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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 Curtis (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 Curtis. 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 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.

Curtis 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 Curtis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Curtis:

  • Siskiyou County     (The home county of Curtis)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
    • Algoma ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Algoma is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
    • Slagger ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Slagger is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagger
    • Hambone ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Hambone is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambone
    • McCloud
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Shasta Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Shasta Springs is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Springs
    • Dunsmuir
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Tennant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Tennant is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
    • Cantara ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
    • Mount Shasta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Lassen County
    • Pittville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pittville is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville
  • Modoc County
    • Lookout Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lookout Junction is located in Modoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Junction
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curtis, with the one closest to Curtis listed first.
    • Cayton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cayton is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayton
    • Dana
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dana is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
    • Big Bend
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Bend is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
      • Former names for Big Bend:
      • Elena
      • Henderson
      • Indian Springs
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Bend <1>
    • Alfa ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Alfa is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfa
    • Glenburn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenburn is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
      • Former names for Glenburn:
      • Burgettville
      • Swasey
    • Hatchet Mountain ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Hatchet Mountain is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Mountain
    • Johnson Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Johnson Park is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Park
    • Wengler
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Wengler is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengler
    • Fall River Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • McArthur
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Burney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Cassel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pineland ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Pineland is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland

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

Cemeteries Near Curtis ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Curtis.

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

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

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

  • Dana Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Burney Falls Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Eastman Ranch Indian Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • McCloud Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Day Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Fall River Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cove Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Burney Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Burney Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Burney.
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Burney Cemetery (located 68 miles to the north).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7866 <2>
  • Burney Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Burney Cemetery is located in Burney.
    • The Burney Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Burney District Cemetery
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Burney Cemetery (located 69 miles to the north).
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2362619 <2>
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dunsmuir Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Halcumb Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Indian Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Indian Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Cayton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayton is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayton
  • Dana
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dana is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
  • Alfa ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Alfa is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfa
  • McCloud
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Fall River Mills
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cassel
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pittville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pittville is located in Lassen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville
  • Montgomery Creek
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Mott
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Mott is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott
  • Dunsmuir
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Cantara ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
  • Round Mountain
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Curtis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Curtis.

Newspapers Published in Curtis ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Curtis.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Curtis, 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 Curtis.

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 Curtis:

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 Curtis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Curtis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.