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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 Second Crossing (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 Second Crossing. 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.

Name Variations for Second Crossing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Second Crossing: Second Xing.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Second Crossing is located in Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of Second Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Crossing, with the one closest to Second Crossing listed first.
    • Mono Hot Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Lakeshore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntington Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Big Creek is located in Fresno County
      • Former names for Big Creek:
      • Big Creek Flats
      • Cascada
      • Manzanita Park
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
  • Inyo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Crossing, with the one closest to Second Crossing listed first.
    • Scheelite ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scheelite
      • Scheelite is located in Inyo County
    • Rovana
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rovana
      • Rovana is located in Inyo County
    • Round Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
      • Round Valley is located in Inyo County
    • Mesa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
      • Mesa is located in Inyo County
    • Alta Vista
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
      • Alta Vista is located in Inyo County
    • Starlite Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlite Estates
      • Starlite Estates is located in Inyo County
    • Aspendell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspendell
      • Aspendell is located in Inyo County
  • Mono County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Second Crossing, with the one closest to Second Crossing listed first.
    • Lake Mary
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary
      • Lake Mary is located in Mono County
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mill City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
      • Mill City is located in Mono County
    • Old Mammoth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mammoth
      • Old Mammoth is located in Mono County
    • Mammoth Lakes
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Convict Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Convict Lake
      • Convict Lake is located in Mono County
    • Whitmore Hot Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmore Hot Springs
      • Whitmore Hot Springs is located in Mono County
      • Former names for Whitmore Hot Springs:
      • Whitmore Tub Spring
      • Whitmore Tubs
    • South Landing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Landing
      • South Landing is located in Mono County
    • Crestview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview
      • Crestview is located in Mono County
    • Aspen Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Springs
      • Aspen Springs is located in Mono County
    • North Landing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Landing
      • North Landing is located in Mono County
    • June Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Benton Crossing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Benton Crossing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Crossing
      • Benton Crossing is located in Mono County
    • Tom's Place
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom's Place
      • Tom's Place is located in Mono County
  • Nevada County
    • Cedar Crest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
      • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
  • Tuolumne County
    • Golden Crown Mine ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Golden Crown Mine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crown Mine
      • Golden Crown Mine is located in Tuolumne County

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

Cemeteries Near Second Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Second Crossing.

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

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

  • Gibbs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibbs Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Gibbs Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2313825 <3>
  • Mt. Morrison Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloody Canyon Gravesite
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloody Canyon Gravesite
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bloody Canyon Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bloody Canyon Gravesite is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the north of Lee Vining.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2495785 <3>
  • Rush Creek Indian Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Black Lake Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 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.<5>

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

  • Round Valley
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
    • Round Valley is located in Inyo County

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

Newspapers Published in Second Crossing ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Second Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Second Crossing, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Second Crossing.

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 Second Crossing:

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

The official website for Fresno County: www.co.fresno.ca.us/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 '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- Second Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Second Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5335, Longitude: -119.0126       In this case, the coordinates for Second Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Second Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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