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 Brandon 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 Brandon 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 Brandon 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Brandon Corner: Brandon Cor. (or less commonly used: Brandon 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Brandon 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 Brandon Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brandon Corner:
- El Dorado County (The home county of Brandon Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Corner, with the one closest to Brandon Corner listed first.
- Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
- Shingle Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cameron Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
- El Dorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Skinners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Skinners is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners
- Diamond Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent Ridge Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- La Cresta Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- La Cresta Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cresta Village
- Park Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Park Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Ridgeview Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeview Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview Village
- El Dorado Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Corner, with the one closest to Brandon Corner listed first.
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- River Pines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Drytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- May ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Amador City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sutter Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ione
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Martell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Volcano
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Calaveras County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Corner, with the one closest to Brandon Corner listed first.
- Big Bar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Mokelumne Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Glencoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Campo Seco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sandy Gulch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
- West Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bummerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
- Wilseyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Valley Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greasertown
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Corner, with the one closest to Brandon Corner listed first.
- Granite Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loomis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocklin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Newcastle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Penryn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ophir
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ophir is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Bowman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Auburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Clipper Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
- Virginiatown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Virginiatown is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
- Whitney ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Sacramento County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brandon Corner, with the one closest to Brandon Corner listed first.
- Rancho Murieta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mormon Island ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
- Prairie City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Folsom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Represa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Represa is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
- Folsom Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
- Natoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Natoma is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
- Sloughhouse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orangevale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gold River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fair Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mather
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rancho Cordova
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- San Joaquin County
- Clements
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brandon Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Brandon Corner.
Cemeteries Near Brandon Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brandon 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 Brandon Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brandon Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brandon Corner, with the one closest to Brandon Corner listed first.
- Bryant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chinese Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- White Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shenandoah Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Protestant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Skinners.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641664 <2>
- Clarksville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan Bar Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Drytown Public Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stevens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jayhawk Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jayhawk Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Jayhawk
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8083 <2>
- Continue List (82 more) ...
- Fiddletown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middletown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Brandon Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brandon Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brandon Corner, with the one closest to Brandon Corner listed first.
- Latrobe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Latrobe is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latrobe
- Nashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Shingle Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Forest Home ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest Home is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- El Dorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White Rock is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Michigan Bar ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan Bar is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bar
- Drytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddletown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- May ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Amador City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Placerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brandon Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brandon Corner.
Newspapers Published in Brandon 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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brandon Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brandon Corner, 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 Brandon Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Brandon Corner:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to El Dorado County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- Calaveras County
- Placer County
- Sacramento County
- San Joaquin County
- 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> | 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 Brandon 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brandon Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |