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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 Portuguese Bend (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 Portuguese Bend. 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 Portuguese Bend ...

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 Portuguese Bend: Portuguese Bnd.

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

Portuguese Bend 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 Portuguese Bend. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Portuguese Bend:

  • Los Angeles County     (The home county of Portuguese Bend)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Portuguese Bend, with the one closest to Portuguese Bend listed first.
    • Abalone Cove ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abalone Cove
      • Abalone Cove is located in Los Angeles County
    • Rolling Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rancho Palos Verdes
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Miraleste
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miraleste have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miraleste
      • Miraleste is located in Los Angeles County
    • Rolling Hills Estates
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • San Pedro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
      • San Pedro is located in Los Angeles County
    • Palos Verdes Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lomita
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomita
      • Lomita is located in Los Angeles County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,851 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lomita <1>
    • Hollywood Riviera
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood Riviera
      • Hollywood Riviera is located in Los Angeles County
    • Harbor City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
      • Harbor City is located in Los Angeles County
    • Fish Harbor ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fish Harbor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Harbor
      • Fish Harbor is located in Los Angeles County
    • Dana Strand Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dana Strand Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Strand Village
      • Dana Strand Village is located in Los Angeles County
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Portuguese Bend, with the one closest to Portuguese Bend listed first.
    • Seal Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Rossmoor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Surfside
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Los Alamitos
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Sunset Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Barber City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Cypress
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • La Palma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Westminster
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Wintersburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersburg
      • Wintersburg is located in Orange County
    • Green Lantern Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Huntington Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Portuguese Bend ...

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 146 newspapers that have been published in the area around Portuguese Bend.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Portuguese Bend, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Portuguese Bend.

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 Portuguese Bend:

Cemeteries Near Portuguese Bend ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Portuguese Bend.

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

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

  • Harbor View Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Green Hills Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilmington Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <5>
  • Pacific Crest Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Roosevelt Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lincoln Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Long Beach Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • The Long Beach Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Long Beach Municipal Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Beach Cemetery
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Table Top Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • All Souls Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Long Beach Forest Lawn Park Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <5>
  • Continue List   (51 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.<6>

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

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

  • San Pedro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
    • San Pedro is located in Los Angeles County
  • Wilmington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
    • Wilmington is located in Los Angeles County
  • Redondo Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Thenard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Long Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Dominguez
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Gardena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Moneta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moneta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneta
    • Moneta is located in Los Angeles County
  • Compton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • South Los Angeles
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Los Angeles
    • South Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles County
  • Inglewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Clearwater
    (16 miles [25.7 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
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Lynwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Hyde Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
      • Hyde Park is located in Los Angeles County
    • Florence
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
      • Florence is located in Los Angeles County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Portuguese Bend. 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>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.
<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- Portuguese Bend) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Portuguese Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7404, Longitude: -118.3730    
<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.
<6>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 Portuguese Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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