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Introduction ...

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

We've added Merienda to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Merienda, 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 Merienda (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 Merienda. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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 Merienda is historic, it would have been located within present day Alameda 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 Alameda County: Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara & Stanislaus.

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

  • Alameda County     (The home county of Merienda)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Merienda, with the one closest to Merienda listed first.
    • Fremont
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fremont is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234,569 people
      • Former names for Fremont:
      • Centerville
      • Irvington
      • Mission San Jose
      • Niles
      • Warm Springs
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <2>
    • Scotts Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Scotts Corner is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
    • Sunol
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Union City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Union City is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,501 people
      • Former name for Union City:
      • Decoto
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <2>
    • Newark
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Albrae ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Albrae is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrae
    • Larkins Landing ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Larkins Landing is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkins Landing
    • Alvarado ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Alvarado is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
    • Pleasanton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairview is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Dublin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Drawbridge ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Drawbridge is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawbridge
      • Former name for Drawbridge:
      • Saline City
  • Contra Costa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Merienda, with the one closest to Merienda listed first.
    • San Ramon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Blackhawk - Camino Tassajara
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Tassajara
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Tassajara is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tassajara
    • Blackhawk
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Blackhawk is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
    • Danville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Danville is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,883 people
      • Former name for Danville:
      • Inmanville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <2>
    • Diablo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Alamo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Rock City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Rock City is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Moraga
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Moraga is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moraga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,967 people
      • Former name for Moraga:
      • Willow Springs
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moraga <2>
    • Marsh Creek Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Marsh Creek Springs is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek Springs
    • Walnut Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lafayette
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • San Francisco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Merienda, with the one closest to Merienda listed first.
    • Mission District
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mission District is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission District
    • Chinatown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Chinatown is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
    • Friendship Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Friendship Village is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Village
    • San Francisco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sydney Town ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sydney Town is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydney Town
    • Amanico Ergina Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Amanico Ergina Village is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanico Ergina Village
    • Stonestown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Stonestown is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonestown
    • Golden Gate Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Golden Gate Heights is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gate Heights
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Merienda, with the one closest to Merienda listed first.
    • Carnegie ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Carnegie is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
    • Ellis ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Ellis is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
    • Tracy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Tracy is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,025 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tracy <2>
  • San Mateo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Merienda, with the one closest to Merienda listed first.
    • East Palo Alto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Willows
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Willows is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Willows
    • Atherton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Menlo Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • North Fair Oaks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • North Fair Oaks is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fair Oaks
    • Redwood City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Foster City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • West Menlo Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • San Carlos
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Emerald Lake Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Emerald Lake Hills is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Lake Hills
    • Ladera
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Ladera is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladera
    • Belmont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Santa Clara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Merienda, with the one closest to Merienda listed first.
    • Alviso
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Milpitas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Agnew
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Agnew is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
    • Castro City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Castro City is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castro City
    • Palo Alto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ventura
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ventura is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventura
    • Santa Clara
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sunnyvale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Escondido Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Escondido Village is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido Village
    • Mountain View
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Stanford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Alum Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Alum Rock is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
  • Santa Cruz County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Merienda, with the one closest to Merienda listed first.
    • Alma ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Alma is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Summit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Summit is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Summit has also been known as:
      • Loma Prieta

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

Cemeteries Near Merienda ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merienda.

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 Merienda - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Presbyterian Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Irvington Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Holy Ghost Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ohlone Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ohlones Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mission San Jose Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dublin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lone Tree Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (67 more) ...
    • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Lawn Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lawn Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Lawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Fremont.
      • The Cedar Lawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Cedar Lawn Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7892 <3>
    • All Saints Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Sunol
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Newark
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Alvarado ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Alvarado is located in Alameda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
  • Pleasanton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Eden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Alviso
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Milpitas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • San Lorenzo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Livermore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Agnew
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Agnew is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
  • San Ramon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Palo Alto
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Mayfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mayfield is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
    • Berryessa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Berryessa is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryessa
    • San Leandro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Merienda ...

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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Merienda.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merienda, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Merienda.

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 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 Merienda:

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 Merienda, 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- Merienda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.