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 Cole (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 Cole. 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.
Cole is located in Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County: Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta, Trinity, Jackson (OR), Josephine (OR) & Klamath (OR).
Below are the counties that are near Cole. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cole:
- Siskiyou County (The home county of Cole)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cole, with the one closest to Cole listed first.
- Hornbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ager
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Klamath River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yreka
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yreka is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
- Yreka has also been known as:
- Yreka City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <1>
- Montague
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Beswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beswick is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
- Little Shasta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
- Grenada
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Scott Bar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Fort Jones
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cole, with the one closest to Cole listed first.
- Colestin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Ashland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Talent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shale City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shale City is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Phoenix
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buncom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buncom is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
- Sterlingville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sterlingville is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
- Medford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ruch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Copper ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Copper is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
- Jacksonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Central Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cole, see our County-by-County Page for Cole.
Cemeteries Near Cole ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cole.
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 Cole - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cole covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cole, with the one closest to Cole listed first.
- Henley - Hornbrook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hill Dunn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kanaka Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ashland Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Scenic Hills Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hargadine Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Meyers Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pinehurst Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Stearn Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Montague Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
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 Cole in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cole.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cole, with the one closest to Cole listed first.
- Gregory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Colestin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Steinman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Steinman is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
- Henley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Henley is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Hornbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barron ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Barron is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Gottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gottsville is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gottsville
- Ashland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ager
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Walker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walker is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Talent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Yreka
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Yreka is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
- Yreka has also been known as:
- Yreka City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <1>
- Oakbar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
- Montague
(19 miles [30.6 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 Cole. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cole.
Newspapers Published in Cole ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cole.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cole, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cole.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Cole:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Siskiyou County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Cole, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cole) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |