Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

We've added San Carlos to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with San Carlos, please Contact Us.

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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 San Carlos (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 San Carlos. 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 and hospitals 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 San Carlos is historic, it would have been located within present day Inyo 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 Inyo County: Fresno, Kern, Mono, San Bernardino, Tulare, Clark (NV), Esmeralda (NV) & Nye (NV).

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

• Inyo County     (The home county of San Carlos)
  • The following are listed by their distance from San Carlos, with the one closest to San Carlos listed first.
  • Bend City ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bend City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend City
    • Bend City is located in Inyo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bend City
    • From San Carlos to Bend City
  • Kearsarge ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
    • Kearsarge is located in Inyo County
    • Former names for Kearsarge:
    • Citrus
    • Kearsarge Station
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kearsarge
    • From San Carlos to Kearsarge
  • Independence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Independence is located in Inyo County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <3>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Independence
    • From San Carlos to Independence
  • Blackrock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
    • Blackrock is located in Inyo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Blackrock
    • From San Carlos to Blackrock
  • Manzanar ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manzanar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanar
    • Manzanar is located in Inyo County
    • Manzanar has also been known as:
    • Manzanar Station
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Manzanar
    • From San Carlos to Manzanar
  • Reward ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
    • Reward is located in Inyo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Reward
    • From San Carlos to Reward
  • Chrysopolis ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chrysopolis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrysopolis
    • Chrysopolis is located in Inyo County
  • Seven Pines ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
    • Seven Pines is located in Inyo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Seven Pines
    • From San Carlos to Seven Pines
  • Aberdeen Station ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aberdeen Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Station
    • Aberdeen Station is located in Inyo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Aberdeen Station
    • From San Carlos to Aberdeen Station
  • Aberdeen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
    • Aberdeen is located in Inyo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Aberdeen
    • From San Carlos to Aberdeen
  • Owenyo ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owenyo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owenyo
    • Owenyo is located in Inyo County
    • Former name for Owenyo:
    • New Owenyo
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Owenyo
    • From San Carlos to Owenyo
  • Beveridge ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beveridge
    • Beveridge is located in Inyo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Beveridge
    • From San Carlos to Beveridge
• Fresno County
  • The following are listed by their distance from San Carlos, with the one closest to San Carlos listed first.
  • Kanawyers ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawyers
    • Kanawyers is located in Fresno County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Kanawyers
    • From San Carlos to Kanawyers
  • Cedar Grove
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove is located in Fresno County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cedar Grove
    • From San Carlos to Cedar Grove

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

Cemeteries Near San Carlos ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Carlos.

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

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

• Old Independence Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Independence Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Independence Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Independence.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8231 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Old Independence Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Old Independence Cemetery
• Independence Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Independence Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Independence Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Independence.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8058 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Independence Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Independence Cemetery
• Camp Independence Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Independence Cemetery
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Camp Independence Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Independence Cemetery is located in Independence.
  • The Camp Independence Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Ft. Independence Cemetery
  • Indian Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217265 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Camp Independence Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Camp Independence Cemetery
• Manzanar Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manzanar Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Manzanar Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Lone Pine and Independence.  The cemetery lies 5 miles [8 km]<7> to the south of Independence.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2367166 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Manzanar Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Manzanar Cemetery
• 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard is located outside and to the northwest of Lone Pine.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2417930 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard
  • From San Carlos to the 1872 Earthquake Victims Graveyard
• Mt. Whitney Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Whitney Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Whitney Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Lone Pine.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8186 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Mt. Whitney Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Mt. Whitney Cemetery
• Depot Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Depot Cemetery
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Depot Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Depot Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Lone Pine.
  • The Depot Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Old Lone Pine Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8232 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Depot Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Depot Cemetery
• Lone Pine Indian Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Pine Indian Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lone Pine Indian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Lone Pine.
  • The Lone Pine Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Indian Cemetery of Lone Pine
  • Indian Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2515229 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Lone Pine Indian Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Lone Pine Indian Cemetery
• Lone Pine Pioneer Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Pine Pioneer Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lone Pine Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Lone Pine.
  • The Lone Pine Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Pioneer Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8275 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Lone Pine Pioneer Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Lone Pine Pioneer Cemetery
• Woodman Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodman Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodman Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Big Pine.
  • The Woodman Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Woodman of the World Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2473277 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Woodman Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Woodman Cemetery
• Big Pine Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Pine Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Big Pine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Big Pine.
  • The Big Pine Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Big Pine Crocker Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #730300 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Big Pine Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Big Pine Cemetery
• Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Keeler.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217260 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Cerro Gordo / Swansea Cemetery
• Keeler Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keeler Cemetery
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Keeler Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Keeler Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Keeler.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2296914 <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to the Keeler Cemetery
  • From San Carlos to the Keeler Cemetery

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.

San Carlos itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.

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

• Bend City ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bend City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend City
  • Bend City is located in Inyo County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bend City
  • From San Carlos to Bend City
• Kearsarge ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
  • Kearsarge is located in Inyo County
  • Former names for Kearsarge:
  • Citrus
  • Kearsarge Station
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kearsarge
  • From San Carlos to Kearsarge
• Independence
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Independence is located in Inyo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Independence
  • From San Carlos to Independence
• Manzanar ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manzanar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanar
  • Manzanar is located in Inyo County
  • Manzanar has also been known as:
  • Manzanar Station
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Manzanar
  • From San Carlos to Manzanar
• Aberdeen
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
  • Aberdeen is located in Inyo County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Aberdeen
  • From San Carlos to Aberdeen
• Owenyo ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owenyo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owenyo
  • Owenyo is located in Inyo County
  • Former name for Owenyo:
  • New Owenyo
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Owenyo
  • From San Carlos to Owenyo
• Lone Pine
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
  • Lone Pine is located in Inyo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Pine <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lone Pine
  • From San Carlos to Lone Pine
• Lone Pine Station ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine Station
  • Lone Pine Station is located in Inyo County
  • Lone Pine Station has also been known as:
  • Mount Whitney
  • Whitney
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lone Pine Station
  • From San Carlos to Lone Pine Station
• Mount Whitney Station ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Whitney Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Whitney Station
  • Mount Whitney Station is located in Inyo County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mount Whitney Station
  • From San Carlos to Mount Whitney Station
• Alico ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alico
  • Alico is located in Inyo County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Alico
  • From San Carlos to Alico
• Dolomite ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolomite
  • Dolomite is located in Inyo County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Dolomite
  • From San Carlos to Dolomite
• Big Pine
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pine
  • Big Pine is located in Inyo County
  • Former name for Big Pine:
  • Bigpine
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Pine <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Big Pine
  • From San Carlos to Big Pine
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  • Mock ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
    • Mock is located in Inyo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Mock
    • From San Carlos to Mock
  • Zurich ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
    • Zurich is located in Inyo County
    • Zurich has also been known as:
    • Zurich Station
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Zurich
    • From San Carlos to Zurich
  • Tramway ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tramway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
    • Tramway is located in Inyo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Tramway
    • From San Carlos to Tramway

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

Newspapers Published in San Carlos ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Carlos.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Carlos, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Carlos.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 San Carlos:

• Websites specific to California
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the California State Archives

• Pages specific to Inyo County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Fresno County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for California
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of California
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of Inyo County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of California
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of Inyo County

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

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