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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 Childs Meadows (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 Childs Meadows. 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 Childs Meadows ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Childs Meadows: Childs Mdws.
  • While the name of this community is Childs Meadows, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Childs Meadows may originally have been Child's Meadows.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Childs Meadows might be written as Child Meadows.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Childs Meadows is located in Tehama 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 Tehama County: Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Plumas, Shasta & Trinity.

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

  • Tehama County     (The home county of Childs Meadows)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childs Meadows, with the one closest to Childs Meadows listed first.
    • Mill Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mineral
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dantuma Place
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
      • Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
    • Manton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Paynes Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Dales
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
      • Dales is located in Tehama County
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childs Meadows, with the one closest to Childs Meadows listed first.
    • Butte Meadows
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inskip have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
    • Powellton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powellton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
      • Powellton is located in Butte County
  • Lassen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childs Meadows, with the one closest to Childs Meadows listed first.
    • Peninsula Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Village
      • Peninsula Village is located in Lassen County
    • Pine Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Town
      • Pine Town is located in Lassen County
    • Westwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childs Meadows, with the one closest to Childs Meadows listed first.
    • Chester
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Lake Almanor West
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Almanor West
      • Lake Almanor West is located in Plumas County
      • Lake Almanor West has also been known as:
      • Almanor West
    • Lake Almanor Country Club
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Almanor Country Club have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Almanor Country Club
      • Lake Almanor Country Club is located in Plumas County
    • Lake Almanor Peninsula
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Longville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
      • Longville is located in Plumas County
    • Peninsula Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Prattville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamilton Branch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • East Shore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shore
      • East Shore is located in Plumas County
    • Almanor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almanor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almanor
      • Almanor is located in Plumas County
    • Canyondam
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Caribou
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
      • Caribou is located in Plumas County
    • Belden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Childs Meadows, with the one closest to Childs Meadows listed first.
    • Manzanita Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita Lake
      • Manzanita Lake is located in Shasta County
    • Viola ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
      • Viola is located in Shasta County
    • Old Station
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Shingletown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Shasta County
    • Inwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
      • Inwood is located in Shasta County
    • Eudora Colony ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eudora Colony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora Colony
      • Eudora Colony is located in Shasta County
    • Whitmore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Childs Meadows ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Childs Meadows.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Childs Meadows, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Childs Meadows.

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 helpful 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 Childs Meadows:

Cemeteries Near Childs Meadows ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Childs Meadows.

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 Childs Meadows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Chester Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Butte Meadows Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Butte Meadows Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butte Meadows Cemetery
  • Humbug Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Humbug Valley Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<5> to the north of Chester.
    • The Humbug Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dotta Cemetery
    • Dotta Family Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Humbug Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192289 <6>
  • Plateau Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Plateau Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plateau Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2320981 <6>
  • Prattville Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Prattville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prattville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991780 <6>
  • Klotz Family Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Klotz Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Klotz Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2414449 <6>
  • Cameron - Davis Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Inskip Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
  • Whitmore Evangelical Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ogburn Inwood Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Big Flat Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Flat Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7857 <6>
  • Westwood Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Fern Pioneer Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fern Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • The Fern Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fern Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973422 <6>
  • Whitmore Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Whitmore Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Josephine Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitmore Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186442 <6>

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.<7>

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

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

  • Lyonsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyonsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
    • Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
  • Butte Meadows
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Longville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Longville is located in Plumas County
  • Prattville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Manton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Shingletown
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Paynes Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Inskip ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inskip have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Inskip is located in Butte County
  • Inwood
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Inwood is located in Shasta County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Childs Meadows. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tehama County: www.co.tehama.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Childs Meadows) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Childs Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3602, Longitude: -121.4919       In this case, the coordinates for Childs Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Childs Meadows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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