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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 Sugarloaf (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 Sugarloaf. 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 Sugarloaf ...

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.

Another variation: Sugar Loaf.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Sugarloaf is located in 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 Sugarloaf. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sugarloaf:

  • Shasta County     (The home county of Sugarloaf)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
    • Lakeshore
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
      • Lakeshore is located in Shasta County
    • Lakehead - Lakeshore
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakehead - Lakeshore
      • Lakehead - Lakeshore is located in Shasta County
    • Antlers
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
      • Antlers is located in Shasta County
    • Lakehead
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Elmore ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
      • Elmore is located in Shasta County
    • Pollock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
      • Pollock is located in Shasta County
    • Delta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
      • Delta is located in Shasta County
      • Former name for Delta:
      • Bayles
    • Morley ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
      • Morley is located in Shasta County
    • O'Brien
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Vollmers
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vollmers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vollmers
      • Vollmers is located in Shasta County
    • Bonita ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
      • Bonita is located in Shasta County
    • Baird ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baird have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
      • Baird is located in Shasta County
    • Boralma ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boralma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boralma
      • Boralma is located in Shasta County
  • Siskiyou County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
    • Dunsmuir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Shasta Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Springs
      • Shasta Springs is located in Siskiyou County
    • McCloud
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sugarloaf, with the one closest to Sugarloaf listed first.
    • Trinity Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Deadwood ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deadwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
      • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
    • Minersville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
      • Minersville is located in Trinity County
    • Carrville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
      • Carrville is located in Trinity County
    • Lewiston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Weaverville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Sugarloaf ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sugarloaf.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sugarloaf, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sugarloaf.

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 Sugarloaf:

Cemeteries Near Sugarloaf ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sugarloaf.

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

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

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

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

  • Elmore ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
    • Elmore is located in Shasta County
  • Mabel ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mabel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Mabel is located in Shasta County
  • Delta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Delta is located in Shasta County
    • Former name for Delta:
    • Bayles
  • Morley ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
    • Morley is located in Shasta County
  • Baird ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baird have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
    • Baird is located in Shasta County
  • Lamoine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamoine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
    • Lamoine is located in Shasta County
    • Former names for Lamoine:
    • Slate Creek
    • Slatonis
  • Kennett ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett
    • Kennett is located in Shasta County
  • Gibson ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Gibson is located in Shasta County
  • Ydaloom ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ydaloom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ydaloom
    • Ydaloom is located in Shasta County
  • Copley ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
    • Copley is located in Shasta County
    • Former name for Copley:
    • Motion
  • Hart ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
    • Hart is located in Shasta County
    • Hart has also been known as:
    • Hart Village
    • Hart's Camp
  • Buckeye
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Buckeye is located in Shasta County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Sims
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sims have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
      • Sims is located in Shasta County
    • French Gulch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Trinity Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

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>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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sugarloaf) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sugarloaf. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8585, Longitude: -122.3978    
<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 Sugarloaf, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.









 

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