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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 Valleton (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 Valleton. 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 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.

Valleton is located in Monterey 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 Monterey County: Fresno, Kings, San Benito, San Luis Obispo & Santa Cruz.

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

  • Monterey County     (The home county of Valleton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valleton, with the one closest to Valleton listed first.
    • Bradley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • San Ardo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pleyto ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Pleyto is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleyto
    • Lockwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Martinus Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Martinus Corner is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinus Corner
    • San Lucas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jolon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valleton, with the one closest to Valleton listed first.
    • Parkfield Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkfield Junction is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkfield Junction
    • Coalinga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • San Luis Obispo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Valleton, with the one closest to Valleton listed first.
    • San Miguel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Wellsona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Wellsona is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsona
    • Estrella
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Estrella is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
    • Bee Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bee Rock is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Rock
    • Lake Nacimiento
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Oak Park is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
    • El Paso de Robles
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • El Paso de Robles is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso de Robles
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,521 people
    • Paso Robles
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Linne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Linne is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linne
    • Templeton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Shandon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Cholame
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Atascadero
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Valleton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valleton.

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 Valleton - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valleton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Imusdale Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Parkfield Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Warthan Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Paso Robles District Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Adelaida Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Templeton Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Clayton Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Lockwood Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Williams - Duckworth Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Clark Memorial Park
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Shandon Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Warthan Canyon Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Anderson Akers Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Atascadero Pine Mtn. Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atascadero Pine Mtn. Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Atascadero Pine Mtn. Cemetery is located in Atascadero.
      • The Atascadero Pine Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Atascadero Cemetery
      • Pine Mtn. Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154678 <2>
    • Mansfield Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mansfield Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the south of King City.
      • The Mansfield Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Quinado Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2345997 <2>

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Valleton had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bradley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • San Miguel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Estrella
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Estrella is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
  • San Ardo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Parkfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Pleyto ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Pleyto is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleyto
  • Paso Robles
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Adelaida
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Adelaida is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaida
  • Lockwood
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Bryson
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Bryson is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
  • Templeton
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Linne
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Linne is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linne
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Shandon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • San Lucas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Asuncion
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Asuncion is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asuncion

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

Newspapers Published in Valleton ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valleton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valleton, 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 Valleton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Valleton:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Valleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Valleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.