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 San Juan (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 Juan. 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.
San Juan is located in Sacramento 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 Sacramento County: Amador, Contra Costa, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near San Juan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Juan:
- Sacramento County (The home county of San Juan)
- The following are listed by their distance from San Juan, with the one closest to San Juan listed first.
- Orangevale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Folsom Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
- Natoma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Natoma is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
- Folsom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Folsom is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
- Folsom has also been known as:
- Folsom City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
- Represa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Represa is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
- Citrus Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gold River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Mormon Island ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
- Rancho Cordova
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foothill Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Foothill Farms is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Farms
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Juan, with the one closest to San Juan listed first.
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- May ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Plymouth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Drytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- River Pines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Amador City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ione
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Sutter Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Juan, with the one closest to San Juan listed first.
- Lakeridge Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeridge Oaks is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeridge Oaks
- Crescent Ridge Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crown Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
- El Dorado Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Franciscan Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Franciscan Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franciscan Village
- Governors Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Governors Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Village
- La Cresta Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- La Cresta Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cresta Village
- Marina Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marina Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina Village
- Oak Ridge Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Village
- Ridgeview Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ridgeview Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview Village
- Saint Andrews Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Andrews Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews Village
- Summit Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
- Nevada County
- Lake of the Pines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Juan, with the one closest to San Juan listed first.
- Granite Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Loomis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whitney ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Penryn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Newcastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Riego
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riego is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
- Lincoln
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ophir
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Virginiatown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Virginiatown is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
- Clayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Sutter County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Juan, with the one closest to San Juan listed first.
- Pleasant Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nicolas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nicolaus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rio Oso
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marcuse ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marcuse is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
- Robbins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yolo County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Juan, with the one closest to San Juan listed first.
- Broderick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Sacramento
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bryte
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Swingle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Swingle is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
- El Macero
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greendale is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Knights Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Davis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yuba County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Juan, with the one closest to San Juan listed first.
- Wheatland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to San Juan, see our County-by-County Page for San Juan.
Cemeteries Near San Juan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Juan.
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 San Juan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for San Juan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from San Juan, with the one closest to San Juan listed first.
- Mt. Vernon Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fair Oaks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom Prison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mathew Kilgore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Citrus Heights.
- The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1061654 <2>
- Sierra Hills Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Roseville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Island Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clarksville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Camellia Memorial Lawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (79 more) ...
- Green Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Skinners.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641664 <2>
- Sunset Lawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find San Juan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of San Juan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from San Juan, with the one closest to San Juan listed first.
- Orangevale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Natoma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Natoma is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
- Alder Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alder Creek is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Creek
- Folsom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Folsom is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
- Folsom has also been known as:
- Folsom City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
- Salsbury ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Salsbury is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salsbury
- Roseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Rock is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Rocklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Antelope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Arcade ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arcade is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Clarksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Mayhew
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mayhew is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
- Loomis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Manlove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manlove is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manlove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around San Juan. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Juan.
Newspapers Published in San Juan ...
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 182 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Juan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Juan, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Juan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 San Juan:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Sacramento County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- El Dorado County
- Nevada County
- Placer County
- Sutter County
- Yolo County
- Yuba County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Juan) 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 San Juan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |