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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 Onofre (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 Onofre. 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.

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

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

  • San Diego County     (The home county of San Onofre)
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Onofre, with the one closest to San Onofre listed first.
    • Oceanside
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • San Luis Rey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fallbrook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Carlsbad
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonsall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Vista
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Vista is located in San Diego County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <1>
    • Rainbow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
      • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
    • Lawrence Welk Resort Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrence Welk Resort Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Welk Resort Village
      • Lawrence Welk Resort Village is located in San Diego County
    • Leucadia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pala
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lake San Marcos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake San Marcos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake San Marcos
      • Lake San Marcos is located in San Diego County
    • Encinitas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Onofre, with the one closest to San Onofre listed first.
    • San Clemente
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Capistrano Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dana Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • San Juan Capistrano
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ladera Ranch
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Laguna Niguel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • South Laguna
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Las Flores
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Flores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
      • Las Flores is located in Orange County
    • Coto de Caza
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Aliso Viejo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Laguna Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Laguna Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Onofre, with the one closest to San Onofre listed first.
    • Lakeland Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
      • Lakeland Village is located in Riverside County
    • Wildomar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sedco Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedco Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedco Hills
      • Sedco Hills is located in Riverside County
    • Lake Elsinore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Murrieta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
      • Lake Village is located in Riverside County
    • Temescal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temescal
      • Temescal is located in Riverside County
    • Murrieta Hot Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murrieta Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrieta Hot Springs
      • Murrieta Hot Springs is located in Riverside County
    • Rainbow Canyon Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Canyon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Canyon Village
      • Rainbow Canyon Village is located in Riverside County
    • Temecula
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Canyon Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadowbrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
      • Meadowbrook is located in Riverside County

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

Newspapers Published in San Onofre ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Onofre.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Onofre, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Onofre.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Onofre:

Cemeteries Near San Onofre ...

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

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

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

  • Mission Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission Cemetery
  • El Toro Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the El Toro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Toro Cemetery
  • San Luis Rey Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Luis Rey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Luis Rey Cemetery
  • Fallbrook Odd Fellows Community Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Ascension Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Eternal Hills Memorial Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fallbrook.
    • The Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Malsonic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8139 <4>
  • Wildomar Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wildomar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wildomar Cemetery
  • Pacific View Memorial Park
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pacific View Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pacific View Memorial Park
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Cemetery
  • Elsinore Valley Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Harbor Lawn - Mt. Olive Memorial Park
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • San Marcos Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • Pala Tribal Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, San Onofre had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Las Flores ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Flores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
    • Las Flores is located in San Diego County
  • Ysidora ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ysidora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysidora
    • Ysidora is located in San Diego County
  • Oceanside
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • San Luis Rey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • DeLuz
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for DeLuz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLuz
    • DeLuz is located in San Diego County
  • Escondido Junction
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escondido Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido Junction
    • Escondido Junction is located in San Diego County
  • Fallbrook
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Carlsbad
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonsall
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Modjeska
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Modjeska have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modjeska
    • Modjeska is located in Orange County
  • Vista
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <1>
  • Irvine
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Buena Vista
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Buena Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Rainbow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
      • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
    • Murrieta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for San Onofre. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

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

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 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.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- San Onofre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Onofre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3899, Longitude: -117.5774    
<4>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.
<5>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 Onofre, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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