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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 Campbellville (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 Campbellville. 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 doctors 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.

Campbellville is located in Tehama 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 Tehama County: Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Plumas, Shasta & Trinity.

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

  • Tehama County     (The home county of Campbellville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbellville, with the one closest to Campbellville listed first.
    • Dantuma Place
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
    • Vina
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Los Molinos
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Tehama
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Gerber
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Mineral
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Mill Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Paynes Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Proberta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Corning
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Rawson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Rawson is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
    • Kirkwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
    • Dales
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dales is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbellville, with the one closest to Campbellville listed first.
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Butte Meadows
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Ranch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
    • Powellton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Powellton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • De Sabla
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • De Sabla is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Sabla
    • Nimshew
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Nimshew is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
    • Stirling City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise Pines
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Paradise Pines is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Pines
    • Irish Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Irish Town is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Town
    • Magalia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Chico
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Chico is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <1>
    • Big Bar
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Bar is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbellville, with the one closest to Campbellville listed first.
    • Capay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
    • Hamilton City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campbellville, with the one closest to Campbellville listed first.
    • Storrie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Tobin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
    • Belden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Longville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Longville is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Rich Bar ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
    • Bucks Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
    • Caribou
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Caribou is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou

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

Cemeteries Near Campbellville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campbellville.

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

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

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

  • Cohasset Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Forest Ranch Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Butte Meadows Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Coutolenc Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Vina Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Vina Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Vina.
    • The Vina Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Carter Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7884 <3>
  • Nicholl Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Skyway Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Creek Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest of Chico.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8268 <3>
  • Cameron - Davis Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Chico Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chico Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Chico.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7900 <3>
    • Mechoopda Indian Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Glen Oaks Memorial Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Inskip ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Inskip is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
  • Butte Meadows
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Ranch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
  • Powellton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Powellton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
  • Lovelock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lovelock is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
  • Nimshew
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Nimshew is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
  • Magalia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Vina
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cana
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cana is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
  • Paradise
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Lyonsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
  • Anita
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Anita is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Nord ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Nord is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
    • Chico
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Chico is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <1>
    • Tehama
      (21 miles [33.8 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 Campbellville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Campbellville.

Newspapers Published in Campbellville ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campbellville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campbellville, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campbellville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Campbellville:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Campbellville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Campbellville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.