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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 Bassetts (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 Bassetts. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Bassetts is located in Sierra 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 Sierra County: Lassen, Nevada, Plumas, Yuba & Washoe (NV).

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

  • Sierra County     (The home county of Bassetts)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bassetts, with the one closest to Bassetts listed first.
    • Sierra City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Loganville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
    • Sattley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Calpine
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sierraville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Downieville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Poker Flat
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Forest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Goodyears Bar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Alleghany
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Loyalton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gibsonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Queen City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
  • Butte County
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bassetts, with the one closest to Bassetts listed first.
    • Marsh Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Marsh Mill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Mill
    • Graniteville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
    • Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
    • Summit City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Summit City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
    • Baltimore Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town
    • Washington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingvale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Kingvale is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingvale
    • Soda Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Norden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Donner Lake Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Donner Lake Village is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Lake Village
      • Donner Lake Village has also been known as:
      • Donner Lake
    • Donner Woods
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Donner Woods is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Woods
    • Lake City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bassetts, with the one closest to Bassetts listed first.
    • Big Bend
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Big Bend is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
    • Emigrant Gap
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Donner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Donner is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner
    • Andover ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Andover is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Soda Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Soda Springs is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
    • Alta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Casa Loma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Casa Loma is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bassetts, with the one closest to Bassetts listed first.
    • Whitehawk
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Whitehawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehawk
    • Clio
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Valley Ranch
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Valley Ranch is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ranch
    • C-Road
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • C-Road is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for C-Road
    • Graeagle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Blairsden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Mohawk Vista
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Mohawk Vista is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Vista
    • Mohawk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
    • Johnsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Plumas Eureka
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Plumas Eureka is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Eureka
    • Iron Horse
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Iron Horse is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Horse
    • Delleker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Delleker is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delleker
    • Portola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • 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 Bassetts, with the one closest to Bassetts listed first.
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
    • Camptonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Strawberry Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley

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

Cemeteries Near Bassetts ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bassetts.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Sierra City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sattley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mohawk
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Johnsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Downieville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Graniteville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
  • Goodyears Bar
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Alleghany
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cromberg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Loyalton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Saint Louis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
  • Moore's Flat
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Moore's Flat is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Flat
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Maybert ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Maybert is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybert
    • Gibsonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Washington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Bassetts ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bassetts.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bassetts, 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 Bassetts.

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 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 Bassetts:

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 Bassetts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bassetts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.