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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 Sausal (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 Sausal. 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.

Sausal is located in Monterey 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 Monterey County: Fresno, Kings, San Benito, San Luis Obispo & Santa Cruz.

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

  • Monterey County     (The home county of Sausal)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sausal, with the one closest to Sausal listed first.
    • Santa Rita
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Santa Rita is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
    • Salinas
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Boronda
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Boronda is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boronda
    • Prunedale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spreckels
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Castroville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Serra Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Serra Village is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serra Village
    • Elkhorn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Elkhorn is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
    • Chualar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ambler Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ambler Park is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambler Park
    • Marina
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Marina is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marina <1>
    • Moss Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Prattco ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Prattco is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattco
  • San Benito County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sausal, with the one closest to Sausal listed first.
    • San Juan Bautista
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • River Oaks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • River Oaks is located in San Benito County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Oaks
    • Hollister
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridgemark
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ridgemark is located in San Benito County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgemark
    • Tres Pinos
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Paicines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Dunneville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Dunneville is located in San Benito County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunneville
    • Pinnacles
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pinnacles is located in San Benito County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacles
  • Santa Clara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sausal, with the one closest to Sausal listed first.
    • Sargent ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Sargent is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
    • Gilroy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Gilroy is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilroy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,831 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilroy <1>
    • Rucker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Rucker is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
    • San Martin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Sveadal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Sveadal is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sveadal
    • Bell Station
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bell Station is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Station
      • Bell Station has also been known as:
      • Bell's Station
    • Morgan Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Madrone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Madrone is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrone
  • Santa Cruz County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sausal, with the one closest to Sausal listed first.
    • Colache Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Colache Town is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colache Town
    • Watsonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Interlaken
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Interlaken is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
    • Freedom
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Strongs Mobile Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Amesti
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Amesti is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesti
    • Aptos Hills - Larkin Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • La Selva Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Corralitos
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rio del Mar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Aptos
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Day Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Day Valley is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Valley
    • Capitola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Sausal ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sausal.

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 Sausal - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Chinese Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinese Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is located in Salinas.
  • Monterey County Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Yamat Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Queen of Heaven Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hambey Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • San Juan Bautista Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Castroville Public Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castroville Public Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Castroville Public Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Moss Landing.
    • The Castroville Public Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Castroville Cemetery
    • Castroville / Moss Landing Cemetery
    • Moss Landing Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7885 <2>
  • Mission Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
    • The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
    • IOOF Cemetery
    • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #670325 <2>
  • El Encinal Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (26 more) ...
    • San Carlos Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Calvary Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Salinas
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Natividad
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Natividad is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natividad
  • Santa Rita
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Santa Rita is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
  • Spence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Spence is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spence
  • Blanco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Blanco is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
  • Castroville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chualar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkhorn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Elkhorn is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
  • Seaside
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Vega ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Vega is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
  • Pajaro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pajaro is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajaro
  • Hollister
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sargent ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Sargent is located in Santa Clara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
    • Monterey
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gonzales
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Sausal ...

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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sausal.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sausal, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sausal.

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 Sausal:

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>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 Sausal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sausal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.