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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 Avinsino Corner (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 Avinsino Corner. 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 Avinsino Corner ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Avinsino Corner: Avinsino Cor. (or less commonly used: Avinsino Crn.)

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Avinsino Corner is located in El Dorado 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 El Dorado County: Alpine, Amador, Placer, Sacramento & Douglas (NV).

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

  • El Dorado County     (The home county of Avinsino Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Avinsino Corner, with the one closest to Avinsino Corner listed first.
    • Newtown
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Pleasant Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Camino
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
    • Somerset
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Motor City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
    • Tiger Lily
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
    • Pollock Pines
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fair Play
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Placerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Diamond Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • El Dorado
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Avinsino Corner, with the one closest to Avinsino Corner listed first.
    • River Pines
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Fiddletown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Volcano
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pioneer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Pine Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Drytown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Amador City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sutter Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Martell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Jackson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • May ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • May is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Avinsino Corner, with the one closest to Avinsino Corner listed first.
    • West Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
    • Bummerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
    • Glencoe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Wilseyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Big Bar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Rail Road Flat
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Avinsino Corner, with the one closest to Avinsino Corner listed first.
    • Foresthill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Michigan Bluff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
    • Auburn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Yankee Jims
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
    • Bowman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clipper Gap
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
    • Granite Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Greekstore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Greekstore is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greekstore
    • Applegate
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Newcastle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • North Auburn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • North Auburn is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
    • Ophir
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Meadow Vista
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Avinsino Corner, with the one closest to Avinsino Corner listed first.
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
    • Folsom
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Rancho Murieta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairie City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Represa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Folsom Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
    • Natoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Orangevale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Avinsino Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Avinsino Corner.

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 Avinsino Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Smith Flat Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bennett Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Placerville Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville Union Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Placerville Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Placerville.
    • The Placerville Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1812538 <2>
  • Middletown Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Indian Diggings Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shenandoah Valley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Andreason Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gold Hill Cemetery
    • The Gold Hill Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2348365 <2>
  • Chinese Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (49 more) ...
    • Fiddletown Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • James Marshall Gravesite
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Pleasant Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Fair Play
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Placerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Grizzly Flatx
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Omo Ranch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
  • El Dorado
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Bryants
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bryants is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants
  • Pacific
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pacific is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
  • Kelsey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
  • Nashville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nashville is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
  • Fiddletown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Coloma
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Avinsino Corner ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Avinsino Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Avinsino Corner, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Avinsino Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Avinsino Corner:

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 Avinsino Corner, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Avinsino Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.