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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 Mount Aukum (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 Mount Aukum. 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 Mount Aukum ...

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.

Mount Aukum has also been known as: Aukum Fork and Aukum.

  • A typical abbreviation for Mount Aukum: Mt. Aukum

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 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.

Mount Aukum is located in El Dorado 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 El Dorado County: Alpine, Amador, Placer, Sacramento & Douglas (NV).

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

  • El Dorado County     (The home county of Mount Aukum)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Aukum, with the one closest to Mount Aukum listed first.
    • Fair Play
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Somerset
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Tiger Lily
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
    • Pleasant Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Newtown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
    • Diamond Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • El Dorado
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Camino
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Motor City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Motor City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
    • Placerville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Euchre Diggings. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Aukum, with the one closest to Mount Aukum listed first.
    • River Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Plymouth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Volcano
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Amador City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Drytown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Martell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jackson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Amador County
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Aukum, with the one closest to Mount Aukum listed first.
    • Glencoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • West Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Bar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • Bummerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bummerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
    • Sandy Gulch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • Wilseyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Rail Road Flat
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Campo Seco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Mountain Ranch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oregon Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
      • Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Aukum, with the one closest to Mount Aukum listed first.
    • Granite Bay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Auburn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Newcastle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Aukum, with the one closest to Mount Aukum listed first.
    • Rancho Murieta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mormon Island. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
    • Prairie City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
    • Folsom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
      • Folsom has also been known as:
      • Folsom City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
    • Folsom Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
    • Natoma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
    • Represa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
    • Sloughhouse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Gold River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Orangevale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Fair Oaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Mather
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Mount Aukum ...

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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Aukum.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Aukum, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Aukum.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Mount Aukum:

Cemeteries Near Mount Aukum ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Aukum.

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

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

  • Shenandoah Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fiddletown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Diggings Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Diggings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Diggings Cemetery
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Protestant Cemetery
  • Andreason Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andreason Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andreason Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7839 <5>
  • Chinese Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chinese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinese Cemetery
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Protestant Cemetery
  • White Family Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Drytown Public Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Drytown Public Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drytown Public Cemetery
  • St. Stevens Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stevens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stevens Cemetery
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Oak Knoll Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Knoll Cemetery
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<6>

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

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

  • Fiddletown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fair Play
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Nashville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
    • Nashville is located in El Dorado County
  • Plymouth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Omo Ranch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Omo Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
    • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
  • Volcano
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
  • Drytown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Amador City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • El Dorado
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sutter Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Placerville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Shingle Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/

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- Mount Aukum) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Aukum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5569, Longitude: -120.7263    
<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 Mount Aukum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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