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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 San Gabriel (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 San Gabriel. 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 San Gabriel ...

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 South San Gabriel: S. San Gabriel

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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 San Gabriel is located in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino & Ventura.

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

  • Los Angeles County     (The home county of South San Gabriel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South San Gabriel, with the one closest to South San Gabriel listed first.
    • Rosemead
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Monterey Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • South El Monte
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • East San Gabriel
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East San Gabriel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East San Gabriel
      • East San Gabriel is located in Los Angeles County
    • San Gabriel
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • El Monte
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Monte
      • El Monte is located in Los Angeles County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,344 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Monte <1>
    • Temple City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Alhambra
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Montebello
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • San Marino
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • North El Monte
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North El Monte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North El Monte
      • North El Monte is located in Los Angeles County
    • Sierra Vista
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sierra Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
      • Sierra Vista is located in Los Angeles County
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South San Gabriel, with the one closest to South San Gabriel listed first.
    • La Habra
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Buena Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Brea
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brea
      • Brea is located in Orange County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,484 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brea <1>
    • La Palma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Fullerton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Los Alamitos
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Stanton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Anaheim
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Placentia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Rossmoor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rossmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
      • Rossmoor is located in Orange County
    • Yorba Linda
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside County
  • San Bernardino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South San Gabriel, with the one closest to South San Gabriel listed first.
    • Chino Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Los Serranos
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Serranos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Serranos
      • Los Serranos is located in San Bernardino County
    • Montclair
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
      • Montclair is located in San Bernardino County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,600 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montclair <1>
    • Chino
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chino
      • Chino is located in San Bernardino County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92,290 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chino <1>
    • Ontario
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
      • Ontario is located in San Bernardino County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 183,393 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <1>
    • San Antonio Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Antonio Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Heights
      • San Antonio Heights is located in San Bernardino County
    • Upland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
      • Upland is located in San Bernardino County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,850 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upland <1>
    • Racimo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racimo
      • Racimo is located in San Bernardino County
    • Alta Loma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Guasti
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Rancho Cucamonga
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in South San Gabriel ...

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 607 newspapers that have been published in the area around South San Gabriel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South San Gabriel, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South San Gabriel.

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 South San Gabriel:

Cemeteries Near South San Gabriel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South San Gabriel.

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

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

  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resurrection Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
  • Savannah Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Savannah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Savannah Cemetery
  • San Gabriel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rose Hills Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hills Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Whittier.
    • The Rose Hills Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Whittier Heights Memorial Park
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hills Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8308 <4>
  • Chinese Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chinese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Cemetery
  • Serbian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Serbian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Serbian Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mausoleum of the Golden West
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mausoleum of the Golden West have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mausoleum of the Golden West
  • Beth Israel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beth Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Israel Cemetery
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Home of Peace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Home of Peace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Home of Peace Cemetery
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Continue List   (77 more) ...
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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 South San Gabriel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South San Gabriel.

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

  • Savannah ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savannah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
    • Savannah is located in Los Angeles County
  • East San Gabriel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East San Gabriel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East San Gabriel
    • East San Gabriel is located in Los Angeles County
  • San Gabriel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • El Monte
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Monte
    • El Monte is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,344 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Monte <1>
  • Alhambra
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Shorb
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorb have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorb
    • Shorb is located in Los Angeles County
  • Aurant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aurant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurant
    • Aurant is located in Los Angeles County
  • East Los Angeles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bandini
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandini
    • Bandini is located in Los Angeles County
  • East Pasadena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Pasadena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pasadena
    • East Pasadena is located in Los Angeles County
  • Lamanda Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamanda Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamanda Park
    • Lamanda Park is located in Los Angeles County
  • Chapman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
    • Chapman is located in Los Angeles County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • South Pasadena
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Los Nietos
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Nietos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Nietos
      • Los Nietos is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Nietos <1>
    • Whittier
      (6 miles [9.7 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 South San Gabriel. See our List of 1890's Communities around South San Gabriel.

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

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South San Gabriel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South San Gabriel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0625, Longitude: -118.0903       In this case, the coordinates for South San Gabriel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 South San Gabriel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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