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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 Wildomar (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 Wildomar. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Wildomar is located in Riverside 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 Riverside County: La Paz (AZ), Imperial, Orange, San Bernardino & San Diego.

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

  • Riverside County     (The home county of Wildomar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildomar, with the one closest to Wildomar listed first.
    • Sedco Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedco Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedco Hills
      • Sedco Hills is located in Riverside County
    • Lakeland Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
      • Lakeland Village is located in Riverside County
    • Murrieta
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Canyon Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lake Elsinore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Quail Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Murrieta Hot Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murrieta Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrieta Hot Springs
      • Murrieta Hot Springs is located in Riverside County
    • Meadowbrook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
      • Meadowbrook is located in Riverside County
    • Menifee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sun City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dutch Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
      • Dutch Village is located in Riverside County
    • Lake Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
      • Lake Village is located in Riverside County
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildomar, with the one closest to Wildomar listed first.
    • Trabuco Highlands
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trabuco Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trabuco Highlands
      • Trabuco Highlands is located in Orange County
    • Coto de Caza
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Trabuco Canyon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Rancho Santa Margarita
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Las Flores
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Flores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
      • Las Flores is located in Orange County
    • Ladera Ranch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Portola Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portola Hills
      • Portola Hills is located in Orange County
    • Silverado Canyon ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silverado Canyon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverado Canyon
      • Silverado Canyon is located in Orange County
    • Modjeska
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Modjeska have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modjeska
      • Modjeska is located in Orange County
    • San Clemente
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Foothill Ranch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Mission Viejo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • San Bernardino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildomar, with the one closest to Wildomar listed first.
    • Grand Terrace
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Bryn Mawr
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Loma Linda
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Plymouth Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Village
      • Plymouth Village is located in San Bernardino County
  • San Diego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wildomar, with the one closest to Wildomar listed first.
    • Fallbrook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Rainbow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
      • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
    • Pala
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonsall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • San Onofre
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • San Luis Rey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Lawrence Welk Resort Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrence Welk Resort Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Welk Resort Village
      • Lawrence Welk Resort Village is located in San Diego County
    • Pauma Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hidden Meadows
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
      • Hidden Meadows is located in San Diego County
    • Vista
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Vista is located in San Diego County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <2>
    • Oceanside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Valley Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Wildomar ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wildomar.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wildomar, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wildomar.

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 Wildomar:

Cemeteries Near Wildomar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wildomar.

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 Wildomar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Wildomar Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wildomar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wildomar Cemetery
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Cemetery
  • Elsinore Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Perris Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perris Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perris Valley Cemetery
  • Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fallbrook.
    • The Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Malsonic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8139 <5>
  • Fallbrook Odd Fellows Community Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Riverside National Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
  • Pala Tribal Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • San Jacinto Valley Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Radec Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mission Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission Cemetery
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • El Toro Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the El Toro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Toro Cemetery
    • Sunny Shope Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunny Shope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunny Shope Cemetery
    • Ascension Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Murrieta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fallbrook
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Rainbow
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
    • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
  • DeLuz
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for DeLuz have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLuz
    • DeLuz is located in San Diego County
  • Pala
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonsall
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • San Onofre
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Modjeska
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Modjeska have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modjeska
    • Modjeska is located in Orange County
  • Las Flores ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Flores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
    • Las Flores is located in San Diego County
  • Ysidora ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ysidora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysidora
    • Ysidora is located in San Diego County
  • Riverside
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • San Luis Rey
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Vista
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Vista is located in San Diego County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <2>
    • Oceanside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Buena Vista
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
      • Buena Vista is located in San Diego County

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

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

The official website for Riverside County: www.co.riverside.ca.us/

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wildomar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wildomar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6026, Longitude: -117.2710    
<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 Wildomar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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