Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Heroult. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Heroult to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Heroult, 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 Heroult (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 Heroult. 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.
A Few Details for Heroult ...
While it's still very early in our research, we found that:
- The naming (or the toponymy) of Heroult: Named after Dr. Paul Heroult.
- Heroult was established in 1907.
- The community was inundated by Lake Shasta (in 1944).
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 and hospitals 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 Heroult 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 Heroult. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Heroult:
- Shasta County (The home county of Heroult)
- The following are listed by their distance from Heroult, with the one closest to Heroult listed first.
- Copper City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copper City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Copper City is located in Shasta County
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elizabethtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown is located in Shasta County
- Ydaloom ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Bully Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bully Hill
- Bully Hill is located in Shasta County
- Winthrop ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Baird ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Bayha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - O'Brien
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Brien
- O'Brien is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Brien <4>
- McColl ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Mountain Gate
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Gate
- Mountain Gate is located in Shasta County
- Former names for Mountain Gate:
- Bass
- Fish's Station
- Morley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Bonita ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Elmore ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Siskiyou County
- Dunsmuir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunsmuir
- Dunsmuir is located in Siskiyou County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,548 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunsmuir <4>
- Dunsmuir
- Tehama County
- Manton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton
- Manton is located in Tehama County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manton <4>
- Manton
- Trinity County
- The following are listed by their distance from Heroult, with the one closest to Heroult listed first.
- Deadwood ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Trinity Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Center
- Trinity Center is located in Trinity County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinity Center <4>
- Minersville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Minersville is located in Trinity County
- Lewiston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Lewiston is located in Trinity County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <4>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Heroult, see our County-by-County Page for Heroult.
Newspapers Published in Heroult ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heroult.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heroult, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Heroult.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Heroult:
- Websites specific to California
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the California State Archives
- Pages specific to Shasta County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Siskiyou County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Tehama County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Trinity County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Siskiyou County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of California
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of California
- Cemeteries of Shasta County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of California
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of California
- Cemeteries of Shasta County
Cemeteries Near Heroult ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heroult.
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 Heroult covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Heroult, with the one closest to Heroult listed first.
- Central Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2177218 <6>
- Houston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Houston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2242743 <6>
- Churntown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Churntown Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the northeast of Shasta Lake.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Churntown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157834 <6>
- Buckeye Pioneer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- The Buckeye Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boot Hill Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckeye Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185433 <6>
- Oak Run Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- 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>
- Redding Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redding Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1848805 <6>
- Lawncrest Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- The Lawncrest Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Lawn Crest Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawncrest Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1841707 <6>
- Masonic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- The Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Millville Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #309666 <6>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Redding.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1177236 <6>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
- Millville IOOF Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- The Millville IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- Millville IOOF Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millville IOOF Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8077 <6>
- Continue List (34 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8330 <6>
- Bates Pioneer Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- 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>
- Halcumb Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Halcumb Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171952 <6>
- St. Joseph 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 Heroult in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Heroult.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Heroult, with the one closest to Heroult listed first.
- Ydaloom ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Baird ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Mabel ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Morley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Kennett ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Elmore ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Buckeye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Buckeye is located in Shasta County
- Hart ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Oak Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Run
- Oak Run is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Run <4>
- Copley ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Redding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Redding is located in Shasta County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92,456 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redding <4>
- Waugh ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Millville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Millville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millville <4>
- Round Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Round Mountain is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Mountain <4>
- Delta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Delta is located in Shasta County
- Former name for Delta:
- Bayles
- Millville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Heroult. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heroult.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Heroult, 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> | 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. |
| <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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heroult) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heroult. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7675, Longitude: -122.2432 |
| <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. |