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 Cherokee (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 Cherokee. 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 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 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.
Cherokee is located in Nevada 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 Nevada County: Placer, Sierra, Yuba & Washoe (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Cherokee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cherokee:
- Nevada County (The home county of Cherokee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee, with the one closest to Cherokee listed first.
- North Columbia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Columbia is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
- North San Juan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake City is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Blue Tent
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
- Nevada City Rancheria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Birchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birchville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
- North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Nevada City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gold Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
- Newtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Newtown is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Scotts Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Flat
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Butte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee, with the one closest to Cherokee listed first.
- Clipper Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oroleve
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oroleve is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
- Evansville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Forbestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lumpkin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Feather Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bangor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Fork ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Fork is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Wyandotte
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wyandotte is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bidwell Bar is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell Bar
- Bidwell ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bidwell is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee, with the one closest to Cherokee listed first.
- Dutch Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Secret Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Secret Town is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
- Chicago Park ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chicago Park is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
- Casa Loma
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Casa Loma is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
- Colfax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Emigrant Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Iowa Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weimar
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Applegate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Meadow Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Plumas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee, with the one closest to Cherokee listed first.
- La Porte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Little Grass Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
- Shasta County
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- 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 Cherokee, with the one closest to Cherokee listed first.
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brandy City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
- Alleghany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Goodyears Bar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Downieville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Queen City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Loganville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Loganville is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Poker Flat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
- Sierra City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
- Yuba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee, with the one closest to Cherokee listed first.
- Camptonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
- Dobbins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
- Challenge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oregon House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Strawberry Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rackerby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Smartville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cherokee, see our County-by-County Page for Cherokee.
Cemeteries Near Cherokee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cherokee.
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 Cherokee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cherokee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cherokee, with the one closest to Cherokee listed first.
- Camptonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pike City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sleighville House Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rough & Ready Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (49 more) ...
- Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elm Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brandy City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Cherokee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cherokee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cherokee, with the one closest to Cherokee listed first.
- North Columbia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Columbia is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
- North San Juan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sweetland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetland is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- Pike
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pike is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Pike has also been known as:
- Pike City
- Camptonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Nevada City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Dobbins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glenbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Rough and Ready
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moore's Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Moore's Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Flat
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Union Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Union Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Kres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kres is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
- Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cherokee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cherokee.
Newspapers Published in Cherokee ...
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 Cherokee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cherokee, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cherokee.
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 either 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 Cherokee:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Nevada County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butte County
- Placer County
- Plumas 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> | 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 Cherokee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Cherokee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |