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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 Chapmantown (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 Chapmantown. 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.

Chapmantown is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Chapmantown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapmantown, with the one closest to Chapmantown listed first.
    • Chico
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Durham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dayton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Dayton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Nord ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Nord is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
    • Paradise
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Irish Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Irish Town is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Town
    • Nelson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Forest Ranch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
    • Nimshew
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Nimshew is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
    • Magalia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Paradise Pines
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Paradise Pines is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Pines
    • Elsey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Cherokee is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
  • Colusa County
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapmantown, with the one closest to Chapmantown listed first.
    • Hamilton City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Capay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
    • Glenn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Orland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Butte City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Artois
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Afton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Willows
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapmantown, with the one closest to Chapmantown listed first.
    • Storrie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tobin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
  • Sutter County
    • Pennington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapmantown, with the one closest to Chapmantown listed first.
    • Vina
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirkwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
    • Corning
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Los Molinos
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tehama
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gerber
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Chapmantown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chapmantown.

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

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

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

  • Glen Oaks Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Chico Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • 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 <2>
  • Mechoopda Indian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Durham Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dayton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dayton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Dayton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144284 <2>
  • Monroeville Pioneer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Martin Family Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Nicholl Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Nelson Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • Skyway Memorial Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Creek Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • 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]<3> to the northwest of Chico.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8268 <2>
    • Cohasset Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Chico
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Durham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Nord ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Nord is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
  • Paradise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Anita
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Anita is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
  • Nelson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Forest Ranch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
  • Cana
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cana is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
  • Jacinto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jacinto is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
  • Pentz
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Pentz is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentz
  • Nimshew
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Nimshew is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
  • Magalia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cherokee ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Cherokee is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
    • Yankee Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
    • Lovelock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lovelock is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock

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

Newspapers Published in Chapmantown ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chapmantown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chapmantown, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chapmantown.

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 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 Chapmantown:

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- Chapmantown) 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 Chapmantown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.