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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 Wagner (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 Wagner. 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 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.

Wagner is located in Tuolumne 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 Tuolumne County: Alpine, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono & Stanislaus.

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

  • Tuolumne County     (The home county of Wagner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Dardanelle
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bumblebee
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bumblebee is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee
    • Pinecrest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Strawberry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Strawberry is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Cold Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Barn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Sierra Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sierra Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Village
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Twain Harte
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Lake Alpine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
    • Bear Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marklee Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Marklee Village is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklee Village
    • Markleeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Loope ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Loope is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loope
    • Alpine Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Alpine Village is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
    • Sorensens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Sorensens is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
    • Woodfords
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Woodfords is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Kirkwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kit Carson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Big Meadow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Big Meadow is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Meadow
    • Big Trees Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
    • Camp Connell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Dorrington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Big Trees
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Pinebrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
    • Arnold
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Fly-In Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Meadowmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Hathaway Pines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Avery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Lakemont Pines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
  • Mono County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
    • Sonora Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Sonora Junction is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora Junction
    • Coleville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Walker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fales Hot Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Fales Hot Springs is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fales Hot Springs
    • Topaz
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Douglas County (NV)
    • Topaz Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Topaz Lake is located in Douglas County (NV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz Lake

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

Cemeteries Near Wagner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wagner.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Markleeville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Big Trees
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Coleville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Topaz
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Avery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Woodfords
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Woodfords is located in Alpine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords

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

Newspapers Published in Wagner ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wagner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wagner, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wagner.

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 helpful 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 Wagner:

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 Wagner, 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' (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- Wagner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.