Our Genealogy Helper
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 Twin Creeks (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 Twin Creeks. 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 southeast 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 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.
Twin Creeks is located in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County: Alameda, Merced, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Cruz & Stanislaus.
Below are the counties that are near Twin Creeks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Twin Creeks:
- Santa Clara County (The home county of Twin Creeks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Creeks, with the one closest to Twin Creeks listed first.
- English Town
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- English Town is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- New Almaden
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sveadal
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sveadal is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sveadal
- Alamitos
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alamitos is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamitos
- Coyote
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chemeketa Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chemeketa Park is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemeketa Park
- Holy City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holy City is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy City
- Lexington Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lexington Hills is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington Hills
- Patchen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Patchen is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchen
- Redwood Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cambrian Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cambrian Park is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambrian Park
- Los Gatos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lexington is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Alameda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Creeks, with the one closest to Twin Creeks listed first.
- Drawbridge ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Drawbridge is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawbridge
- Former name for Drawbridge:
- Saline City
- Albrae ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Albrae is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrae
- Larkins Landing ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Larkins Landing is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkins Landing
- Newark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fremont is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234,569 people
- Former names for Fremont:
- Centerville
- Irvington
- Mission San Jose
- Niles
- Warm Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <1>
- Scotts Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Scotts Corner is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Sunol
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Monterey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Creeks, with the one closest to Twin Creeks listed first.
- Pajaro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pajaro is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajaro
- Vega ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vega is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
- Las Lomas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Las Lomas is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Lomas
- Aromas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhorn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elkhorn is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Moss Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Castroville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Prunedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- San Benito County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Creeks, with the one closest to Twin Creeks listed first.
- River Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- River Oaks is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Oaks
- San Juan Bautista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunneville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunneville is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunneville
- San Mateo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Creeks, with the one closest to Twin Creeks listed first.
- Ladera
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ladera is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladera
- La Honda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Portola Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Willows
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Willows is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Willows
- Loma Mar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Palo Alto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Menlo Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Searsville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Searsville is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- West Menlo Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atherton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adobe Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adobe Corner is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adobe Corner
- North Fair Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Fair Oaks is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fair Oaks
- Woodside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Cruz County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Creeks, with the one closest to Twin Creeks listed first.
- The Willows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Willows is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Willows
- Laurel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laurel is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Summit has also been known as:
- Loma Prieta
- Alma ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alma is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Glenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenwood is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Day Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Day Valley is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Valley
- Corralitos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Scotts Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zayante
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zayante is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zayante
- Lompico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lompico is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompico
- Aptos
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eccles ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eccles is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eccles
- Amesti
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Amesti is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesti
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Twin Creeks, see our County-by-County Page for Twin Creeks.
Cemeteries Near Twin Creeks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Twin Creeks.
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 Twin Creeks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Twin Creeks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Twin Creeks, with the one closest to Twin Creeks listed first.
- Hacienda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hidalgo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Mexican Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Los Gatos Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Day Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Soquel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soquel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Soquel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Soquel.
- The Soquel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beit Olam Cemetery
- Eternal Home Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #999577 <2>
- Calvary Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Madronia Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakwood Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Memorial Park
- The Oakwood Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Oak Wood Cemetery
- Santa Cruz Memorial Oakwood Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8219 <2>
- Santa Clara Mission Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (36 more) ...
- Mission City Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Felton Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Felton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Felton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #274025 <2>
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Twin Creeks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Twin Creeks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Twin Creeks, with the one closest to Twin Creeks listed first.
- New Almaden
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greystone ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greystone is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Guadalupe ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Guadalupe is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Alamitos
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alamitos is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamitos
- Laurel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laurel is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perry is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Coyote
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Patchen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Patchen is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchen
- Glenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenwood is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Los Gatos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Madrone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Madrone is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrone
- Campbell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Zayante
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zayante is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zayante
- Corralitos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tennant ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tennant is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Twin Creeks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Twin Creeks.
Newspapers Published in Twin Creeks ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Twin Creeks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Twin Creeks, 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 Twin Creeks.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Twin Creeks:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Santa Clara County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alameda County
- Monterey County
- San Benito County
- San Mateo County
- Santa Cruz County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 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. |
| <3> | 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 Twin Creeks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Twin Creeks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |