watts Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Clovis Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Redbank Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hughes Creek Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...
    • North Fork Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Picayune Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazelton Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 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.<4>

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

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

  • Sentinel ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
  • Auberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Letcher ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Letcher is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
  • Tollhouse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fresno
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Sanger
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Herndon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Herndon is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
  • Muscatel
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Muscatel is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatel
  • Lone Star
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Knowles ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Knowles is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
  • Raymond
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Raymond is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Malaga
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Malaga is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
    • Yokuts
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Easton
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Marshall Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marshall Junction.

Newspapers Published in Marshall Junction ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marshall Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marshall Junction, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marshall Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Marshall Junction:

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- Marshall Junction) 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 Marshall Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.