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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 Caldor (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 Caldor. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Caldor 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 Caldor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Caldor:

  • El Dorado County     (The home county of Caldor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caldor, with the one closest to Caldor listed first.
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pacific
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Pacific is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
    • Riverton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Riverton is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
    • White Hall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • White Hall is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Fresh Pond
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
    • Fair Play
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Kyburz
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Pollock Pines
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Somerset
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Newtown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Camino
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caldor, with the one closest to Caldor listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
    • Sorensens
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sorensens is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caldor, with the one closest to Caldor listed first.
    • Pioneer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Volcano
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kit Carson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • River Pines
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Pine Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Kirkwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Amador City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Plymouth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Drytown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Caldor, with the one closest to Caldor listed first.
    • Bummerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
    • West Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
    • Wilseyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Rail Road Flat
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Glencoe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Meadow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Meadow is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Meadow
    • Big Trees Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
    • Camp Connell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Trees
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Dorrington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Arnold
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Caldor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caldor.

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

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

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

  • Indian Diggings Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Andreason Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Amador Memorial Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Maidens Gravesite
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Fiddletown Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Smith Flat Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Shenandoah Valley Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (29 more) ...
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Placerville Union Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville Union Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Placerville Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Placerville.
      • The Placerville Union Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Union Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1812538 <2>
    • Bennett Memorial Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Grizzly Flatx
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Omo Ranch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
  • Bryants
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bryants is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants
  • Pacific
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pacific is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
  • Fair Play
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Volcano
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • West Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Fiddletown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Pine Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Rich Gulch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
    • Placerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • El Dorado
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Caldor ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Caldor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Caldor, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Caldor.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Caldor:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caldor) 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 Caldor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.