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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 Dirigo (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 Dirigo. 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 and hospitals 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.

Dirigo is located in Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Shasta County     (The home county of Dirigo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dirigo, with the one closest to Dirigo listed first.
    • Castella
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Castle Crags ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Castle Crags. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Crags
      • Castle Crags is located in Shasta County
    • Sweetbriar
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
      • Sweetbriar is located in Shasta County
    • Conant ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Conant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
      • Conant is located in Shasta County
    • Flume ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flume. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flume
      • Flume is located in Shasta County
    • Sims
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sims. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
      • Sims is located in Shasta County
    • Fisher ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
      • Fisher is located in Shasta County
    • Gibson ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
      • Gibson is located in Shasta County
    • Pollard Flat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard Flat
      • Pollard Flat is located in Shasta County
    • Lamoine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lamoine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
      • Lamoine is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Lamoine:
      • Slate Creek
      • Slatonis
    • Delta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
      • Delta is located in Shasta County
      • Former name for Delta:
      • Bayles
    • Vollmers
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vollmers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vollmers
      • Vollmers is located in Shasta County
    • Pollock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
      • Pollock is located in Shasta County
  • Siskiyou County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dirigo, with the one closest to Dirigo listed first.
    • Dunsmuir
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shasta Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Springs
      • Shasta Springs is located in Siskiyou County
    • Mount Shasta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • McCloud
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Weed
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
      • Weed is located in Siskiyou County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weed <1>
    • Carrick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick
      • Carrick is located in Siskiyou County
    • Edgewood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Edgewood is located in Siskiyou County
    • Algoma ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Algoma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
      • Algoma is located in Siskiyou County
    • Callahan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gazelle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cougar ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cougar
      • Cougar is located in Siskiyou County
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dirigo, with the one closest to Dirigo listed first.
    • Carrville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
      • Carrville is located in Trinity County
    • Trinity Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Dirigo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dirigo.

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 Dirigo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Dunsmuir Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • McCloud Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Shasta Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Delta Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delta Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Delta Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Delta.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2291419 <4>
  • Winema Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winema Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winema Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Carrville Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carrville Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Carrville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carrville Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Carrville
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257674 <4>
  • Arbaugh - Dunlap Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Cove Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7923 <4>
  • Foulke Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foulke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foulke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gazelle Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gazelle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gazelle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Callahan Catholic Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Callahan Hayden Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Callahan Protestant Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 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.<5>

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

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

  • Dunsmuir
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sims
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sims. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
    • Sims is located in Shasta County
  • Mott
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mott have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott
    • Mott is located in Siskiyou County
  • Cantara ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantara have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
    • Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
  • Gibson ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Gibson is located in Shasta County
  • McCloud
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lamoine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lamoine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
    • Lamoine is located in Shasta County
    • Former names for Lamoine:
    • Slate Creek
    • Slatonis
  • Delta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Delta is located in Shasta County
    • Former name for Delta:
    • Bayles
  • Igerna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Igerna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igerna
    • Igerna is located in Siskiyou County
  • Carrville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
    • Carrville is located in Trinity County
  • Edgewood
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Edgewood is located in Siskiyou County
  • Trinity Center
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Elmore ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elmore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
      • Elmore is located in Shasta County
    • Mabel ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mabel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
      • Mabel is located in Shasta County
    • Baird ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baird. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
      • Baird is located in Shasta County

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

Newspapers Published in Dirigo ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dirigo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dirigo, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dirigo.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Dirigo:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dirigo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<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.
<5>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 Dirigo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dirigo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dirigo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1493, Longitude: -122.3106       In this case, the coordinates for Dirigo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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