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Introduction ...

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

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

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.

Prior to its current name of Roads End, it was known as Pascoe's Pack Station.

Roads End has also been known as: Roads End Resort.

  • While the name of this community is Roads End, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Roads End may originally have been Road's End.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Roads End might be written as Road End.

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 Roads End ...

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

  • Roads End was established in 1910.

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 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 Roads End is historic, it would have been located within present day Tulare 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 Tulare County: Fresno, Inyo, Kern & Kings.

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

  • Tulare County     (The home county of Roads End)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roads End, with the one closest to Roads End listed first.
    • Pine Flat
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flat
      • Pine Flat is located in Tulare County
    • Sugarloaf Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
      • Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County
    • California Hot Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ponderosa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
      • Ponderosa is located in Tulare County
    • Panorama Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Heights
      • Panorama Heights is located in Tulare County
    • Poso Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poso Park
      • Poso Park is located in Tulare County
    • Posey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Slope
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Slope
      • Cedar Slope is located in Tulare County
    • Camp Nelson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • South Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
      • South Lake is located in Tulare County
    • White River ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
      • White River is located in Tulare County
    • Springville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Inyo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roads End, with the one closest to Roads End listed first.
    • Sykes ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykes
      • Sykes is located in Inyo County
    • Talus ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talus
      • Talus is located in Inyo County
  • Kern County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roads End, with the one closest to Roads End listed first.
    • Rogersville ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
      • Rogersville is located in Kern County
    • Kernville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Alta Sierra
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
      • Alta Sierra is located in Kern County
    • Shirley Meadows
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Meadows
      • Shirley Meadows is located in Kern County
    • Wofford Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Glennville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Isabella ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabella have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
      • Isabella is located in Kern County
    • Mountain Mesa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Keyesville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
      • Keyesville is located in Kern County
      • Former names for Keyesville:
      • Hogeye
      • Keysville
    • South Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
      • South Lake is located in Kern County
    • Bella Vista
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bella Vista
      • Bella Vista is located in Kern County
    • Lake Isabella
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Roads End ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roads End.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roads End, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roads End.

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 websites either 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 Roads End:

Cemeteries Near Roads End ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roads End.

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

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

  • Kern River Valley Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kern River Valley Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<5> to the northeast of Wofford Heights.
    • The Kern River Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Kernville Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kern River Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8092 <7>
  • Tule River Indian Reservation Upper Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Tule River Indian Reservation Lower Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Galley Mtn. Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Tailholt Boot Hill Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Tailholt Boot Hill Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tailholt Boot Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2312993 <7>
  • White River Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Keyesville Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Pauls Place Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Palmer Family Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Onyx Indian Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Onyx Indian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Onyx.
    • The Onyx Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Onyx Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8065 <7>
  • Cottage Grove Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Crabtree Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Mtn. Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Weringer Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Kernville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • White River ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
    • White River is located in Tulare County
  • Weldon
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Onyx
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Globe
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Globe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
    • Globe is located in Tulare County
  • Woody
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Milo
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
    • Milo is located in Tulare County
  • Havilah
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havilah
    • Havilah is located in Kern County

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

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.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 Roads End, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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- Roads End) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roads End. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9357, Longitude: -118.4853    
<6>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<7>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.
<8>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.




 

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