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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 Walsh Landing (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 Walsh Landing. 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 Walsh Landing ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Walsh Landing: Walsh Lndg. (or less commonly used: Walsh Lndng.)

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 northeast 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 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.

Walsh Landing is located in Sonoma County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sonoma County: Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa & Solano.

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

  • Sonoma County     (The home county of Walsh Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walsh Landing, with the one closest to Walsh Landing listed first.
    • Fort Ross
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Ross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ross
      • Fort Ross is located in Sonoma County
    • Stewarts Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cazadero
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Annapolis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jenner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sea Ranch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Villa Grande
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Duncans Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Guerneville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Monte Rio
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Rio Nido
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Carmet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmet
      • Carmet is located in Sonoma County
  • Marin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walsh Landing, with the one closest to Walsh Landing listed first.
    • Dillon Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Tomales
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mendocino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Walsh Landing, with the one closest to Walsh Landing listed first.
    • Gualala
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Anchor Bay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fish Rock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Rock
      • Fish Rock is located in Mendocino County
    • Hermitage ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hermitage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
      • Hermitage is located in Mendocino County
    • Yorkville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Signal Port
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Port
      • Signal Port is located in Mendocino County
      • Signal Port has also been known as:
      • Hardscratch
    • Hopland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Walsh Landing ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walsh Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walsh Landing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walsh Landing.

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 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 Walsh Landing:

Cemeteries Near Walsh Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walsh Landing.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Ruoff - Thomas Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ruoff - Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ruoff - Thomas Cemetery
  • Benitz Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benitz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benitz Cemetery
  • Seaview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seaview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seaview Cemetery
  • Cooper Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooper Cemetery
  • Sugarloaf Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sugarloaf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sugarloaf Cemetery
  • Stewarts Point Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Annapolis Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Duncans Mills Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duncans Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duncans Mills Cemetery
  • Redwood Memorial Gardens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redwood Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redwood Memorial Gardens
  • McPeak Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McPeak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McPeak Cemetery
  • Druids Occidental Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Druids Occidental Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Druids Occidental Cemetery
  • Bourn Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bourn Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bourn Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7860 <5>
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Bodega Bay Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bodega Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bodega Bay Cemetery
    • Bodega Calvary Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bodega Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bodega Calvary Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Bodega.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bodega Calvary Cemetery
    • Olive Hill Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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.<6>

While we didn't find Walsh Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walsh Landing.

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

  • Seaview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview
    • Seaview is located in Sonoma County
  • Fort Ross
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Ross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ross
    • Fort Ross is located in Sonoma County
  • Cazadero
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Duncans Mills
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Guerneville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Gualala
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Occidental
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Forestville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Asti
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asti have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asti
    • Asti is located in Sonoma County
  • Cloverdale
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Geyserville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Fish Rock
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Rock
    • Fish Rock is located in Mendocino County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Freestone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Trenton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
      • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
    • Preston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Preston is located in Sonoma County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walsh Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sonoma County: www.sonoma-county.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walsh Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walsh Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5555, Longitude: -123.3006       In this case, the coordinates for Walsh Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Walsh Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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