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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 Maxwell (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 Maxwell. 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.

Maxwell is located in Colusa 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 Colusa County: Butte, Glenn, Lake, Sutter & Yolo.

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

  • Colusa County     (The home county of Maxwell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxwell, with the one closest to Maxwell listed first.
    • Williams
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sites
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
      • Sites is located in Colusa County
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
    • Colusa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Princeton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Leesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
      • Leesville is located in Colusa County
    • Devils Elbow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devils Elbow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
      • Devils Elbow is located in Colusa County
    • Genevra
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Lodoga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodoga
      • Lodoga is located in Colusa County
    • Arbuckle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilbur Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Stonyford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxwell, with the one closest to Maxwell listed first.
    • Bigg's
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Gridley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Richvale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Peachton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
    • Nelson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Biggs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
    • Dayton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Dayton is located in Butte County
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxwell, with the one closest to Maxwell listed first.
    • Afton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
    • Butte City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Willows
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Glenn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Artois
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Elk Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxwell, with the one closest to Maxwell listed first.
    • Hough Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hough Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hough Springs
      • Hough Springs is located in Lake County
    • Pole Garden ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pole Garden
      • Pole Garden is located in Lake County
    • Bartlett Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bartlett Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Springs
      • Bartlett Springs is located in Lake County
    • Clearlake Oaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxwell, with the one closest to Maxwell listed first.
    • Meridian
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tarke
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
    • Pennington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
    • Sutter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Live Oak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Tierra Buena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • 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
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Maxwell, with the one closest to Maxwell listed first.
    • Rumsey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Hershey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hershey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
      • Hershey is located in Yolo County
    • Dunnigan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Guinda
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Maxwell ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maxwell.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Maxwell. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Maxwell and those printed in the larger area surrounding Maxwell.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> of Maxwell.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Maxwell:

Cemeteries Near Maxwell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maxwell.

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

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

  • Maxwell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maxwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maxwell Cemetery
  • Sites Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pryor Grave
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pryor Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pryor Grave
  • Princeton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Marvin Chapel Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cypress Hill Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Meridian Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meridian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meridian Cemetery
  • Butte City Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Willows Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willows Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Willows.
    • The Willows Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Glenn County Willows Cemetery
    • Willows Catholic Cemetery
    • Willows IOOF Cemetery
    • Willows IOOF Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7888 <4>
  • Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Arbuckle Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arbuckle Cemetery
    • Grand Island Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand Island Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Island Cemetery
    • Pugh Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • 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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Maxwell had a population of 500 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Lurline ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lurline have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurline
    • Lurline is located in Colusa County
  • Williams
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sites
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
    • Sites is located in Colusa County
  • Norman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Norman is located in Glenn County
  • Colusa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Leesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Leesville is located in Colusa County
  • Genevra
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Afton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Afton is located in Glenn County
  • Sycamore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Sycamore is located in Colusa County
  • Butte City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Willows
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Meridian
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

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

The official website for Colusa County: www.colusacountyclerk.com/

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maxwell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maxwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2763, Longitude: -122.1941    
<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>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 Maxwell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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