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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Trigo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Trigo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Trigo, please Contact Us.
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 Trigo (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 Trigo. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Trigo is historic, it would have been located within present day San Joaquin County.
To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Joaquin County: Alameda, Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Sacramento, Santa Clara & Stanislaus.
Below are the counties that are near Trigo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trigo:
- San Joaquin County (The home county of Trigo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trigo, with the one closest to Trigo listed first.
- Cometa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
- Farmington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Escalon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Peters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alba is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
- Holden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holden is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Atlanta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Five Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Five Corners is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Bellota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Linden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walthal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
- Ripon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <2>
- Amador County
- Camanche Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Calaveras County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trigo, with the one closest to Trigo listed first.
- Milton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Telegraph City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
- Jenny Lind
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Rancho Calaveras
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
- Carmen City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
- Lost City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lost City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Copper Cove Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Copper Cove Village is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove Village
- Copperopolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- The Shores of Poker Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Burson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wallace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Valley Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Stanislaus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trigo, with the one closest to Trigo listed first.
- Adela
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adela is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
- Del Rio
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Del Rio is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
- Stewart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stewart is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Oakdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverbank
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oakdale
- Salida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Modesto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Knights Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Empire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bystrom
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bystrom is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bystrom
- Shackelford
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shackelford is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackelford
- Tuolumne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trigo, with the one closest to Trigo listed first.
- Yosemite Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction
- Rawhide
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Tuttletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
- Chinese Camp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stent is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stent
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trigo, see our County-by-County Page for Trigo.
Cemeteries Near Trigo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trigo.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Trigo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trigo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trigo, with the one closest to Trigo listed first.
- Highland View Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Home Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Langworth Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Collegeville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Atlanta Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Citizens Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ripon Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Park View Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (44 more) ...
- Woodcolony Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcolony Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodcolony Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Modesto.
- East Union Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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.
Trigo itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trigo, with the one closest to Trigo listed first.
- Cometa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
- Farmington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Atlanta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Holden ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holden is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Collegeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Collegeville is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Oakdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bellota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Linden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walthal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
- Milton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milton is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Charleston ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ripon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <2>
- Salida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Telegraph City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trigo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trigo.
Newspapers Published in Trigo ...
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 139 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trigo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trigo, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trigo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Trigo:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to San Joaquin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- Calaveras County
- Stanislaus County
- Tuolumne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Trigo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 '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- Trigo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |