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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 North Long Beach (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 Long Beach. 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 Long Beach ...

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 North Long Beach: N. Long Bch.

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 Long Beach is located in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino & Ventura.

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

  • Los Angeles County     (The home county of North Long Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Long Beach, with the one closest to North Long Beach listed first.
    • Lakewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Clearwater
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
      • Clearwater is located in Los Angeles County
    • Paramount
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dominguez
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dominguez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
      • Dominguez is located in Los Angeles County
    • Compton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
      • Compton is located in Los Angeles County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,967 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Compton <1>
    • Rancho Dominguez
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Signal Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
      • Lincoln Village is located in Los Angeles County
    • Bellflower
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cambodia Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambodia Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambodia Town
      • Cambodia Town is located in Los Angeles County
    • Artesia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
      • Artesia is located in Los Angeles County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,168 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Artesia <1>
    • Long Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Avalon Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avalon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon Village
      • Avalon Village is located in Los Angeles County
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Long Beach, with the one closest to North Long Beach listed first.
    • Los Alamitos
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rossmoor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
      • Rossmoor is located in Orange County
    • La Palma
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cypress
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Seal Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Buena Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Surfside
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stanton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Barber City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber City
      • Barber City is located in Orange County
    • Sunset Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Lantern Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lantern Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lantern Village
      • Green Lantern Village is located in Orange County
    • Midway City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Westminster
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • San Bernardino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Long Beach, with the one closest to North Long Beach listed first.
    • Chino Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Los Serranos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Serranos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Serranos
      • Los Serranos is located in San Bernardino County
    • Chino
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chino
      • Chino is located in San Bernardino County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92,290 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chino <1>

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

Newspapers Published in North Long Beach ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Long Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Long Beach, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Long Beach.

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 Long Beach:

Cemeteries Near North Long Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Long Beach.

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 North Long Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Long Beach Forest Lawn Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • The Long Beach Forest Lawn Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery - Long Beach
    • Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach
    • Long Beach Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Beach Forest Lawn Park Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #180662 <4>
  • All Souls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the All Souls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Souls Cemetery
  • Angeles Abbey Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Table Top Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Table Top Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Table Top Cemetery
  • Long Beach Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Long Beach Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Long Beach Municipal Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Beach Cemetery
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Old Downey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Downey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Downey Cemetery
  • Lincoln Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Memorial Park
  • Artesia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Artesia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Artesia Cemetery
  • Young Israel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Young Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Young Israel Cemetery
  • Wilmington Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilmington Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Wilmington.
    • The Wilmington Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Historic Wilmington Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilmington Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #152636 <4>
  • Continue List   (69 more) ...

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

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

  • Dominguez
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dominguez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
    • Dominguez is located in Los Angeles County
  • Clearwater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
    • Clearwater is located in Los Angeles County
  • Compton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
    • Compton is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,967 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Compton <1>
  • Long Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Lynwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood
    • Lynwood is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,508 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynwood <1>
  • Artesia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
    • Artesia is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Artesia <1>
  • Wilmington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Wilmington is located in Los Angeles County
  • Thenard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thenard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thenard
    • Thenard is located in Los Angeles County
  • Cerritos
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Norwalk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
    • Norwalk is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwalk <1>
  • Studebaker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studebaker
    • Studebaker is located in Los Angeles County
  • Downey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
    • Downey is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,202 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downey <1>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Vinvale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinvale
      • Vinvale is located in Los Angeles County
    • South Los Angeles
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Los Angeles
      • South Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles County
    • Gardena
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
      • Gardena is located in Los Angeles County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,498 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardena <1>

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

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

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

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>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- North Long Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Long Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8600, Longitude: -118.1856       In this case, the coordinates for North Long Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 North Long Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.









 

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