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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Sabre Springs (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 Sabre Springs. 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 Sabre Springs ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Sabre Springs: Sabre Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sabre Spngs. or Sabre Sprngs.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sabre Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sabre Springs.

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 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.

Sabre Springs is located in San Diego 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 Diego County: Imperial, Orange & Riverside.

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

  • San Diego County     (The home county of Sabre Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sabre Springs, with the one closest to Sabre Springs listed first.
    • Poway
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Poway is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <1>
    • Mira Mesa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rancho Bernardo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Fairbanks Ranch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairbanks Ranch is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks Ranch
    • Linda Vista ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Linda Vista is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda Vista
    • Rancho Santa Fe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Eucalyptus Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Eucalyptus Hills is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eucalyptus Hills
    • University City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • University City is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
    • Del Mar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Santee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Santee is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,770 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santee <1>
    • Solana Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Cardiff-by-the-Sea
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elvira
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Sabre Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sabre Springs.

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 Sabre Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Dearborn Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • El Camino Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Miramar National Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Carmel Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Olivenhain Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Hill Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • San Marcos Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • El Cajon Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (18 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.<4>

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

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

  • Poway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Poway is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <1>
  • Linda Vista ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Linda Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda Vista
  • Sorrento
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sorrento is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorrento
  • Selwyn ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Selwyn is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selwyn
  • Del Mar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Santee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Santee is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,770 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santee <1>
  • Riverview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverview is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Escondido
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • El Cajon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeside
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • San Pasqual
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • San Pasqual is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pasqual
  • Encinitas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Pacific Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pacific Beach is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific Beach
    • San Marcos
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • La Mesa
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Sabre Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sabre Springs.

Newspapers Published in Sabre Springs ...

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 307 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sabre Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sabre Springs, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sabre Springs.

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 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 Sabre Springs:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sabre Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Sabre Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.