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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 Cedar Mill (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 Cedar Mill. 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 Cedar Mill ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Cedar Mill: Cedar Ml. (or less commonly used: Cedar Mll.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cedar Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Mill.

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 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.

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

  • Plumas County     (The home county of Cedar Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Mill, with the one closest to Cedar Mill listed first.
    • Quincy Junction
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Quincy Junction is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Junction
    • East Quincy
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • East Quincy is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Quincy
    • Quincy
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Massack
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Massack is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massack
    • Keddie
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Keddie is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keddie
    • Spanish Ranch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
    • Paxton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Paxton is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
    • Spring Garden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Garden is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
    • Meadow Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Silver Creek ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Silver Creek is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
    • Indian Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Indian Falls is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
    • Greenhorn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Mill, with the one closest to Cedar Mill listed first.
    • Merrimac
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Merrimac is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Brush Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Big Bar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Big Bar is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Pulga
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Feather Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lassen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Mill, with the one closest to Cedar Mill listed first.
    • Pine Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pine Town is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Town
    • Westwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Peninsula Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Peninsula Village is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Village
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Mill, with the one closest to Cedar Mill listed first.
    • Gibsonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Poker Flat
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Queen City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Downieville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Goodyears Bar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
    • Loganville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
    • Sierra City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Yuba County

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

Cemeteries Near Cedar Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Mill.

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 Cedar Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Mill, with the one closest to Cedar Mill 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.<4>

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

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

  • Quincy
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Spanish Ranch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
  • Meadow Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Taylorsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Crescent Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Genesee ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Genesee is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
  • Gibsonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
  • Cromberg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Saint Louis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
  • Johnsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • La Porte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Mohawk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
    • Longville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Longville is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Prattville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Cedar Mill ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Mill.

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

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 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 Cedar Mill:

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 '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- Cedar Mill) 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 Cedar Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.