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 Blunt (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 Blunt. 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 doctors 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.
Blunt is located in Tehama 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 Tehama County: Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Plumas, Shasta & Trinity.
Below are the counties that are near Blunt. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blunt:
- Tehama County (The home county of Blunt)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blunt, with the one closest to Blunt listed first.
- Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bend is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
- Hooker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Red Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Dales
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dales is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
- Proberta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gerber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rancho Tehama Reserve
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tehama
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Los Molinos
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Paynes Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Corning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flournoy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shasta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blunt, with the one closest to Blunt listed first.
- Cottonwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Battle Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Clarkville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
- Former name for Anderson:
- American Ranch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <1>
- Olinda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olinda is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
- Happy Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Former name for Happy Valley:
- Oak
- Parkville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Parkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Gas Point ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gas Point is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
- Smithville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Latona ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Latona is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latona
- Former name for Latona:
- New Town
- Aiken Gulch ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken Gulch is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken Gulch
- Former names for Aiken Gulch:
- Camp Creek
- Camp Gulch
- Bell's Bridge ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bell's Bridge is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell's Bridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blunt, see our County-by-County Page for Blunt.
Cemeteries Near Blunt ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blunt.
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 Blunt - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blunt covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blunt, with the one closest to Blunt listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Major Pierson B. Reading Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Red Bank Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson District Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Anderson Pioneer Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Anderson Pioneer Cemetery is located in Anderson.
- The Anderson Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oddfellows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2231350 <2>
- Tehama Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tehama Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehama Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Tehama.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8399 <2>
- Parkville Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Parkville Pioneer Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pinckney Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (35 more) ...
- Bates Pioneer Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Texas Springs Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lowrey Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lowrey Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the north of Paskenta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8136 <2>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Blunt in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blunt.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blunt, with the one closest to Blunt listed first.
- Hooker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Red Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Cottonwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Proberta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
- Former name for Anderson:
- American Ranch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <1>
- Olinda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Olinda is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
- Gas Point ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gas Point is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
- Tehama
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Girvan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Girvan is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
- Henleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Henleyville is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henleyville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Richfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Richfield is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Paynes Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Corning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blunt. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blunt.
Newspapers Published in Blunt ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blunt.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blunt, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blunt.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Blunt:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Tehama County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blunt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Blunt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |