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Introduction ...

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

We've added Henryford to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Henryford, 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 Henryford (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 Henryford. 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 hospitals and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Henryford is historic, it would have been located within present day Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Shasta County     (The home county of Henryford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henryford, with the one closest to Henryford listed first.
    • Basin Hollow ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Basin Hollow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Hollow
      • Basin Hollow is located in Shasta County
    • Millville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Palo Cedro
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pawnee ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
      • Pawnee is located in Shasta County
    • Fleaville ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fleaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
      • Fleaville is located in Shasta County
    • Parkville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
      • Parkville is located in Shasta County
    • Bella Vista
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Inwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
      • Inwood is located in Shasta County
    • Oak Run
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Loomis Corners ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis Corners
      • Loomis Corners is located in Shasta County
    • Midway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Shasta County
    • Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Balls Ferry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
      • Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
    • Enterprise
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Enterprise is located in Shasta County
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Henryford, with the one closest to Henryford listed first.
    • Manton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dales
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
      • Dales is located in Tehama County
    • Paynes Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hooker
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
      • Hooker is located in Tehama County
    • Bend
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
      • Bend is located in Tehama County
    • Dantuma Place
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
      • Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
    • Red Bluff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Henryford ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Henryford.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Henryford, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Henryford.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Henryford:

Cemeteries Near Henryford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Henryford.

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

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

  • Masonic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Millville IOOF Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • Parkville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bates Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bates Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bates Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988777 <6>
  • Parkville Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Oak Run Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Oak Run Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Run Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244289 <6>
  • Houston Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ogburn Inwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lawncrest Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Anderson District Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Anderson Pioneer Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (35 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.

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

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

  • Millville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Inwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Inwood is located in Shasta County
  • Oak Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Balls Ferry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
    • Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
  • Anderson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Anderson is located in Shasta County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
    • Former name for Anderson:
    • American Ranch
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <3>
  • Girvan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Girvan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
    • Girvan is located in Shasta County
  • Redding
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cottonwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ydaloom ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ydaloom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ydaloom
    • Ydaloom is located in Shasta County
  • Shingletown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Buckeye
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Buckeye is located in Shasta County
  • Waugh ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waugh have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
    • Waugh is located in Shasta County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Olinda
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
      • Olinda is located in Shasta County
    • Manton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Baird ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baird have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
      • Baird is located in Shasta County

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

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/

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 Henryford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Henryford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Henryford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5727, Longitude: -122.1358       In this case, the coordinates for Henryford 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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