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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Dodge Place (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 Dodge Place. 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.

Name Variations for Dodge Place ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Dodge Place: Dodge Pl. (or less commonly used: Dodge Plc.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Dodge Place is located in 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 Dodge Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dodge Place:

  • Butte County     (The home county of Dodge Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Place, with the one closest to Dodge Place listed first.
    • Forest Ranch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
    • De Sabla
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • De Sabla is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Sabla
    • Powellton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Powellton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Nimshew
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Nimshew is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
    • Irish Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Irish Town is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Town
    • Paradise Pines
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Paradise Pines is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Pines
    • Stirling City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Magalia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Paradise
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Butte Meadows
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Bar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Bar is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Place, with the one closest to Dodge Place listed first.
    • Hamilton City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Capay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
    • Orland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Place, with the one closest to Dodge Place listed first.
    • Storrie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Tobin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
    • Belden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Bucks Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
    • Rich Bar ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
    • Longville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Longville is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Caribou
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Caribou is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodge Place, with the one closest to Dodge Place listed first.
    • Vina
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Los Molinos
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Tehama
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Kirkwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
    • Corning
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Dantuma Place
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
    • Gerber
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Proberta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mill Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Mineral
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Dodge Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dodge Place.

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 Dodge Place - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Forest Ranch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cohasset Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Coutolenc Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Nicholl Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Skyway Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Butte Meadows Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Chico Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chico Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Chico.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7900 <2>
  • Mechoopda Indian Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Glen Oaks Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Pine Creek Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Chico.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8268 <2>
    • Durham Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Clear Creek Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Forest Ranch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
  • Nimshew
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nimshew is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
  • Lovelock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lovelock is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
  • Powellton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Powellton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
  • Magalia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Inskip ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Inskip is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
  • Paradise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Butte Meadows
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Chico
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Chico is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <1>
  • Yankee Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
  • Cana
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Cana is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
  • Anita
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Anita is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Nord ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Nord is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
    • Pentz
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Pentz is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentz
    • Durham
      (18 miles [29 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 Dodge Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dodge Place.

Newspapers Published in Dodge Place ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dodge Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dodge Place, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dodge Place.

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 either 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 Dodge Place:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dodge Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Dodge Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.