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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Baltimore. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Baltimore to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Baltimore, please Contact Us.

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 Baltimore (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 Baltimore. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Baltimore is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Baltimore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baltimore:

  • Placer County     (The home county of Baltimore)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
    • Foresthill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Yankee Jims
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
    • Michigan Bluff
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
    • Iowa Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Weimar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Colfax
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Applegate
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Chicago Park ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Chicago Park is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
    • Secret Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Secret Town is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
    • Clipper Gap
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
    • Meadow Vista
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gold Run
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fornis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
    • Greenwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Quintette
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Quintette is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
    • Cool
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kelsey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Coloma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Lotus
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pilot Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gold Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Placerville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
    • Chicago Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake of the Pines
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
    • You Bet ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • You Bet is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
    • Alta Sierra
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
    • Kres
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kres is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
    • Cedar Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • Glenbrook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Gold Flat
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
    • Grass Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Nevada City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
    • Represa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Folsom
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 <2>
    • Folsom Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baltimore, with the one closest to Baltimore listed first.
    • Smartville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo

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

Cemeteries Near Baltimore ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baltimore.

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 Baltimore - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Foresthill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Foresthill Community Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Josephine Mine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Deadwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Iowa Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pioneer Graves Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Georgetown Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Colfax Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Colfax Indian Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dutch Flat Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Flat Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dutch Flat Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Alta
  • Continue List   (46 more) ...
    • Pioneer Grave
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • New Auburn Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Auburn Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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.

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

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

  • Yankee Jims
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
  • Michigan Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
  • Georgetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Weimar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Colfax
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Clipper Gap
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
  • Garden Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Chicago Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gold Run
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Cool
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • You Bet ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • You Bet is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
  • Dutch Flat
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Towle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Towle is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towle
    • Alta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Kelsey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey

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

Newspapers Published in Baltimore ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baltimore.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baltimore, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baltimore.

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 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 Baltimore:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Baltimore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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- Baltimore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.