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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 Gridley (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 Gridley. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Gridley is located in 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 Gridley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gridley:

  • Butte County     (The home county of Gridley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gridley, with the one closest to Gridley listed first.
    • Peachton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
    • Bigg's
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Robinsons Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
      • Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
    • East Biggs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
    • Lorraine ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lorraine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
      • Lorraine is located in Butte County
    • Honcut
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Richvale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Palermo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oroville Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville Junction
      • Oroville Junction is located in Butte County
    • Thermalito
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermalito
      • Thermalito is located in Butte County
    • Oroville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • South Oroville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gridley, with the one closest to Gridley listed first.
    • Princeton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
    • Colusa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Grimes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Williams
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Maxwell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • College City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Genevra
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genevra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
    • Arbuckle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gridley, with the one closest to Gridley listed first.
    • Afton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
    • Butte City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Willows
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gridley, with the one closest to Gridley listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
    • Lake Wildwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
    • Birchville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
    • Penn Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gridley, with the one closest to Gridley listed first.
    • Live Oak
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Pennington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
    • Sutter
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Tierra Buena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • 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 City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • South Yuba City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Yuba City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
    • Tarke
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
    • Bogue
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
    • Meridian
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Rio Oso
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gridley, with the one closest to Gridley listed first.
    • Iowa City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Loma Rica
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
    • Binney Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Marysville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dantoni
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
    • Browns Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Alicia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
    • Linda
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Rackerby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Olivehurst
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Oregon House
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Gridley ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gridley.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Gridley. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Gridley and those printed in the larger area surrounding Gridley.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of Gridley.

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 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 Gridley:

Cemeteries Near Gridley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gridley.

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

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

  • Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Live Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Live Oak Cemetery
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery
  • North Butte Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Butte Cemetery
  • Pugh Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pugh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pugh Cemetery
  • Honcut Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Oroville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Mound Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Nelson Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sutter Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Continue List   (46 more) ...
    • Thompson Flat Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Marvin Chapel Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Marysville Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Gridley had a population of 686 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Gridley had a population of 7,397 people.

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

  • Bigg's
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Live Oak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
    • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
  • Pennington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Pennington is located in Sutter County
  • Honcut
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honcut have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honcut
    • Honcut is located in Yuba County
  • Honcut
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Palermo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lomo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lomo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomo
    • Lomo is located in Sutter County
  • Ramirez
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramirez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramirez
    • Ramirez is located in Yuba County
  • Oroville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Nelson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wyandotte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Afton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Afton is located in Glenn County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Yuba City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Binney Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Marysville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

The official website for Gridley: www.gridley.ca.us/

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

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>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 from Point A (ie- Gridley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gridley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3631, Longitude: -121.6987    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 Gridley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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