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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 Arroz (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 Arroz. 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 and hospitals 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.

Arroz is located in Yolo 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 Yolo County: Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano & Sutter.

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

  • Yolo County     (The home county of Arroz)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroz, with the one closest to Arroz listed first.
    • Madison
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Esparto
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Winters
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Capay
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • Woodland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Yolo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Davis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Zamora
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • El Macero
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Swingle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swingle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroz, with the one closest to Arroz listed first.
    • Harrington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
    • College City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Arbuckle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroz, with the one closest to Arroz listed first.
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redbud Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
    • Spanish Flat
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Putas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
    • Pope Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Yountville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Angwin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Oakville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rutherford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Union
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Napa County
    • Deer Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Napa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa
      • Napa is located in Napa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napa <1>
  • Placer County
    • Riego
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riego have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
      • Riego is located in Placer County
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroz, with the one closest to Arroz listed first.
    • Sutterville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sutterville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
      • Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
    • Sacramento
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Freeport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
      • Freeport is located in Sacramento County
    • Elverta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Parkway - South Sacramento
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parkway - South Sacramento. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway - South Sacramento
      • Parkway - South Sacramento is located in Sacramento County
    • Rio Linda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ben Ali
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
    • Courtland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Town and Country Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town and Country Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country Village
      • Town and Country Village is located in Sacramento County
    • Hood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Laguna West - Lakeside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroz, with the one closest to Arroz listed first.
    • Allendale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
    • Hartley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
    • Dixon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>
    • Leisure Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
      • Leisure Town is located in Solano County
    • Elmira
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Vacaville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Cannon ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
      • Cannon is located in Solano County
    • Mankas Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankas Corner
      • Mankas Corner is located in Solano County
    • Travis Field
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Travis Field have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
      • Travis Field is located in Solano County
    • Fairfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Suisun City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
      • Suisun City is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
      • Suisun City has also been known as:
      • Suisun
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <1>
    • Denverton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denverton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
      • Denverton is located in Solano County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arroz, with the one closest to Arroz listed first.
    • Robbins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicolas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicolaus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcuse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
    • Pleasant Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Arroz ...

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 170 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arroz.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arroz, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arroz.

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 Arroz:

Cemeteries Near Arroz ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arroz.

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

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

  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonwood Cemetery
  • Winters Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winters Cemetery
  • Capay Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capay Cemetery
  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodland City Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
  • Marys Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marys Cemetery
  • Wragg Canyon Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wragg Canyon Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wragg Canyon Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2433961 <5>
  • Silveyville Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silveyville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silveyville Cemetery
  • Monticello Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Tremont Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tremont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tremont Cemetery
  • Continue List   (42 more) ...
    • Knights Landing Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Vacaville - Elmira Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the northwest of Angwin.
      • The Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Morris Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8168 <5>

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

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

  • Citrona
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Citrona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrona
    • Citrona is located in Yolo County
  • Madison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Esparto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Winters
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Capay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Plainfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
  • Merritt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merritt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
    • Merritt is located in Yolo County
  • Mullen ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen
    • Mullen is located in Yolo County
  • Woodland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Yolo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Allendale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
    • Allendale is located in Solano County
  • Brooks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
    • Davis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Dixon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>

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

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

The official website for Yolo County: www.yolocounty.org/

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

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 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Arroz) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arroz. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6207, Longitude: -121.9711       In this case, the coordinates for Arroz 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 Arroz, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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