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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Cornelius. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cornelius to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cornelius, 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 Cornelius (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 Cornelius. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Cornelius is historic, it would have been located within present day Sutter 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 Sutter County: Butte, Colusa, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo & Yuba.

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

  • Sutter County     (The home county of Cornelius)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelius, with the one closest to Cornelius listed first.
    • Rio Oso
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Nicolas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicolaus
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Pleasant Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Robbins
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bogue
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • South Yuba City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Yuba City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Tierra Buena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
    • Sutter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tarke
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Live Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelius, with the one closest to Cornelius listed first.
    • Honcut
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Robinsons Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
    • Gridley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelius, with the one closest to Cornelius listed first.
    • Grimes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • College City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Harrington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
    • Arbuckle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Genevra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelius, with the one closest to Cornelius listed first.
    • Cool
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lakeridge Oaks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeridge Oaks is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeridge Oaks
    • Marina Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Marina Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina Village
    • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
    • Summit Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
    • Waterford Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Waterford Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Village
    • Pilot Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Crown Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
    • Equestrian Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Equestrian Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Village
    • Franciscan Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Franciscan Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franciscan Village
    • Oak Tree Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Tree Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Village
    • Saint Andrews Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Andrews Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews Village
    • Winterhaven Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Winterhaven Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterhaven Village
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelius, with the one closest to Cornelius listed first.
    • Penn Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake of the Pines
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
    • Lake Wildwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • Alta Sierra
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
    • Rough and Ready
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bitney Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
    • Bridgeport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelius, with the one closest to Cornelius listed first.
    • Sheridan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Clayton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Lincoln
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Riego
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Riego is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Virginiatown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Virginiatown is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
    • Rocklin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Roseville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Penryn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Loomis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Newcastle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Ophir
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Granite Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelius, with the one closest to Cornelius listed first.
    • Elverta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Rio Linda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Antelope
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Sabre City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
    • North Highlands
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Foothill Farms
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Foothill Farms is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Farms
    • Citrus Heights
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ben Ali
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
    • Town and Country Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Arcade ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Arcade is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
    • Sacramento
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Orangevale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Carmichael
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelius, with the one closest to Cornelius listed first.
    • Knights Landing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Yolo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Zamora
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bryte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Dunnigan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Broderick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • West Sacramento
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Hershey
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Hershey is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
    • Swingle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
    • Plainfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • El Macero
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Davis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cornelius, with the one closest to Cornelius listed first.
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
    • Wheatland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
    • Olivehurst
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Alicia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
    • Linda
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Marysville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Binney Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Dantoni
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Browns Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Smartville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
    • Iowa City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City

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

Cemeteries Near Cornelius ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cornelius.

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 Cornelius - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Nicolaus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wheatland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sheridan Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sierra View Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra View Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sierra View Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Olivehurst.
    • The Sierra View Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Sierra View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8374 <3>
  • Manzanita Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Camp Far West Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Far West Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Far West Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the northeast of Wheatland.
    • The Camp Far West Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cantonment Far West Cemetery
    • Far West Graveyard
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255638 <3>
  • Lofton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Knights Landing Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Yuba City Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Marysville Jewish Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (59 more) ...
    • Marysville Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 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.

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

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

  • Nicolas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Marcuse ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Wheatland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheridan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Knights Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lincoln
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Yuba City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Whitney ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitney is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
  • Cranmore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cranmore is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmore
  • Marysville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Binney Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Antelope
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Roseville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocklin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cornelius ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cornelius.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cornelius, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cornelius.

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 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 Cornelius:

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 Cornelius, 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- Cornelius) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.