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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 Trent (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 Trent. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Trent is located in Merced 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 Merced County: Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San Benito, Santa Clara & Stanislaus.

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

  • Merced County     (The home county of Trent)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
    • Volta
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volta
      • Volta is located in Merced County
    • Los Banos
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Abbato ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbato have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbato
      • Abbato is located in Merced County
    • Santa Nella Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Santa Nella
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Gustine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • South Dos Palos
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Santa Rita Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Dos Palos
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stevinson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • El Nido
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hilmar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
    • Oro Loma ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Loma
      • Oro Loma is located in Fresno County
    • Mercey Hot Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercey Hot Springs
      • Mercey Hot Springs is located in Fresno County
      • Former name for Mercey Hot Springs:
      • Mercy Hot Springs
    • Firebaugh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Benito
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benito
      • Benito is located in Fresno County
  • Madera County
    • Lincoln ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Madera County
  • San Benito County
    • Dunneville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunneville
      • Dunneville is located in San Benito County
  • Santa Clara County
    • Bell Station
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Station
      • Bell Station is located in Santa Clara County
      • Bell Station has also been known as:
      • Bell's Station
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trent, with the one closest to Trent listed first.
    • Newman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
      • Newman is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,702 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newman <1>
    • Crows Landing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Turlock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlock
      • Turlock is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,059 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turlock <1>
    • Patterson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Trent ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trent.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trent, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trent.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Trent:

Cemeteries Near Trent ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trent.

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

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

  • Los Banos Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Los Banos Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Los Banos.
    • The Los Banos Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Los Banos District Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Los Banos Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8133 <4>
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Dos Palos Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stevinson Sunnyside Cemetery
  • South Hilmar Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Hilmar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Hilmar Cemetery
  • Hills Ferry Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • North Hilmar Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Merced.
    • The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    • Calvary Merced Cemetery District
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Calvary Cemetery (located 56 miles to the north).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7873 <4>
  • Winton Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Winton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8453 <4>
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Turlock Memorial Park
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Los Banos
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Volta
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volta
    • Volta is located in Merced County
  • Ingomar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingomar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
    • Ingomar is located in Merced County
  • Linora ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linora
    • Linora is located in Merced County
  • Gustine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Dos Palos
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Newman
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
    • Newman is located in Stanislaus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,702 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newman <1>
  • Livingston
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Arena
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
    • Arena is located in Merced County
  • Bell Station
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Station
    • Bell Station is located in Santa Clara County
    • Bell Station has also been known as:
    • Bell's Station
  • Crows Landing
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Atwater
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Delhi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Merced
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Firebaugh
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Trent. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trent.

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

The official website for Merced County: www.co.merced.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>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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trent) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0772, Longitude: -120.8796    
<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 Trent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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