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Introduction ...

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

We've added Monticello to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Monticello, 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 Monticello (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 Monticello. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Monticello is historic, it would have been located within present day Napa 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 Napa County: Lake, Solano, Sonoma & Yolo.

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

  • Napa County     (The home county of Monticello)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Putas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
    • Spanish Flat
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redbud Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
    • Pope Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Angwin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Oakville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rutherford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Yountville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Deer Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Saint Helena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Union
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Napa County
    • Napa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa
      • Napa is located in Napa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napa <3>
  • Colusa County
    • Harrington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
    • Hidden Valley Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Valley Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
      • Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
    • Middletown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
    • Allendale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
    • Hartley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
    • Vacaville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Mankas Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankas Corner
      • Mankas Corner is located in Solano County
    • Leisure Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
      • Leisure Town is located in Solano County
    • Green Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dixon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <3>
    • Elmira
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cannon ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
      • Cannon is located in Solano County
    • Fairfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Suisun City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
      • Suisun City is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
      • Suisun City has also been known as:
      • Suisun
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <3>
    • Travis Field
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Travis Field have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
      • Travis Field is located in Solano County
  • Sonoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
    • Kenwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Glen Ellen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Boyes Hot Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Eldridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Fetters Hot Springs - Agua Caliente
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Sonoma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • El Verano
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Vineburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Melita
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
      • Melita is located in Sonoma County
    • Kellogg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
      • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
    • Temelec
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temelec have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temelec
      • Temelec is located in Sonoma County
    • Mark West Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark West Springs
      • Mark West Springs is located in Sonoma County
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monticello, with the one closest to Monticello listed first.
    • Brooks
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Capay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Esparto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Winters
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Madison
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Guinda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Plainfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • Rumsey
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Zamora
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Dunnigan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Yolo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Monticello ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monticello.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monticello, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monticello.

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 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 Monticello:

Cemeteries Near Monticello ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monticello.

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

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

  • Monticello Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wragg Canyon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wragg Canyon Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wragg Canyon Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2433961 <5>
  • Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the northwest of Angwin.
    • The Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Morris Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8168 <5>
  • Capay Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capay Cemetery
  • Winters Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winters Cemetery
  • Valley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the south of Pope Valley.
    • The Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pope Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158186 <5>
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonwood Cemetery
  • George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Yountville.
    • The George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ancient Indian Burial Grounds
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978829 <5>
  • Duvall Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Duvall Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Duvall Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the southeast of Pope Valley.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duvall Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2432322 <5>
  • Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ner Tamid Jewish Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ner Tamid Jewish Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ner Tamid Jewish Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Saint Helena.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ner Tamid Jewish Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2502737 <5>
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...
    • St. Helena Public Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Helena Public Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Saint Helena.
      • The St. Helena Public Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Helena Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Helena Public Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #196296 <5>
    • Veterans Home Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Veterans Home Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Yountville.
      • The Veterans Home Cemetery has also been known as:
      • California State Veterans Home Cemetery
      • Veterans Memorial Grove Cemetery
      • Yountville Veterans Home Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Veterans Home Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1962430 <5>
    • Willard D. Hammond Gravesite
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Willard D. Hammond Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willard D. Hammond Gravesite is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the west of Calistoga.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willard D. Hammond Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2432332 <5>

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.

Monticello itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 223 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Brooks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Esparto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Capay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pope Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Napa Soda Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Napa Soda Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa Soda Springs
    • Napa Soda Springs is located in Napa County
  • Winters
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Citrona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Citrona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrona
    • Citrona is located in Yolo County
  • Tancred
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tancred have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tancred
    • Tancred is located in Yolo County
  • Angwin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Rutherford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Yountville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Madison
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Barro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barro
      • Barro is located in Napa County
    • Saint Helena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

The official website for Napa County: www.co.napa.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 Monticello, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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 '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- Monticello) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Monticello. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5781, Longitude: -122.2069       In this case, the coordinates for Monticello 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>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.









 

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