Welcome to Britona ...

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

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

Britona would have been located within present day Yolo County<2>.

The location of Britona has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Britona is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Britona was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Britona once stood is in the (530) area code.

Communities near Britona ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Britona.

• Woodland
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
  • Woodland is located in Yolo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,446 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodland <5>
• Dunnigan
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnigan
  • Dunnigan is located in Yolo County
  • Former name for Dunnigan:
  • Antelope
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunnigan <5>
• Hershey
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hershey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
  • Hershey is located in Yolo County
• Yolo
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yolo
  • Yolo is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yolo <5>
• Esparto
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esparto
  • Esparto is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Esparto <5>
• Knights Landing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Landing
  • Knights Landing is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knights Landing <5>
• Madison
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Madison is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <5>
• Capay
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
  • Capay is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capay <5>
• Harrington
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
  • Harrington is located in Colusa County
• Robbins
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
  • Robbins is located in Sutter County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robbins <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Britona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Britona.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Britona. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Britona.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Britona. See our Newspapers Page for Britona.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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