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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 Oak Park Estates (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 Oak Park Estates. 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 Oak Park Estates ...

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 Oak Park Estates: Oak Park Ests.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Oak Park Estates is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Oak Park Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Park Estates, with the one closest to Oak Park Estates listed first.
    • San Andreas
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
    • Mountain Ranch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cave City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lost City ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
      • Lost City is located in Calaveras County
    • Big Bar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • Carmen City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmen City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
      • Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
    • Altaville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Angels City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angels City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
      • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
    • Angels
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angels have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
      • Angels is located in Calaveras County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
    • Valley Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Angels Camp
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Park Estates, with the one closest to Oak Park Estates listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Amador County
    • Jackson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Martell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sutter Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pioneer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Volcano
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Camanche Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camanche Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
    • Amador City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ione
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
    • Drytown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Plymouth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Park Estates, with the one closest to Oak Park Estates listed first.
    • Mount Aukum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Fair Play
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Park Estates, with the one closest to Oak Park Estates listed first.
    • Clements
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Farmington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Linden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Peters
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockeford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Holden ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Holden is located in San Joaquin County
    • Victor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Walthal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walthal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
      • Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Park Estates, with the one closest to Oak Park Estates listed first.
    • Knights Ferry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • East Oakdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oakdale
      • East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
    • Adela
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
      • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
    • Oakdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <1>
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oak Park Estates, with the one closest to Oak Park Estates listed first.
    • Columbia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuttletown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Columbia Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
    • Martinez
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
    • Rawhide
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
      • Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
    • Squabbletown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squabbletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jamestown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sonora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • East Sonora
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Sonora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
    • Greenley Oaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
    • Cedar Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
    • Yosemite Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction
      • Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County

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

Newspapers Published in Oak Park Estates ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Park Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Park Estates, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Park Estates.

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 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 Oak Park Estates:

Cemeteries Near Oak Park Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Park Estates.

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 Oak Park Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Peoples Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peoples Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peoples Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Serbian Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lode Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lode Cemetery
  • Dean Family Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dean Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dean Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> to the southwest of Milton.
    • The Dean Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wilson Burial Ground
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dean Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503319 <6>
  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (51 more) ...
    • Jackson Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
    • St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Milton Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milton Cemetery

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.<7>

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

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

  • San Andreas
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mokelumne Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Rich Gulch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
  • Valley Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Angels Camp
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Campo Seco
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Murphys
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Douglas Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Glencoe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Burson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jenny Lind
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
      • Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County

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

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

The official website for Calaveras County: www.co.calaveras.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>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.
<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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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- Oak Park Estates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Park Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1880, Longitude: -120.6619       In this case, the coordinates for Oak Park Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Oak Park Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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