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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 Brooks (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 Brooks. 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 and hospitals 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.

Brooks is located in Yolo County.

To see how the shape of California's counties 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 Brooks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brooks:

  • Yolo County     (The home county of Brooks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks, with the one closest to Brooks listed first.
    • Capay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Guinda
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Esparto
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Madison
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Rumsey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunnigan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Zamora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hershey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hershey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
      • Hershey is located in Yolo County
    • Winters
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Yolo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Woodland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Plainfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • Knights Landing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks, with the one closest to Brooks listed first.
    • Harrington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
    • Arbuckle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • College City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Genevra
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genevra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
    • Wilbur Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grimes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Williams
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks, with the one closest to Brooks listed first.
    • Hidden Valley Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Valley Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
      • Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
    • Middletown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lower Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clearlake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Seigler Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seigler Springs
      • Seigler Springs is located in Lake County
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks, with the one closest to Brooks listed first.
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Putas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
    • Spanish Flat
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redbud Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
    • Pope Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Angwin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Deer Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Helena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Rutherford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Calistoga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Yountville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodleaf
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks, with the one closest to Brooks listed first.
    • Allendale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
    • Hartley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
    • Dixon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>
    • Vacaville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Leisure Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
      • Leisure Town is located in Solano County
    • Elmira
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sonoma County
    • Kellogg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
      • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brooks, with the one closest to Brooks listed first.
    • Robbins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Brooks ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooks.

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

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 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 Brooks:

Cemeteries Near Brooks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brooks.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Capay Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capay Cemetery
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonwood Cemetery
  • Monticello Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Valley Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Pope Valley.
    • The Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pope Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158186 <4>
  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Winters Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winters Cemetery
  • Johns Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johns Cemetery
  • Duvall Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Duvall Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Duvall Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Pope Valley.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duvall Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2432322 <4>
  • Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Angwin.
    • The Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Morris Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Las Posadas Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8168 <4>
  • Wragg Canyon Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wragg Canyon Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wragg Canyon Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2433961 <4>
  • Marys Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marys Cemetery
  • Woodland City Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (29 more) ...
    • Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Arbuckle Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arbuckle Cemetery
    • Willard D. Hammond Gravesite
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Willard D. Hammond Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willard D. Hammond Gravesite is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Calistoga.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willard D. Hammond Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2432332 <4>

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Brooks had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Tancred
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tancred have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tancred
    • Tancred is located in Yolo County
  • Capay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Guinda
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Esparto
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Madison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Monticello ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Monticello is located in Napa County
  • Rumsey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Citrona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Citrona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrona
    • Citrona is located in Yolo County
  • Knoxville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoxville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
    • Knoxville is located in Napa County
  • Dunnigan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
    • Harrington is located in Colusa County
  • Pope Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Winters
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Yolo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Angwin
      (19 miles [30.6 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 Brooks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brooks.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brooks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yolo County: www.yolocounty.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brooks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brooks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7394, Longitude: -122.1484    
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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 Brooks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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