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Introduction ...

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

We've added Pleyto to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pleyto, 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 Pleyto (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 Pleyto. 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 Pleyto ...

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.

Pleyto was originally named Pleito

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.

A Few Details for Pleyto ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • The community was inundated by the San Antonio Reservoir.

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 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 Pleyto is historic, it would have been located within present day Monterey 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 Monterey County: Fresno, Kings, San Benito, San Luis Obispo & Santa Cruz.

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

  • Monterey County     (The home county of Pleyto)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleyto, with the one closest to Pleyto listed first.
    • Lockwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Martinus Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinus Corner
      • Martinus Corner is located in Monterey County
    • Bradley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • San Ardo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jolon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • San Lucas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • King City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Gorda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorda
      • Gorda is located in Monterey County
  • San Luis Obispo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleyto, with the one closest to Pleyto listed first.
    • Bee Rock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Rock
      • Bee Rock is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Lake Nacimiento
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • San Miguel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • San Simeon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Wellsona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsona
      • Wellsona is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Cambria
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • East Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
      • East Village is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Tin City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tin City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin City
      • Tin City is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • West Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
      • West Village is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Oak Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Oak Park is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Estrella
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
      • Estrella is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Paso Robles
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • El Paso de Robles
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Paso de Robles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso de Robles
      • El Paso de Robles is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,521 people

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

Newspapers Published in Pleyto ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleyto.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleyto, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleyto.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Pleyto:

Cemeteries Near Pleyto ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleyto.

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 Pleyto covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lockwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lockwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lockwood Cemetery
  • Adelaida Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cambria Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cambria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cambria Cemetery
  • Santa Rosa Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Rosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Rosa Cemetery
  • Paso Robles District Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paso Robles District Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paso Robles District Cemetery
  • King City Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King City Cemetery
  • Templeton Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Templeton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Templeton Cemetery
  • Imusdale Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Imusdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Imusdale Cemetery
  • Clayton Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cayucos - Morro Bay District Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cayucos - Morro Bay District Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cayucos - Morro Bay District Cemetery
  • Warthan Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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.

Pleyto itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 56 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bryson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
    • Bryson is located in Monterey County
  • Lockwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bradley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • San Ardo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jolon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Valleton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleton
    • Valleton is located in Monterey County
  • Adelaida
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adelaida have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaida
    • Adelaida is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • San Miguel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • San Simeon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • San Lucas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Cambria
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Paso Robles
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Estrella
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
      • Estrella is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • King City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Templeton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

The official website for Monterey County: www.co.monterey.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Pleyto, 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 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pleyto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleyto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8618, Longitude: -120.9875       In this case, the coordinates for Pleyto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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