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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about The Pines. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added The Pines to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with The Pines, please Contact Us.

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 The Pines (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 The Pines. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of The Pines is historic, it would have been located within present day San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).

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

  • San Bernardino County     (The home county of The Pines)
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Pines, with the one closest to The Pines listed first.
    • Big Bear Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Moonridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Minnelusa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Minnelusa is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnelusa
    • Sugarloaf
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Angelus Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fawnskin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Big Bear
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Bear is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bear
      • Big Bear has also been known as:
      • Big Bear City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Bear <2>
    • Forest Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mountain Home Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mountain Home Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home Village
    • Oak Glen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Arrowbear Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Arrowbear Lake is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowbear Lake
    • Green Valley Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Running Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Pines, with the one closest to The Pines listed first.
    • Cherry Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Calimesa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Banning
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Beaumont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cabazon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ordway
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ordway is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
    • Bonnie Bell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonnie Bell is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Bell
    • White Water
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • White Water is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Water
    • Gilman Hot Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Gilman Hot Springs is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman Hot Springs
    • Moreno Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeview is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Desert Hot Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Highgrove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Highgrove is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove

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

Cemeteries Near The Pines ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Pines.

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 The Pines - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Wilbur Grave
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • San Gorgonio Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Sunnyslope Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Moravian Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lucerne Valley Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sunnyslope Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 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.

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

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

  • Eastbern ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Eastbern is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbern
  • Mentone
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Banning
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Redlands
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Redlands is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,271 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redlands <2>
  • Lugonia ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lugonia is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugonia
  • Arrowhead Springs
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Arrowhead Springs is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
  • Victoria
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Victoria is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
  • Mound City ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
  • San Bernardino
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Colton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Colton is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <2>
  • Rialto
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <2>
  • Hesperia
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hesperia is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesperia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 96,911 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hesperia <2>

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

Newspapers Published in The Pines ...

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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Pines.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Pines, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Pines.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 The Pines:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 The Pines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Pines) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.