Our Genealogy Helper
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 Angels Camp (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 Angels Camp. 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 Angels Camp ...
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.
While the name of this community is Angels Camp, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Angels Camp may originally have been Angel's Camp.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Angels Camp might be written as Angel Camp.
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 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.
Angels Camp 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 Angels Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Angels Camp:
- Calaveras County (The home county of Angels Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Angels Camp, with the one closest to Angels Camp listed first.
- Angels City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angels City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
- Angels City is located in Calaveras County
- Angels
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angels have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
- Altaville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vallecito
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Melones ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Melones. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melones
- Melones is located in Calaveras County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Melones
- From Angels Camp to Melones
- Douglas Flat
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Murphys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Copperopolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carmen City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmen City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
- Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
- Cave City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Cave City is located in Calaveras County
- 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.<3> 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)
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angels Camp, with the one closest to Angels Camp listed first.
- Electra ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Electra. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
- Electra is located in Amador County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Electra
- From Angels Camp to Electra
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Martell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Volcano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sutter Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Camanche Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camanche Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Amador City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ione
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mariposa County
- Coulterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angels Camp, with the one closest to Angels Camp listed first.
- Bellota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bellota. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bellota
- From Angels Camp to Bellota
- Cometa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cometa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
- Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cometa
- From Angels Camp to Cometa
- Trigo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trigo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
- Trigo is located in San Joaquin County
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Peters
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clements
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Linden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stanislaus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angels Camp, with the one closest to Angels Camp listed first.
- Knights Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Oakdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Adela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- La Grange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tuolumne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Angels Camp, with the one closest to Angels Camp listed first.
- Tuttletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Columbia Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
- Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
- Rawhide
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Martinez
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
- Squabbletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sonora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Sonora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Sonora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
- East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
- Greenley Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Angels Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Angels Camp.
Cemeteries Near Angels Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Angels Camp.
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 Angels Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Angels Camp, with the one closest to Angels Camp listed first.
- Altaville Protestant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lode Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lode Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lode Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
- Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Serbian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vallecito Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Public Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Public Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Public Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Copperopolis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shaws Flat Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaws Flat Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shaws Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jamestown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jamestown Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jamestown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- IOOF Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
- 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.
- Continue List (43 more) ...
- Sonora City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sonora City Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sonora City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jewish Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jewish Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jewish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Masonic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Angels Camp had a population of 917 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Angels Camp, with the one closest to Angels Camp listed first.
- Douglas Flat
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuttletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Murphys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Copperopolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sonora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sheep Ranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Ranch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- San Andreas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Telegraph City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chinese Camp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Soulsbyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tuolumne
(17 miles [27.4 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 Angels Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Angels Camp.
Newspapers Published in Angels Camp ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Angels Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Angels Camp, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<8>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Angels Camp.
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 Angels Camp:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Calaveras County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- Mariposa County
- San Joaquin County
- Stanislaus County
- Tuolumne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Angels Camp: www.angelscamp.gov/
The official website for Calaveras County: www.co.calaveras.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
<2> | 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. |
<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> | 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. |
<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 Angels Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
<8> | 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- Angels Camp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Angels Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0683, Longitude: -120.5391 |