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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 Hammond Crossing (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 Hammond Crossing. 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 Hammond Crossing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Hammond Crossing: Hammond Xing.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Hammond Crossing is located in Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County: Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta, Trinity, Jackson (OR), Josephine (OR) & Klamath (OR).

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

  • Siskiyou County     (The home county of Hammond Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hammond Crossing, with the one closest to Hammond Crossing listed first.
    • Slagger ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slagger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagger
      • Slagger is located in Siskiyou County
    • Hambone ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hambone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambone
      • Hambone is located in Siskiyou County
    • Algoma ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Algoma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
      • Algoma is located in Siskiyou County
    • McCloud
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Lassen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hammond Crossing, with the one closest to Hammond Crossing listed first.
    • Pittville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville
      • Pittville is located in Lassen County
    • Nubieber
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Bieber
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
      • Bieber is located in Lassen County
    • Pumpkin Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Modoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hammond Crossing, with the one closest to Hammond Crossing listed first.
    • Lookout Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Junction
      • Lookout Junction is located in Modoc County
    • Lookout
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hammond Crossing, with the one closest to Hammond Crossing listed first.
    • Dana
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
      • Dana is located in Shasta County
    • Alfa ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alfa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfa
      • Alfa is located in Shasta County
    • Cayton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayton
      • Cayton is located in Shasta County
    • Glenburn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
      • Glenburn is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Glenburn:
      • Burgettville
      • Swasey
    • McArthur
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fall River Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cassel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Johnson Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Park
      • Johnson Park is located in Shasta County
    • Big Bend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
      • Big Bend is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Big Bend:
      • Elena
      • Henderson
      • Indian Springs
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Bend <3>
    • Burney
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hatchet Mountain ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hatchet Mountain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Mountain
      • Hatchet Mountain is located in Shasta County
    • Hat Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Wengler
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengler
      • Wengler is located in Shasta County

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

Newspapers Published in Hammond Crossing ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hammond Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hammond Crossing, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hammond Crossing.

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 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 Hammond Crossing:

Cemeteries Near Hammond Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hammond Crossing.

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

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

  • Dana Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Eastman Ranch Indian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Burney Falls Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Burney Falls Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burney Falls Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2243323 <5>
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Day Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Day Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Day Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2463464 <5>
  • Fall River Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
  • Indian Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
  • Burney Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Burney Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Burney.
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Burney Cemetery (located 68 miles to the north).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burney Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7866 <5>
  • Burney Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Burney Cemetery is located in Burney.
    • The Burney Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Burney District Cemetery
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Burney Cemetery (located 69 miles to the north).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burney Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2362619 <5>
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...

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

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

  • Dana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
    • Dana is located in Shasta County
  • Alfa ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alfa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfa
    • Alfa is located in Shasta County
  • Cayton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayton
    • Cayton is located in Shasta County
  • Fall River Mills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pittville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville
    • Pittville is located in Lassen County
  • Cassel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lookout
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Bieber
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
    • Bieber is located in Lassen County
  • McCloud
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery Creek
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hammond Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hammond Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1846, Longitude: -121.5917       In this case, the coordinates for Hammond Crossing 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 Hammond Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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