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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 Coyoteville (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 Coyoteville. 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 and hospitals 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.

Coyoteville is located in El Dorado 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 El Dorado County: Alpine, Amador, Placer, Sacramento & Douglas (NV).

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

  • El Dorado County     (The home county of Coyoteville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coyoteville, with the one closest to Coyoteville listed first.
    • Mount Aukum
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fair Play
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Somerset
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Tiger Lily
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
    • Newtown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Camino
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Motor City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
    • Diamond Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • El Dorado
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Placerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coyoteville, with the one closest to Coyoteville listed first.
    • River Pines
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fiddletown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Volcano
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pioneer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Amador City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Drytown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Martell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jackson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coyoteville, with the one closest to Coyoteville listed first.
    • West Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bummerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
    • Glencoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
    • Wilseyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Bar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Rail Road Flat
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Ranch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Campo Seco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • San Andreas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
  • Placer County
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coyoteville, with the one closest to Coyoteville listed first.
    • Rancho Murieta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
    • Prairie City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Folsom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • 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 <1>
    • Folsom Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
    • Natoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Represa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Sloughhouse
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Gold River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Orangevale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Coyoteville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coyoteville.

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

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

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

  • Fiddletown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Diggings Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Andreason Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Shenandoah Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Amador Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Chinese Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Drytown Public Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (46 more) ...
    • St. Stevens Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Knoll Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • White Family Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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 Coyoteville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coyoteville.

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

  • Fair Play
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fiddletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Omo Ranch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
  • Volcano
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Nashville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Nashville is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
  • Plymouth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Grizzly Flatx
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Drytown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Amador City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sutter Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • El Dorado
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • West Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Placerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Coyoteville ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coyoteville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coyoteville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coyoteville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Coyoteville:

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