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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 Altaville (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 Altaville. 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 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.

Altaville is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Altaville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Altaville, with the one closest to Altaville listed first.
    • Angels City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angels City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
      • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
    • Angels
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angels have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
      • Angels is located in Calaveras County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
    • Angels Camp
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Vallecito
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Melones ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melones have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melones
      • Melones is located in Calaveras County
    • Douglas Flat
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Murphys
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Carmen City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmen City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
      • Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
    • Cave City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
    • Copperopolis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Copper Cove Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Cove Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove Village
      • Copper Cove Village is located in Calaveras County
    • Cedar Vista
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
    • Forest Meadows
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Altaville, with the one closest to Altaville listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Amador County
    • Jackson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Martell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Pioneer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Volcano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Camanche Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camanche Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
    • Sutter Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ione
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <3>
    • Drytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Altaville, with the one closest to Altaville listed first.
    • Farmington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Peters
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Clements
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Linden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Escalon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalon
      • Escalon is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Escalon <3>
    • Holden ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Holden is located in San Joaquin County
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Altaville, with the one closest to Altaville listed first.
    • Knights Ferry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • East Oakdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oakdale
      • East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
    • Adela
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
      • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
    • Oakdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <3>
    • La Grange
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Altaville, with the one closest to Altaville listed first.
    • Tuttletown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Columbia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Columbia Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
    • Martinez
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
    • Rawhide
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
      • Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
    • Squabbletown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squabbletown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jamestown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sonora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • East Sonora
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Sonora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
    • Greenley Oaks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
    • Yosemite Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction
      • Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County
    • Stent
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stent
      • Stent is located in Tuolumne County

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

Newspapers Published in Altaville ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Altaville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Altaville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Altaville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Altaville:

Cemeteries Near Altaville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Altaville.

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

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

  • Serbian Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lode Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lode Cemetery
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Copperopolis Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Public Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Public Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Public Cemetery
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaws Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaws Flat Cemetery
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Peoples Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peoples Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peoples Cemetery
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • 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
    • Jamestown Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jamestown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jamestown Cemetery
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF 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.<7>

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

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

  • Angels Camp
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Douglas Flat
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Murphys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Copperopolis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuttletown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
  • Columbia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • San Andreas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jamestown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sonora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Avery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Telegraph City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Telegraph City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
      • Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
    • Milton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Milton is located in Calaveras County
    • Chinese Camp
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

The official website for Calaveras County: www.co.calaveras.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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>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.
<5>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- Altaville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Altaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0825, Longitude: -120.5588    
<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.
<7>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 Altaville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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