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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Craig. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Craig to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Craig, 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 Craig (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 Craig. 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 Craig is historic, it would have been located within present day Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.
Below are the counties that are near Craig. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Craig:
- Butte County (The home county of Craig)
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- South Fork ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Fork is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bidwell Bar is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell Bar
- Bidwell ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bidwell is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Robinson Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
- Evansville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Forbestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Berry Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Feather Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyandotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- Longs Bar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Longs Bar is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Bar
- Lynchburg ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lynchburg is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Oregon City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oregon City is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon City
- Former name for Oregon City:
- Bloomingdale
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Birchville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Birchville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
- North San Juan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Lake Wildwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
- North Columbia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Columbia is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
- Newtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Rough and Ready
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bitney Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
- Nevada City Rancheria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Tent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Plumas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- La Porte
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bucks Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
- Little Grass Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
- Storrie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tobin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tobin is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
- Santa Cruz County
- Live Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sierra County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Brandy City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
- Queen City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Queen City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Goodyears Bar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Gibsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
- Alleghany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Downieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Poker Flat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
- Sutter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Live Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
- Pennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Yuba City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Rackerby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Challenge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Dobbins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
- Oregon House
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loma Rica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
- Iowa City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- 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 Craig, see our County-by-County Page for Craig.
Cemeteries Near Craig ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Craig.
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 Craig - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Craig covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Indian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oregon City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Madrone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Upham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thompson Flat Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oroville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8154 <4>
- Butte County Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oroville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (63 more) ...
- Cherokee Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cherokee Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of Oroville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967787 <4>
- Bangor Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bangor Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Bangor.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220275 <4>
- Clarks 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 Craig in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Craig.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
- Enterprise ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Hurleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hurleton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
- Forbestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wyandotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oroville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lumpkin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Brush Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brush Creek is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Cherokee ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Palermo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bangor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Big Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Big Bend is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clipper Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Yankee Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
- Pentz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pentz is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentz
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Craig. See our List of 1890's Communities around Craig.
Newspapers Published in Craig ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Craig.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Craig, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Craig.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Craig:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Butte County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Nevada County
- Plumas County
- Santa Cruz County
- Sierra County
- Sutter County
- Yuba 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 Craig, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Craig) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |