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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 Coffee Creek (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 Coffee Creek. 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 Coffee Creek ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Coffee Creek: Coffee Crk. (or less commonly used: Coffee Ck. or Coffee Cr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Coffee Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Coffee Creek.

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 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.

Coffee Creek is located in Trinity 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 Trinity County: Humboldt, Mendocino, Shasta, Siskiyou & Tehama.

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

  • Trinity County     (The home county of Coffee Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coffee Creek, with the one closest to Coffee Creek listed first.
    • Carrville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Carrville is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
    • Trinity Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Minersville ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Minersville is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
    • Deadwood ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
    • Lewiston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Weaverville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Helena ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Helena is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Junction City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coffee Creek, with the one closest to Coffee Creek listed first.
    • Fisher ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Fisher is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Gibson ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Gibson is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Lamoine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lamoine is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
      • Former names for Lamoine:
      • Slate Creek
      • Slatonis
    • Pollard Flat
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pollard Flat is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard Flat
    • Delta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Delta is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
      • Former name for Delta:
      • Bayles
    • Vollmers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Vollmers is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vollmers
    • Flume ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Flume is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flume
    • Sims
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Sims is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
    • Conant ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Conant is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
    • Castella
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Lakehead - Lakeshore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakehead - Lakeshore is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakehead - Lakeshore
    • Pollock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pollock is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
  • Siskiyou County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coffee Creek, with the one closest to Coffee Creek listed first.
    • Callahan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Cecilville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Cecilville is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecilville
    • Dunsmuir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Cantara ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
    • Mount Shasta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Shasta Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Shasta Springs is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Springs
    • Sawyers Bar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Etna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Etna is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Etna <1>
    • Weed
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Weed is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weed <1>
    • Edgewood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Edgewood is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Carrick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Carrick is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick

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

Cemeteries Near Coffee Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coffee Creek.

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 Coffee Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coffee Creek, with the one closest to Coffee Creek 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.<3>

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

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

  • Carrville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Carrville is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
  • Trinity Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Minersville ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Minersville is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
  • Lamoine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lamoine is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
    • Former names for Lamoine:
    • Slate Creek
    • Slatonis
  • Gibson ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Gibson is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
  • Delta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Former name for Delta:
    • Bayles
  • Sims
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sims is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
  • Cecilville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Cecilville is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecilville
  • Dedrick ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Dedrick is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrick
  • Dunsmuir
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Cantara ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
  • Deadwood ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Elmore ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Elmore is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
    • Mabel ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mabel is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Mott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mott is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott

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

Newspapers Published in Coffee Creek ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coffee Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coffee Creek, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coffee Creek.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Coffee Creek:

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 Coffee Creek, 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 from Point A (ie- Coffee Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.