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Introduction ...

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

We've added Primero to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Primero, 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 Primero (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 Primero. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Primero is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Primero. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Primero:

  • Tulare County     (The home county of Primero)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primero, with the one closest to Primero listed first.
    • East Orosi
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • East Orosi is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orosi
    • Orosi
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Sultana
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cutler
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dinuba
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wimp
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Wimp is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimp
    • Yettem
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Taurusa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Taurusa is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taurusa
    • London
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • London is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
    • Badger
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Ivanhoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Traver
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primero, with the one closest to Primero listed first.
    • Orange Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Yokuts
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Reedley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Minkler
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Minkler is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minkler
    • Dunlap
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gravesboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Gravesboro is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesboro
    • Miramonte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Parlier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Piedra
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Pinehurst
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sanger
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Kings County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Primero, with the one closest to Primero listed first.
    • Hanford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hardwick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hardwick is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
    • Home Garden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Home Garden is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
    • Armona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Primero ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Primero.

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

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

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

  • Smith Mtn. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Squaw Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • S D A Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Reedley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Acres Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mendocino Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hazelton Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sanger Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingsburg Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Oak Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Woodlake Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (26 more) ...
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Visalia Public Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • 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 <3>
    • Del Rey Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rey Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Del Rey Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Del Rey.
      • The Del Rey Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Prairie Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1997625 <3>

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

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

  • Orosi
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Tokay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tokay is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokay
  • Monson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Monson is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
  • Auckland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Auckland is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auckland
  • Yokuts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Reedley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Taurusa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Taurusa is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taurusa
  • Dunlap
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Traver
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sanger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Selma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • 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 <2>
  • Goshen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Visalia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Farmersville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Exeter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Primero ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Primero.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Primero, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Primero.

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 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 Primero:

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 Primero, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Primero) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.