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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 Paige (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 Paige. 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 hospitals and 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.

Paige is located in Tulare 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 Tulare County: Fresno, Inyo, Kern & Kings.

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

  • Tulare County     (The home county of Paige)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paige, with the one closest to Paige listed first.
    • Tulare
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Tulare is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,797 people
      • Tulare has also been known as:
      • Tulare City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <1>
    • Waukena
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tagus
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tagus is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
    • Loma
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Loma is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
    • Tipton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Goshen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ambler
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ambler is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambler
    • Chinowths Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chinowths Corner is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinowths Corner
    • Visalia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodville is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • East Farmersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • East Farmersville is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmersville
    • Farmersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paige, with the one closest to Paige listed first.
    • Laton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingsburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Reedley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Selma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Selma is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,370 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <1>
    • Conejo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Conejo is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conejo
    • Riverdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Parlier
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Kern County
    • Delano
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Kings County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paige, with the one closest to Paige listed first.
    • Corcoran
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Home Garden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Home Garden is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
    • Hanford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Armona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lemoore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hardwick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hardwick is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
    • Stratford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hub
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hub is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
    • Vanguard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Vanguard is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanguard

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

Cemeteries Near Paige ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paige.

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 Paige - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paige covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Tulare Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Corcoran Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tipton - Pixley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Visalia Public Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Visalia Public Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Visalia Public Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Visalia.
    • The Visalia Public Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Visalia Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #198468 <2>
  • Woodville Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Deep Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hanford Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Potters Field
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sam Yup Chinese Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lone Oak Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Grangeville Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grangeville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Armona.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #247363 <2>
    • Lindsay - Strathmore Public Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Kings River Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Tulare
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tulare is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,797 people
    • Tulare has also been known as:
    • Tulare City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <1>
  • Tagus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tagus is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
  • Tipton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Visalia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Goshen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Woodville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodville is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Farmersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pixley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hanford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Poplar
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Poplar is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Poplar has also been known as:
    • Poplar - Cotton Center
  • Exeter
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lindsay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Taurusa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Taurusa is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taurusa
    • Traver
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Yokohl
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Yokohl is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yokohl

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

Newspapers Published in Paige ...

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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paige.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paige, 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 Paige.

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 Paige:

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 Paige, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Paige) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.