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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Chinatown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chinatown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chinatown, 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 Chinatown (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 Chinatown. 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 doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Chinatown is historic, it would have been located within present day Amador 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 Amador County: Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado, Sacramento & San Joaquin.
Below are the counties that are near Chinatown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chinatown:
- Amador County (The home county of Chinatown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chinatown, with the one closest to Chinatown listed first.
- Ione
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <2>
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- May ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Camanche Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Martell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sutter Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Amador City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Drytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fiddletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Electra ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Electra is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
- Calaveras County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chinatown, with the one closest to Chinatown listed first.
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Campo Seco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Burson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mokelumne Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greasertown
- Rancho Calaveras
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
- San Andreas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glencoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jenny Lind
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chinatown, with the one closest to Chinatown listed first.
- Mount Aukum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
- Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
- Shingle Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cameron Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Crescent Ridge Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- La Cresta Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- La Cresta Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cresta Village
- Park Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Park Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Fair Play
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- El Dorado
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Village
- Placer County
- Granite Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sacramento County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chinatown, with the one closest to Chinatown listed first.
- Rancho Murieta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sloughhouse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Galt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Galt is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <2>
- Arno ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Arno is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
- McConnel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McConnel is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
- Mather
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Vineyard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Vineyard is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Folsom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
- Folsom has also been known as:
- Folsom City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <2>
- Elk Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chinatown, with the one closest to Chinatown listed first.
- Clements
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lockeford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellota
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Victor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Acampo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lodi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <2>
- North Woodbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
- South Woodbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbridge
- Woodbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Henderson Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Village is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chinatown, see our County-by-County Page for Chinatown.
Cemeteries Near Chinatown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chinatown.
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 Chinatown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chinatown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chinatown, with the one closest to Chinatown listed first.
- Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
- IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
- New Protestant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Knoll Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stevens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Drytown Public Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Protestant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (75 more) ...
- White Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Michigan Bar Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Chinatown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chinatown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chinatown, with the one closest to Chinatown listed first.
- Ione
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <2>
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- May ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Forest Home ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Home is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Sutter Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Amador City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Drytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Camanche ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Camanche is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche
- Former names for Camanche:
- Clay's Bar
- Limerrick
- Lancha Plana ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lancha Plana is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancha Plana
- Campo Seco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Michigan Bar ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Michigan Bar is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bar
- Wallace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Burson
(11 miles [17.7 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 Chinatown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chinatown.
Newspapers Published in Chinatown ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chinatown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chinatown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chinatown.
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 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 Chinatown:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Amador County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calaveras County
- El Dorado County
- Placer County
- Sacramento County
- San Joaquin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 Chinatown, 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 '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- Chinatown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |