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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 South Fork / Mountain View (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 South Fork / Mountain View. 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 South Fork / Mountain View ...

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.

Another variation: South Fork / Mountainview.

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.

South Fork / Mountain View is located in Inyo 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 Inyo County: Fresno, Kern, Mono, San Bernardino, Tulare, Clark (NV), Esmeralda (NV) & Nye (NV).

Below are the counties that are near South Fork / Mountain View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Fork / Mountain View:

  • Inyo County     (The home county of South Fork / Mountain View)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Fork / Mountain View, with the one closest to South Fork / Mountain View listed first.
    • Aspendell
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspendell
      • Aspendell is located in Inyo County
    • Camp Sabrina ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Sabrina
      • Camp Sabrina is located in Inyo County
    • Parchers Camp ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parchers Camp. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parchers Camp
      • Parchers Camp is located in Inyo County
    • Peterson Mill ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson Mill
      • Peterson Mill is located in Inyo County
    • Starlite Estates
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlite Estates
      • Starlite Estates is located in Inyo County
    • Rocking K
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocking K
      • Rocking K is located in Inyo County
    • Keough Hot Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keough Hot Springs
      • Keough Hot Springs is located in Inyo County
    • Wilkerson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson
      • Wilkerson is located in Inyo County
    • Oteys Sierra Village ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oteys Sierra Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oteys Sierra Village
      • Oteys Sierra Village is located in Inyo County
    • Glacier Lodge ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glacier Lodge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Lodge
      • Glacier Lodge is located in Inyo County
    • Sunland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunland
      • Sunland is located in Inyo County
    • West Bishop ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bishop
      • West Bishop is located in Inyo County
    • Scheelite ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scheelite
      • Scheelite is located in Inyo County
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Fork / Mountain View, with the one closest to South Fork / Mountain View listed first.
    • Mono Hot Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Kanawyers ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawyers
      • Kanawyers is located in Fresno County
  • Mono County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Fork / Mountain View, with the one closest to South Fork / Mountain View listed first.
    • Mesa Camp
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Camp
      • Mesa Camp is located in Mono County
    • Chalfant Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfant Valley
      • Chalfant Valley is located in Mono County
    • Aspen Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Springs
      • Aspen Springs is located in Mono County
    • Tom's Place
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom's Place
      • Tom's Place is located in Mono County
    • South Landing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Landing
      • South Landing is located in Mono County
    • North Landing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Landing
      • North Landing is located in Mono County
    • Convict Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Convict Lake
      • Convict Lake is located in Mono County
    • Whitmore Hot Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Fork / Mountain View, see our County-by-County Page for South Fork / Mountain View.

Newspapers Published in South Fork / Mountain View ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Fork / Mountain View.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Fork / Mountain View, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Fork / Mountain View.

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 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 South Fork / Mountain View:

Cemeteries Near South Fork / Mountain View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Fork / Mountain View.

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 South Fork / Mountain View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Fork / Mountain View, with the one closest to South Fork / Mountain View listed first.

  • Sunland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • West Line Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Line Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bishop.
    • The West Line Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Cemetery
    • West Line Street Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Line Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8276 <5>
  • East Line Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the East Line Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bishop.
    • The East Line Cemetery has also been known as:
    • East Line Street Cemetery
    • Line Street Cemetery
    • Masonic Cemetery
    • Odd Fellows & Masonic Cemetery
    • Oddfellows & Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Line Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7943 <5>
  • Big Pine Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Woodman Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodman Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Big Pine.
    • The Woodman Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Woodman of the World Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodman Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2473277 <5>
  • Mt. Morrison Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<6>

While we didn't find South Fork / Mountain View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Fork / Mountain View.

These communities are listed based on their distance from South Fork / Mountain View, with the one closest to South Fork / Mountain View listed first.

  • Bishop
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Round Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
    • Round Valley is located in Inyo County
  • Big Pine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Laws
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
    • Laws is located in Inyo County
    • Former name for Laws:
    • Bishop Depot
  • Zurich ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
    • Zurich is located in Inyo County
    • Zurich has also been known as:
    • Zurich Station
  • Aberdeen
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
    • Aberdeen 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 South Fork / Mountain View. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Fork / Mountain View.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for South Fork / Mountain View. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- South Fork / Mountain View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Fork / Mountain View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2361, Longitude: -118.5647    
<5>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.
<6>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 South Fork / Mountain View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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