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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Stewart during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Stewart was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Stewart (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 Stewart. 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.

Stewart is located in Stanislaus 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 Stanislaus County: Alameda, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin & Santa Clara.

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

  • Stanislaus County     (The home county of Stewart)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
    • Del Rio
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Del Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
      • Del Rio is located in Stanislaus County
    • Riverbank
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Salida
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Modesto
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modesto
      • Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215,666 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Modesto <3>
    • Bystrom
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bystrom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bystrom
      • Bystrom is located in Stanislaus County
    • West Modesto
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Modesto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Modesto
      • West Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
    • Oakdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <3>
    • Adela
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
      • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
    • Riverdale Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverdale Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Park
      • Riverdale Park is located in Stanislaus County
    • Shackelford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shackelford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackelford
      • Shackelford is located in Stanislaus County
    • Empire
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bret Harte
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bret Harte
      • Bret Harte is located in Stanislaus County
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
    • Telegraph City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Telegraph City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
      • Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
    • Milton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Milton is located in Calaveras County
    • Copper Cove Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Cove Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove Village
      • Copper Cove Village is located in Calaveras County
    • The Shores of Poker Flat
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jenny Lind
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
      • Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
    • Copperopolis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carmen City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmen City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
      • Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
    • Rancho Calaveras
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rancho Calaveras have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
      • Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
    • Lost City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
      • Lost City is located in Calaveras County
  • Merced County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
    • Hilmar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Delhi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Ballico
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cressey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Livingston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stevinson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Arundel ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arundel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arundel
      • Arundel is located in Merced County
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stewart, with the one closest to Stewart listed first.
    • Escalon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalon
      • Escalon is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Escalon <3>
    • Alba
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
      • Alba is located in San Joaquin County
    • Ripon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
      • Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <3>
    • Atlanta
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
      • Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
    • Five Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
      • Five Corners is located in San Joaquin County
    • Manteca
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteca
      • Manteca is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,445 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteca <3>
    • Farmington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Manteca Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteca Junction
      • Manteca Junction is located in San Joaquin County
    • Vernalis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lathrop
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
      • Lathrop is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,373 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lathrop <3>
    • Holden ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Holden is located in San Joaquin County
    • French Camp
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuolumne County
    • Yosemite Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction
      • Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County

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

Newspapers Published in Stewart ...

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 127 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stewart.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stewart, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stewart.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Stewart:

Cemeteries Near Stewart ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stewart.

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

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

  • Burwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodcolony Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodcolony Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Modesto.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodcolony Cemetery
  • St. Stanislaus Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
  • St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Langworth Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langworth Cemetery
  • Ripon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Valley Home Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakewood Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakewood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakewood Memorial Park
  • Citizens Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Citizens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Citizens Cemetery
  • Atlanta Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
  • Highland View Memorial Gardens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (32 more) ...
    • East Union Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Collegeville Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Park View Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.<7>

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

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

  • Salida
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Modesto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modesto
    • Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215,666 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Modesto <3>
  • Ripon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
    • Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <3>
  • Oakdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <3>
  • Atlanta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
    • Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
  • Ceres
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
    • Ceres is located in Stanislaus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,603 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ceres <3>
  • Cometa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cometa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
    • Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
  • Trigo ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trigo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
    • Trigo is located in San Joaquin County
  • Keyes
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Farmington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Waterford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Collegeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collegeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
    • Collegeville is located in San Joaquin County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Grayson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grayson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
      • Grayson is located in Stanislaus County
    • Hickman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Vernalis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

The official website for Stanislaus County: www.co.stanislaus.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Stewart and then turned east". While Stewart could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Stewart as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Stewart could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another California community named Stewart.
<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>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.
<5>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- Stewart) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stewart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7327, Longitude: -121.0044       In this case, the coordinates for Stewart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Stewart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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