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 Vacaville Junction (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 Vacaville Junction. 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 Vacaville Junction ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Vacaville Junction: Vacaville Jct. (or less commonly used: Vacaville Jctn.)
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 southeast 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 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.
Vacaville Junction is located in Solano 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 Solano County: Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, Sonoma & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near Vacaville Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vacaville Junction:
- Solano County (The home county of Vacaville Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vacaville Junction, with the one closest to Vacaville Junction listed first.
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Travis Field
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Travis Field is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
- Leisure Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leisure Town is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
- Vacaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Denverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Denverton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
- Suisun City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Suisun City is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
- Suisun City has also been known as:
- Suisun
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <1>
- Solano City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Solano City is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solano City
- Mankas Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mankas Corner is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankas Corner
- Hartley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hartley is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Batavia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Allendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Allendale is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Contra Costa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vacaville Junction, with the one closest to Vacaville Junction listed first.
- Port Chicago ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Port Chicago is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Chicago
- Bay Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Pittsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Pittsburg is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pittsburg
- Avon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Avon is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Mountain View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Antioch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Empire ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Crockett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Martinez
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Costa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Valona is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valona
- Napa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vacaville Junction, with the one closest to Vacaville Junction listed first.
- Lombard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lombard is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
- Middleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Napa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Suscol ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Suscol is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suscol
- Suscol has also been known as:
- Soscol
- Susqual
- Redbud Park ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Redbud Park is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
- American Canyon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Spanish Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Merazo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Merazo is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
- Yountville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Las Putas ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Las Putas is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
- Oakville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sacramento County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vacaville Junction, with the one closest to Vacaville Junction listed first.
- Courtland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Isleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ryde
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vorden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vorden is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorden
- Hood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Locke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Locke is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Walnut Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Freeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freeport is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Franklin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Laguna West - Lakeside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Laguna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Laguna is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna
- Parkway - South Sacramento
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sutterville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vacaville Junction, with the one closest to Vacaville Junction listed first.
- Mokelumne City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mokelumne City is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokelumne City
- Terminous
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Terminous is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminous
- Thornton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Taison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Taison is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
- Sonoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vacaville Junction, with the one closest to Vacaville Junction listed first.
- Vineburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wingo ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wingo is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- McGill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McGill is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Sonoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Boyes Hot Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- El Verano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fetters Hot Springs - Agua Caliente
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sears Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sears Point is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Point
- Temelec
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Temelec is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temelec
- Eldridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Ellen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yolo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vacaville Junction, with the one closest to Vacaville Junction listed first.
- Winters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greendale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Greendale is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Davis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- El Macero
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plainfield is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Swingle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Swingle is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
- Clarksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Madison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Esparto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Capay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bryte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Sacramento
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vacaville Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Vacaville Junction.
Cemeteries Near Vacaville Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vacaville Junction.
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 Vacaville Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vacaville Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vacaville Junction, with the one closest to Vacaville Junction listed first.
- Vacaville - Elmira Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Suisun - Fairfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silveyville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winters Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Winters Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Winters.
- The Winters Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8452 <2>
- Wragg Canyon Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tulocay Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulocay Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tulocay Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Napa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8411 <2>
- Napa State Hospital Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Napa Valley Memorial Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa Valley Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Napa Valley Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Napa.
- The Napa Valley Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery
- Napa Valley Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #169978 <2>
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carquinez Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carquinez Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carquinez Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Vallejo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7883 <2>
- Continue List (52 more) ...
- All Souls Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Souls Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the All Souls Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Vallejo.
- The All Souls Cemetery has also been known as:
- All Souls Catholic Cemetery
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincents Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincents Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Vallejo.
- The St. Vincents Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Vincent Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8342 <2>
- Benicia City Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benicia City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Benicia City Cemetery is located in Benicia.
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 Vacaville Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vacaville Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vacaville Junction, with the one closest to Vacaville Junction listed first.
- Vanden ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Vanden is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanden
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Fairfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vacaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Suisun City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Suisun City is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
- Suisun City has also been known as:
- Suisun
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <1>
- Denverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Denverton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
- Violet ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Binghamton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Binghamton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamton
- Batavia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Cordelia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cordelia is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordelia
- Teal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Teal is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Allendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Allendale is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Maine Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Maine Prairie is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Prairie
- Birds Landing
(12 miles [19.3 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 Vacaville Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vacaville Junction.
Newspapers Published in Vacaville Junction ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vacaville Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vacaville Junction, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vacaville Junction.
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 Vacaville Junction:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Solano County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Contra Costa County
- Napa County
- Sacramento County
- San Joaquin County
- Sonoma County
- Yolo 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 Vacaville Junction, 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 from Point A (ie- Vacaville Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |