Our Genealogy Helper
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 North Fillmore (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 North Fillmore. 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 North Fillmore ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Fillmore: N. Fillmore
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 and hospitals 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.
North Fillmore is located in Ventura 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 Ventura County: Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara.
Below are the counties that are near North Fillmore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Fillmore:
- Ventura County (The home county of North Fillmore)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Fillmore, with the one closest to North Fillmore listed first.
- Fillmore
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oak Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oak Village is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Sespe Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sespe Village is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sespe Village
- Bardsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bardsdale is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
- Buckhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Piru
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Santa Paula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lagol
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lagol is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagol
- Moorpark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Somis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mountclef Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mountclef Village is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountclef Village
- Leisure Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Leisure Village is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Simi Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kern County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Fillmore, with the one closest to North Fillmore listed first.
- Frazier Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lake of the Woods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lake of the Woods is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Woods
- Lebec
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Los Angeles County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Fillmore, with the one closest to North Fillmore listed first.
- Val Verde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Castaic Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Castaic Junction is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castaic Junction
- Castaic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mentryville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mentryville was located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentryville
- Stevenson Ranch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bell Canyon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westlake Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Agoura Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth Lake Manor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth Lake Manor is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth Lake Manor
- Santa Clarita
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Valencia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Agoura
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Fillmore, see our County-by-County Page for North Fillmore.
Cemeteries Near North Fillmore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Fillmore.
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 North Fillmore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Fillmore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Fillmore, with the one closest to North Fillmore listed first.
- Bardsdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Piru Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Santa Paula Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Assumption Catholic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Conejo Mtn. Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Simi Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Clara Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Nordhoff Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ojai Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hueneme Masonic Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Japanese Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Memorial Park
(20 miles [32.2 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.<3>
While we didn't find North Fillmore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Fillmore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Fillmore, with the one closest to North Fillmore listed first.
- Fillmore
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sespe Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sespe Village is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sespe Village
- Bardsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bardsdale is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
- Buckhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Piru
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Santa Paula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Simi Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saticoy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saticoy is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saticoy
- Springville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Newbury Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Montalvo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montalvo is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montalvo
- Castaic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Matilija
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Matilija is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilija
- Ventura
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ventura is also located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventura
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107,110 people
- Ventura has also been known as:
- San Buenaventura
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ventura <1>
- Chatsworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatsworth is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Fillmore. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Fillmore.
Newspapers Published in North Fillmore ...
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 North Fillmore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Fillmore, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Fillmore.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 North Fillmore:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Ventura County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kern County
- Los Angeles County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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> | 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 North Fillmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- North Fillmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |