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 Cape Horn (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 Cape Horn. 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 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.
Cape Horn is located in Placer 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 Placer County: El Dorado, Nevada, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, Carson City (NV), Douglas (NV) & Washoe (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Cape Horn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cape Horn:
- Placer County (The home county of Cape Horn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Horn, with the one closest to Cape Horn listed first.
- Chicago Park ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Chicago Park is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
- Colfax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Secret Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Secret Town is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
- Iowa Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weimar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yankee Jims
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
- Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Casa Loma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Casa Loma is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
- Applegate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Foresthill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Vista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Butte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Horn, with the one closest to Cape Horn listed first.
- Clipper Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oroleve
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oroleve is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Horn, with the one closest to Cape Horn listed first.
- Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fornis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fornis is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
- Cool
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Garden Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Quintette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Quintette is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Pilot Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Coloma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lotus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kelsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
- Gold Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
- Jayhawk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jayhawk is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Horn, with the one closest to Cape Horn listed first.
- Chicago Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- You Bet ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- You Bet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
- Kres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kres is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
- Alta Sierra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
- Cedar Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Glenbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Gold Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
- Grass Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Lake of the Pines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
- Nevada City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Oaks is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
- Shasta County
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sierra County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Horn, with the one closest to Cape Horn listed first.
- Alleghany
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brandy City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
- Goodyears Bar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Downieville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yuba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cape Horn, with the one closest to Cape Horn listed first.
- Smartville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
- Dobbins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Camptonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Oregon House
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
- Browns Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wheatland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Challenge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loma Rica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cape Horn, see our County-by-County Page for Cape Horn.
Cemeteries Near Cape Horn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cape Horn.
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 Cape Horn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cape Horn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cape Horn, with the one closest to Cape Horn listed first.
- Colfax Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax Indian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Flat Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Flat Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dutch Flat Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Alta
- Foresthill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Foresthill Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Deer Creek Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Nevada City.
- The Deer Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400769 <2>
- Forest View Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (52 more) ...
- Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deadwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Cape Horn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cape Horn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cape Horn, with the one closest to Cape Horn listed first.
- Colfax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chicago Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- You Bet ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- You Bet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
- Weimar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dutch Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kres is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
- Yankee Jims
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
- Towle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Towle is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towle
- Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Glenbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Nevada City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Michigan Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cape Horn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cape Horn.
Newspapers Published in Cape Horn ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cape Horn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cape Horn, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cape Horn.
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 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 Cape Horn:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Placer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butte County
- El Dorado County
- Nevada County
- Shasta County
- Sierra County
- Yuba County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cape Horn) 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 Cape Horn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |