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Introduction ...

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Mineral King is historic, it would have been located within present day Tulare 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 Tulare County: Fresno, Inyo, Kern & Kings.

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

  • Tulare County     (The home county of Mineral King)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mineral King, with the one closest to Mineral King listed first.
    • Silver City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Tulare County
    • Advance ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
      • Advance is located in Tulare County
    • Three Rivers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Kaweah
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Stony Creek Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek Village
      • Stony Creek Village is located in Tulare County
    • Milo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
      • Milo is located in Tulare County
    • Camp Nelson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Slope
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Slope
      • Cedar Slope is located in Tulare County
    • Hartland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
      • Hartland is located in Tulare County
    • Ponderosa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
      • Ponderosa is located in Tulare County
    • Lemon Cove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Springville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Badger
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mineral King, with the one closest to Mineral King listed first.
    • Cedar Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Fresno County
    • Kanawyers ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawyers
      • Kanawyers is located in Fresno County
    • Pinehurst
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hume
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Miramonte
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Inyo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mineral King, with the one closest to Mineral King listed first.
    • Whitney Portal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney Portal
      • Whitney Portal is located in Inyo County
      • Former name for Whitney Portal:
      • Hunter Flat
      • Whitney Portal has also been known as:
      • Hunters Camp
    • Lone Pine Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine Creek
      • Lone Pine Creek is located in Inyo County
    • Seven Pines ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
      • Seven Pines is located in Inyo County
    • Alabama Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Hills
      • Alabama Hills is located in Inyo County

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

Cemeteries Near Mineral King ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mineral King.

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

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

  • Crabtree Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlake Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlake Cemetery
    • The Woodlake Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Antelope Cemetery
    • Woodlake Public Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #601409 <4>
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamilton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tule River Indian Reservation Upper 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.

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

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

  • Advance ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
    • Advance is located in Tulare County
  • Three Rivers
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Kaweah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Milo
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
    • Milo is located in Tulare County
  • Globe
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Globe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
    • Globe is located in Tulare County
  • Yokohl
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yokohl have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yokohl
    • Yokohl is located in Tulare County
  • Auckland
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auckland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auckland
    • Auckland is located in Tulare County

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

Newspapers Published in Mineral King ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mineral King.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mineral King, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mineral King.

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 Mineral King:

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.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 Mineral King, 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>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mineral King) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mineral King. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4508, Longitude: -118.5948       In this case, the coordinates for Mineral King have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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