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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 Wildflower (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 Wildflower. 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 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.

Wildflower is located in Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of Wildflower)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildflower, with the one closest to Wildflower listed first.
    • Conejo
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Conejo is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conejo
    • Laton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Selma
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Selma is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,370 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <1>
    • Kingsburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bowles
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bowles is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowles
    • Fowler
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Caruthers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Parlier
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Del Rey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Del Rey is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rey
    • Easton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Malaga
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Malaga is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
    • Lone Star
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Kings County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildflower, with the one closest to Wildflower listed first.
    • Hardwick
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Hardwick is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
    • Hub
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hub is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
    • Hanford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Armona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Home Garden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Home Garden is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
    • Lemoore
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Stratford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Vanguard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Vanguard is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanguard
    • Corcoran
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Tulare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildflower, with the one closest to Wildflower listed first.
    • Traver
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • London
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • London is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
    • Dinuba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Goshen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Sultana
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cutler
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Orosi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Chinowths Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Chinowths Corner is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinowths Corner
    • East Orosi
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • East Orosi is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orosi
    • Yettem
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Tagus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Tagus is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagus
    • Visalia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Taurusa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Taurusa is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taurusa

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

Cemeteries Near Wildflower ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wildflower.

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

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

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Knoll Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Selma Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kings River Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kingsburg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Floral Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • North Selma Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fowler Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Washington Colony Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mendocino Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Del Rey Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rey Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Del Rey Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Del Rey.
    • The Del Rey Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Prairie Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1997625 <2>
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...
    • Grangeville Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grangeville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Armona.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #247363 <2>
    • Hanford Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Potters Field
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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, Wildflower had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Lillis ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lillis is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillis
  • Selma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Selma is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,370 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <1>
  • Fowler
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Caruthers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Oleander
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oleander is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleander
  • Riverdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hanford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Traver
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Easton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Malaga
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Malaga is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
  • Lone Star
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Reedley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sanger
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Goshen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Tokay
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Tokay is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokay

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

Newspapers Published in Wildflower ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wildflower.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wildflower, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wildflower.

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 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 Wildflower:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wildflower) 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 Wildflower, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.