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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 Auburn Rancheria (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 Auburn Rancheria. 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 hospitals and 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.

Auburn Rancheria is located in Placer County.

To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Placer County: El Dorado, Nevada, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, Carson City (NV), Douglas (NV) & Washoe (NV).

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

  • Placer County     (The home county of Auburn Rancheria)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Rancheria, with the one closest to Auburn Rancheria listed first.
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Lincoln
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Clayton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Rocklin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Loomis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Virginiatown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Virginiatown is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
    • Roseville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Penryn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Granite Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Newcastle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Ophir
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Riego
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Riego is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Rancheria, with the one closest to Auburn Rancheria listed first.
    • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
    • Lakeridge Oaks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeridge Oaks is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeridge Oaks
    • Marina Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Marina Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina Village
    • Summit Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
    • Waterford Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Waterford Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Village
    • Crown Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
    • Equestrian Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Equestrian Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Village
    • Franciscan Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Franciscan Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franciscan Village
    • Oak Tree Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Tree Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Village
    • Saint Andrews Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Andrews Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews Village
    • Winterhaven Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Winterhaven Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterhaven Village
    • Cool
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Rancheria, with the one closest to Auburn Rancheria listed first.
    • Lake of the Pines
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
    • Penn Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Alta Sierra
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
    • Lake Wildwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • Rough and Ready
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Chicago Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bitney Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
    • Cedar Ridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Grass Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kres
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kres is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
    • The Oaks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
    • Union Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Rancheria, with the one closest to Auburn Rancheria listed first.
    • Antelope
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sabre City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
    • Citrus Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Foothill Farms
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Foothill Farms is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Farms
    • North Highlands
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Elverta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Orangevale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rio Linda
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Oaks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Folsom Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
    • Represa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Folsom
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
      • Folsom has also been known as:
      • Folsom City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Rancheria, with the one closest to Auburn Rancheria listed first.
    • Pleasant Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rio Oso
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Nicolas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Nicolaus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Robbins
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Bogue
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • South Yuba City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Yuba City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tierra Buena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Rancheria, with the one closest to Auburn Rancheria listed first.
    • Broderick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bryte
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • West Sacramento
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Knights Landing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Woodland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Swingle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
    • Yolo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • El Macero
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Davis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Zamora
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Rancheria, with the one closest to Auburn Rancheria listed first.
    • Wheatland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
    • Olivehurst
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Alicia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
    • Linda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Dantoni
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Smartville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Marysville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
    • Binney Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Browns Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Auburn Rancheria ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Auburn Rancheria.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Auburn Rancheria - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Auburn Rancheria covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Roseville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Manzanita Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Gold Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheridan Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sylvan Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Newcastle Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sierra Hills Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Citrus Heights.
    • The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1061654 <2>
  • Mt. Vernon Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • New Auburn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Fair Oaks Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (81 more) ...
    • Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Folsom Prison Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Auburn Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Whitney ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Whitney is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
  • Lincoln
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rocklin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Roseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Loomis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Penryn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Antelope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sheridan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Newcastle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Ophir
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Ophir is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Orangevale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Wheatland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Auburn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Natoma
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma

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

Newspapers Published in Auburn Rancheria ...

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 158 newspapers that have been published in the area around Auburn Rancheria.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Auburn Rancheria, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Auburn Rancheria.

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 Auburn Rancheria:

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 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.
<3>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 Auburn Rancheria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Auburn Rancheria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.