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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 Bucks Lodge (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 Bucks Lodge. 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 Bucks Lodge ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Bucks Lodge: Bucks Ldg. (or less commonly used: Bucks Ldge.)
  • While the name of this community is Bucks Lodge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bucks Lodge may originally have been Buck's Lodge.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bucks Lodge might be written as Buck Lodge.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Bucks Lodge is located in Plumas 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 Plumas County: Butte, Lassen, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Plumas County     (The home county of Bucks Lodge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Lodge, with the one closest to Bucks Lodge listed first.
    • Bucks Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
    • Meadow Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Creek ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Creek is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
    • Spanish Ranch
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
    • Tobin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
    • Storrie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Rich Bar ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
    • Belden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Twain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Quincy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • East Quincy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • East Quincy is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Quincy
    • Caribou
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Caribou is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Lodge, with the one closest to Bucks Lodge listed first.
    • Merrimac
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Merrimac is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
    • Big Bar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Big Bar is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Brush Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Pulga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Stirling City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Feather Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Berry Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Bend
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Bend is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Concow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Concow is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concow
    • Magalia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Lassen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Lodge, with the one closest to Bucks Lodge listed first.
    • Peninsula Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Peninsula Village is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Village
    • Westwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Lodge, with the one closest to Bucks Lodge listed first.
    • Gibsonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Queen City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Poker Flat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
    • Goodyears Bar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Downieville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Lodge, with the one closest to Bucks Lodge listed first.
    • Strawberry Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
    • Challenge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Brownsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Camptonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley

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

Cemeteries Near Bucks Lodge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bucks Lodge.

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 Bucks Lodge - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<5>

While we didn't find Bucks Lodge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bucks Lodge.

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

  • Meadow Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spanish Ranch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
  • Merrimac
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Merrimac is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
  • Quincy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Brush Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
  • La Porte
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gibsonville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
  • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
  • Saint Louis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
  • Longville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Longville is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
  • Big Bend
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Bend is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
  • Crescent Mills
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Magalia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Yankee Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill

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

Newspapers Published in Bucks Lodge ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bucks Lodge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bucks Lodge, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bucks Lodge.

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 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 Bucks Lodge:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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 from Point A (ie- Bucks Lodge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Bucks Lodge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.