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Introduction ...

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

We've added Dew Drop to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dew Drop, 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 Dew Drop (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 Dew Drop. 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 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 Dew Drop is historic, it would have been located within present day Amador County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Amador County: Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado, Sacramento & San Joaquin.

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

  • Amador County     (The home county of Dew Drop)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dew Drop, with the one closest to Dew Drop listed first.
    • Pioneer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Volcano
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • River Pines
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Electra. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Amador County
    • Jackson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Martell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Amador City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Plymouth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Drytown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dew Drop, with the one closest to Dew Drop listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Lake Alpine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
    • Kirkwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dew Drop, with the one closest to Dew Drop listed first.
    • Bummerville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bummerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
    • West Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • Wilseyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Rail Road Flat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Glencoe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Camp Connell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Trees Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
      • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
    • Big Trees
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Dorrington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Bar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dew Drop, with the one closest to Dew Drop listed first.
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Fair Play
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Aukum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Somerset
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Newtown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
    • Fresh Pond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresh Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
      • Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County
    • Pacific
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pacific have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
      • Pacific is located in El Dorado County
    • Pollock Pines
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Riverton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
      • Riverton is located in El Dorado County
    • Camino
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
      • Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County

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

Cemeteries Near Dew Drop ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dew Drop.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Andreason Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andreason Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andreason Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7839 <5>
  • Indian Diggings Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Diggings Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Diggings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Protestant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fiddletown Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Shenandoah Valley Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Maidens Gravesite
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Knoll Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Knoll Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
    • City Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.

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

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

  • Omo Ranch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Omo Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
    • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
  • West Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Volcano
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Grizzly Flatx
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pine Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fair Play
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Glencoe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Rich Gulch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
  • Bryants
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryants have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants
    • Bryants is located in El Dorado County
  • Fiddletown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pacific
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pacific have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
      • Pacific is located in El Dorado County
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Trees
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County

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

Newspapers Published in Dew Drop ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dew Drop.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dew Drop, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dew Drop.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Dew Drop:

The official website for Amador County: www.co.amador.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Dew Drop, 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dew Drop) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dew Drop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5132, Longitude: -120.4844       In this case, the coordinates for Dew Drop have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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