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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Bidwell Bar. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bidwell Bar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bidwell Bar, please Contact Us.

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 Bidwell Bar (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 Bidwell Bar. 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 doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Bidwell Bar is historic, it would have been located within present day Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Bidwell Bar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell Bar, with the one closest to Bidwell Bar listed first.
    • South Fork ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
      • South Fork is located in Butte County
    • Bidwell ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bidwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
      • Bidwell is located in Butte County
    • Longs Bar ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Longs Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Bar
      • Longs Bar is located in Butte County
    • Oregon City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oregon City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon City
      • Oregon City is located in Butte County
      • Former name for Oregon City:
      • Bloomingdale
    • Berry Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lynchburg ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lynchburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
      • Lynchburg is located in Butte County
    • Oroville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Robinson Mill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
      • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
    • South Oroville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Oroville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
      • South Oroville is located in Butte County
    • Elsey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Thermalito
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermalito
      • Thermalito is located in Butte County
    • Evansville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evansville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
      • Evansville is located in Butte County
    • Big Bend
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
      • Big Bend is located in Butte County
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell Bar, with the one closest to Bidwell Bar listed first.
    • Afton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
    • Butte City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Glenn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell Bar, with the one closest to Bidwell Bar listed first.
    • Birchville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
    • Bridgeport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
    • North San Juan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Wildwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
    • Newtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
    • North Columbia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
      • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
    • Rough and Ready
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bitney Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
    • Nevada City Rancheria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nevada City Rancheria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City Rancheria
      • Nevada City Rancheria is located in Nevada County
    • Penn Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
    • Blue Tent
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
      • Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
    • Glenbrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell Bar, with the one closest to Bidwell Bar listed first.
    • La Porte
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Storrie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Bucks Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucks Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
      • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
    • Little Grass Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
      • Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
    • Tobin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tobin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell Bar, with the one closest to Bidwell Bar listed first.
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandy City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
    • Queen City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
    • Goodyears Bar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell Bar, with the one closest to Bidwell Bar listed first.
    • Live Oak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Pennington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
    • Yuba City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Tierra Buena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Buena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bidwell Bar, with the one closest to Bidwell Bar listed first.
    • Rackerby
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brownsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Challenge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Loma Rica
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
    • Strawberry Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Dobbins
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oregon House
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Iowa City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullards Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foster Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Depot Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
    • Browns Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Bidwell Bar ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bidwell Bar.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bidwell Bar, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bidwell Bar.

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 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 Bidwell Bar:

Cemeteries Near Bidwell Bar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bidwell Bar.

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

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

  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Thompson Flat Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Flat Cemetery
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
  • Oregon City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cherokee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Oroville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oroville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oroville Cemetery
  • Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
  • Upham Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upham Cemetery
  • Brownsville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Brownsville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarks Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Clarks Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clarks Cemetery
  • Continue List   (54 more) ...
    • Bangor Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bangor Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Bangor.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bangor Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220275 <6>
    • Clear Creek Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Creek Cemetery
    • Hamilton Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hamilton Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery

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.

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

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

  • Hurleton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
    • Hurleton is located in Butte County
  • Enterprise ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Enterprise is located in Butte County
  • Oroville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wyandotte
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyandotte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
    • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
  • Cherokee ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
    • Cherokee is located in Butte County
  • Palermo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Forbestown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Big Bend
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
    • Big Bend is located in Butte County
  • Brownsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Brush Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
  • Pentz
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pentz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentz
    • Pentz is located in Butte County
  • Bangor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Yankee Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
      • Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumpkin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
    • Clipper Mills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

The official website for Butte County: www.buttecounty.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bidwell Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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- Bidwell Bar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bidwell Bar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5567, Longitude: -121.4398       In this case, the coordinates for Bidwell Bar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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