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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 Briceburg (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 Briceburg. 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 doctors 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.

Briceburg is located in Mariposa 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 Mariposa County: Madera, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Mariposa County     (The home county of Briceburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Briceburg, with the one closest to Briceburg listed first.
    • Colorado ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Colorado is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
    • Midpines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerseydale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
    • Mariposa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mount Bullion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
    • Bear Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
    • Darrah
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Darrah is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrah
    • Bagby ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Bagby is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagby
    • Bootjack
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bootjack is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
    • El Portal
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dogtown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dogtown is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Catheys Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Madera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Briceburg, with the one closest to Briceburg listed first.
    • Nipinnawasee ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Nipinnawasee is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipinnawasee
    • Ahwahnee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Yosemite Forks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
    • Oakhurst
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Raymond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Raymond is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
    • Knowles Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Knowles Junction is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Junction
    • Knowles ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Knowles is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
    • Coarsegold
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bass Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Pines
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
  • Merced County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Briceburg, with the one closest to Briceburg listed first.
    • Merced Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Merced Falls is located in Merced County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merced Falls
    • Snelling
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Planada
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Le Grand
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanislaus County
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Briceburg, with the one closest to Briceburg listed first.
    • Mather
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Mather is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
    • Big Oak Flat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Groveland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moccasin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacksonville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jacksonville is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Tuolumne City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tuolumne City is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City
    • Tuolumne
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuolumne Rancheria
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tuolumne Rancheria is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne Rancheria
    • Soulsbyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Briceburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Briceburg.

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

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

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

  • Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mariposa Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mariposa.
    • The Mariposa Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2205021 <2>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Catheys Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Coulterville Public Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Cruz Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • White Rock Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Sturdevant Ranch Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Granite Spring Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pate Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ivett Ranch Family Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Snelling Pioneer Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Gwin Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Oakhill Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Raymond Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Carter's Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter's Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carter's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tuolumne.
      • The Carter's Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Tuolumne City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1103592 <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 Briceburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Briceburg.

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

  • Jerseydale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
  • Mariposa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bear Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Mount Bullion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
  • Sequoia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Sequoia is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoia
  • Coulterville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hornitos
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ben Hur
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
  • Wawona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Merced Falls
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Merced Falls is located in Merced County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merced Falls
  • Groveland
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Oak Flat
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
    • Snelling
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Raymond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Raymond is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond

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

Newspapers Published in Briceburg ...

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 Briceburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Briceburg, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Briceburg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Briceburg:

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 '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- Briceburg) 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 Briceburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.