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Introduction ...

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

We've added Chases to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chases, 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 Chases (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 Chases. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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 Chases is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Chases. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chases:

  • Plumas County     (The home county of Chases)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chases, with the one closest to Chases listed first.
    • Lake Davis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Lake Davis is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Davis
    • Delleker
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Delleker is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delleker
    • Portola
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cromberg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Iron Horse
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Iron Horse is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Horse
    • Beckwourth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenhorn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
    • Blairsden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Mohawk Vista
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mohawk Vista is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Vista
    • C-Road
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • C-Road is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for C-Road
    • Graeagle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mohawk
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
    • Spring Garden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Spring Garden is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
  • Lassen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chases, with the one closest to Chases listed first.
    • Milford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Herlong Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Herlong Junction is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herlong Junction
    • Doyle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Janesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Patton Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Patton Village is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Village
    • Herlong
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Standish
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Leavitt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Leavitt is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavitt
    • Litchfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Calneva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Calneva is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calneva
    • Wendel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chases, with the one closest to Chases listed first.
    • Calpine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sattley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Loyalton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Gibsonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Poker Flat
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Sierraville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Loganville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
    • Sierra City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Queen City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City

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

Cemeteries Near Chases ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chases.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Cromberg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Genesee ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Genesee is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
  • Mohawk
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Johnsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Milford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Taylorsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Janesville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Crescent Mills
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Quincy
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Sattley
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Loyalton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Gibsonville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Greenville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Louis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
    • Sierra City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Chases ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chases.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chases, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chases.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Chases:

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 Chases, 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>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>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- Chases) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.