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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about McKenzie Spring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added McKenzie Spring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with McKenzie Spring, 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 McKenzie Spring (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 McKenzie Spring. 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 McKenzie Spring ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for McKenzie Spring: McKenzie Spg. (or less commonly used: McKenzie Spng. or McKenzie Sprng.)

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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 McKenzie Spring is historic, it would have been located within present day Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of McKenzie Spring)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McKenzie Spring, with the one closest to McKenzie Spring listed first.
    • Friant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Prather
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gordon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
      • Gordon is located in Fresno County
    • Auberry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tollhouse
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Lakes
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
      • Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
    • Clovis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tarpey Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarpey Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpey Village
      • Tarpey Village is located in Fresno County
    • Pinedale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pineridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
      • Pineridge is located in Fresno County
    • Fresno
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Piedra
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dora Belle
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
      • Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
  • Madera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McKenzie Spring, with the one closest to McKenzie Spring listed first.
    • Millerton ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Millerton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
      • Millerton is located in Madera County
    • O'Neals
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonadelle Ranchos - Madera Ranchos
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Yosemite Lakes Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
      • Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
      • Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
      • Yosemite Lakes
    • North Fork
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Coarsegold
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Wishon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
      • Wishon is located in Madera County
    • Knowles ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
      • Knowles is located in Madera County
    • Knowles Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Junction
      • Knowles Junction is located in Madera County
    • Raymond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
      • Raymond is located in Madera County
    • Parksdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksdale
      • Parksdale is located in Madera County
    • Bass Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • The Pines
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
  • Nevada County
    • Cedar Crest
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
      • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County

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

Newspapers Published in McKenzie Spring ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around McKenzie Spring.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McKenzie Spring, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McKenzie Spring.

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 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 McKenzie Spring:

Cemeteries Near McKenzie Spring ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McKenzie Spring.

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

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

  • Winchell Cove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winchell Cove Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Friant.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winchell Cove Cemetery
  • Winchell Cove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Auberry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Academy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Clovis Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tollhouse Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Redbank Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redbank Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redbank Cemetery
  • Fine Gold Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fine Gold Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fine Gold Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7970 <6>
  • Watts Valley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watts Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watts Valley Cemetery
  • Hughes Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Creek Cemetery
  • Walker Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Picayune Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Picayune Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Picayune Cemetery
    • Hazelton Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hazelton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hazelton Cemetery
    • Acres Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Acres Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Acres Cemetery

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 McKenzie Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McKenzie Spring.

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

  • Sentinel ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sentinel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
    • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
  • Letcher ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Letcher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
    • Letcher is located in Fresno County
  • Auberry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tollhouse
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Fresno
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Muscatel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatel
    • Muscatel is located in Fresno County
  • Herndon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Herndon is located in Fresno County
  • Lone Star
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
  • Sanger
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Malaga
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malaga have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
    • Malaga is located in Fresno County
  • Knowles ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
    • Knowles is located in Madera County
  • Raymond
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Raymond is located in Madera County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Easton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fowler
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Oleander
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oleander have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleander
      • Oleander is located in Fresno County

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

The official website for Fresno County: www.co.fresno.ca.us/

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

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 McKenzie Spring, 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 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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McKenzie Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McKenzie Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9816, Longitude: -119.6129       In this case, the coordinates for McKenzie Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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