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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Chandler. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Chandler to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chandler, please Contact Us.

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 Chandler (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 Chandler. 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 and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Chandler is historic, it would have been located within present day Sutter County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sutter County: Butte, Colusa, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo & Yuba.

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

  • Sutter County     (The home county of Chandler)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
    • Nicolas
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Nicolaus
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marcuse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
    • Rio Oso
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Robbins
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bogue
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
    • South Yuba City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Yuba City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
    • Yuba City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Tierra Buena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Buena have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
    • Sutter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Tarke
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
    • Meridian
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Butte County
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
    • Grimes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • College City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Harrington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
    • Arbuckle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Genevra
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Genevra. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
    • Colusa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nevada County
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
    • Riego
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riego have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
      • Riego is located in Placer County
    • Sheridan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Clayton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
    • Lincoln
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
    • Virginiatown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
      • Virginiatown is located in Placer County
    • Roseville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocklin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Loomis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Penryn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Newcastle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Ophir
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
    • Granite Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
    • Elverta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rio Linda
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Antelope
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sabre City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabre City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
    • North Highlands
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Foothill Farms
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foothill Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Farms
      • Foothill Farms is located in Sacramento County
    • Ben Ali
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
    • Citrus Heights
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Town and Country Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town and Country Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country Village
      • Town and Country Village is located in Sacramento County
    • Sacramento
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Arcade ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcade have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
      • Arcade is located in Sacramento County
    • Carmichael
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Arden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
      • Arden is located in Sacramento County
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
    • Knights Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Yolo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Zamora
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Dunnigan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hershey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hershey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
      • Hershey is located in Yolo County
    • Bryte
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Broderick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • West Sacramento
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Swingle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swingle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
    • Madison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • El Macero
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chandler, with the one closest to Chandler listed first.
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
    • Wheatland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Alicia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
    • Olivehurst
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Linda
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Binney Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Marysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Dantoni
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
    • Browns Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Smartville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
    • Iowa City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County

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

Cemeteries Near Chandler ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chandler.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Nicolaus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nicolaus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nicolaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Knights Landing Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheatland Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sierra View Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sierra View Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sierra View Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Olivehurst.
    • The Sierra View Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Sierra View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8374 <5>
  • Mary's Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheridan Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheridan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sheridan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cacheville Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cacheville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cacheville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Yolo.
    • The Cacheville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Yolo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344398 <5>
  • Yuba City Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yuba City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yuba City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (60 more) ...
    • Manzanita Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manzanita Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Manzanita Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Camp Far West Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Far West Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Far West Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<6> to the southwest of Wheatland.
      • The Camp Far West Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Cantonment Far West Cemetery
      • Far West Graveyard
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255638 <5>
    • Lofton Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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.

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

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

  • Nicolas
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Marcuse ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marcuse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
  • Knights Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cranmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranmore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmore
    • Cranmore is located in Sutter County
  • Wheatland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheridan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Yuba City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Yolo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marysville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Binney Junction
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
  • Grand Island
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
    • Grand Island is located in Colusa County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
    • Lincoln
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Woodland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Chandler ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chandler.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chandler, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chandler.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Chandler:

The official website for Sutter County: www.co.sutter.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Chandler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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- Chandler) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chandler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9146, Longitude: -121.6225       In this case, the coordinates for Chandler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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