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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 Mountain Home (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 Mountain Home. 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 Mountain Home ...

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 Mountain Home: Mtn. Home

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.

Mountain Home is located in 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 Mountain Home. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountain Home:

  • Tulare County     (The home county of Mountain Home)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Home, with the one closest to Mountain Home listed first.
    • Milo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
      • Milo is located in Tulare County
    • Camp Nelson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Slope
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Slope
      • Cedar Slope is located in Tulare County
    • Springville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Globe
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Globe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
      • Globe is located in Tulare County
    • Ponderosa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
      • Ponderosa is located in Tulare County
    • Soda Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Soda Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
      • Soda Springs is located in Tulare County
    • Silver City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Tulare County
    • Three Rivers
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • East Porterville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Porterville
      • East Porterville is located in Tulare County
    • Gillete ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillete
      • Gillete is located in Tulare County
    • Kaweah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lemon Cove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Mountain Home ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain Home.

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 Mountain Home covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Crabtree Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tule River Indian Reservation Upper Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Tule River Indian Reservation Lower Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Porterville Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Vandalia Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lindsay - Strathmore Public Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Anne's Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Galley Mtn. Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodlake Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Deep Creek Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Woodville Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Lone Oak Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Oak Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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

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

  • Milo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
    • Milo is located in Tulare County
  • Globe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Globe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
    • Globe is located in Tulare County
  • Three Rivers
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Kaweah
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Plano
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plano have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
    • Plano is located in Tulare County
  • Lindsay
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Porterville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Advance ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
    • Advance is located in Tulare County
  • Yokohl
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yokohl have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yokohl
    • Yokohl is located in Tulare County
  • Exeter
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Poplar
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Poplar is located in Tulare County
    • Poplar has also been known as:
    • Poplar - Cotton Center
  • Terra Bella
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmersville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Woodville
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Woodville 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 Mountain Home. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountain Home.

Newspapers Published in Mountain Home ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain Home.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain Home, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain Home.

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 Mountain Home:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mountain Home. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.ca.us/

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<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>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 Mountain Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain Home) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mountain Home. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2347, Longitude: -118.6959       In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Home have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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