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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about San Sevaine. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added San Sevaine to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with San Sevaine, 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 San Sevaine (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 Sevaine. 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 Sevaine is historic, it would have been located within present day San Bernardino 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 Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).
Below are the counties that are near San Sevaine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Sevaine:
- San Bernardino County (The home county of San Sevaine)
- The following are listed by their distance from San Sevaine, with the one closest to San Sevaine listed first.
- Declez
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Declez is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
- Southridge Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Southridge Village is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southridge Village
- Bloomington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fontana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216,173 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana <2>
- West End
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West End is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Etiwanda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- West Colton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Colton is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Colton
- Rialto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <2>
- Rancho Cucamonga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Guasti
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Colton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Colton is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <2>
- Alta Loma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Los Angeles County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Sevaine, with the one closest to San Sevaine listed first.
- Claremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Baldy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- La Verne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- San Dimas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Spadra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Spadra is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Diamond Bar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Charter Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Charter Oak is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak
- Glendora
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Walnut
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Citrus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Citrus is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus
- Covina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gladstone ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gladstone is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Sevaine, with the one closest to San Sevaine listed first.
- Beeks Place ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beeks Place is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks Place
- Anaheim Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silverado Canyon ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Silverado Canyon is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverado Canyon
- Yorba Linda
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Atwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silverado
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Modjeska
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Modjeska is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modjeska
- Cowan Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan Heights is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Heights
- Placentia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Villa Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wanda ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wanda is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Brea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olive
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olive is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Riverside County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Sevaine, with the one closest to San Sevaine listed first.
- Glen Avon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Avon is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
- Jurupa Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jurupa Valley is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jurupa Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109,745 people
- Sunnyslope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyslope is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope
- De Anza Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- De Anza Village is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Anza Village
- Rubidoux
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pedley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pedley is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedley
- Mira Loma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highgrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highgrove is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove
- Riverside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bannockburn Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bannockburn Village is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannockburn Village
- Eastvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Norco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to San Sevaine, see our County-by-County Page for San Sevaine.
Cemeteries Near San Sevaine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Sevaine.
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 Sevaine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for San Sevaine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from San Sevaine, with the one closest to San Sevaine listed first.
- Veterans Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rialto Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hermosa Gardens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa Gardens Cemetery
- The Hermosa Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Colton Cemetery
- Hermosa Cemetery
- Hermosa Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8022 <3>
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crestlawn Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Olivewood Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montecito Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Home of Eternity Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (36 more) ...
- Mountain View Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Campo Santo Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bellevue Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 San Sevaine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of San Sevaine.
These communities are listed based on their distance from San Sevaine, with the one closest to San Sevaine listed first.
- Declezville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Declezville is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declezville
- Declez
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Declez is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
- Etiwanda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rochester is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Rialto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <2>
- Grapeland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Grapeland is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeland
- North Cucamonga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Cucamonga is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cucamonga
- Riverside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Colton is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <2>
- San Bernardino
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cucamonga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cucamonga is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cucamonga
- North Ontario
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Ontario is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ontario
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ontario
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ontario is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183,393 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <2>
- Mound City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Victoria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Victoria is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around San Sevaine. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Sevaine.
Newspapers Published in San Sevaine ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Sevaine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Sevaine, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Sevaine.
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 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 Sevaine:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to San Bernardino County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Los Angeles County
- Orange County
- Riverside County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 San Sevaine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- San Sevaine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |