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Introduction ...

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

We've added Britona to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Britona, 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 Britona (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 Britona. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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 Britona is historic, it would have been located within present day Yolo 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 Yolo County: Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano & Sutter.

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

  • Yolo County     (The home county of Britona)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Britona, with the one closest to Britona listed first.
    • Zamora
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunnigan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hershey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Hershey is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
    • Yolo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Knights Landing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Madison
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Esparto
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Capay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Brooks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Guinda
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Plainfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Britona, with the one closest to Britona listed first.
    • Harrington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
    • College City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Arbuckle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Grimes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Genevra
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
    • Williams
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Colusa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Britona, with the one closest to Britona listed first.
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
    • Spanish Flat
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Britona, with the one closest to Britona listed first.
    • Riego
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Riego is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
    • Sheridan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Britona, with the one closest to Britona listed first.
    • Elverta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Rio Linda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sacramento
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sutterville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
    • Ben Ali
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
    • Antelope
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • North Highlands
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Sabre City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
    • Town and Country Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Britona, with the one closest to Britona listed first.
    • Allendale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
    • Dixon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
    • Hartley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
    • Batavia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Batavia is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Britona, with the one closest to Britona listed first.
    • Robbins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Nicolas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Nicolaus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Rio Oso
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Tarke
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Bogue
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • South Yuba City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Sutter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Tierra Buena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Britona, with the one closest to Britona listed first.
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
    • Alicia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
    • Olivehurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
    • Binney Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Linda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Marysville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheatland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Britona ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Britona.

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

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

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

  • Mary's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gordon Family Cemetery
  • Cacheville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacheville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cacheville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Yolo.
    • The Cacheville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Yolo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344398 <3>
  • Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Knights Landing Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Capay Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Capay Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Esparto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7881 <3>
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cottonwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the southeast of Esparto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7919 <3>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
    • The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990865 <3>
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
    • The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Woodland City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8455 <3>
  • Logan Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Corbin Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Arbuckle Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
    • Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.

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

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

  • Dunnigan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Yolo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Esparto
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Madison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Knights Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Capay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrington is located in Colusa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
  • Woodland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cranmore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cranmore is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmore
  • Citrona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Citrona is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrona
  • College City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Tancred
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Tancred is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tancred
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Brooks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mullen ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mullen is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen
    • Arbuckle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Britona ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Britona.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Britona, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Britona.

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 helpful 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 Britona:

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 Britona, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Britona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.