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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 Dodgeland (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 Dodgeland. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Dodgeland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeland, with the one closest to Dodgeland listed first.
    • Nelson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dayton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Dayton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Richvale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Durham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oroville Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Oroville Junction is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville Junction
    • Chico
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Bigg's
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lorraine ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Lorraine is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
    • Nord ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Nord is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
    • East Biggs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
    • Gridley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elsey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Peachton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeland, with the one closest to Dodgeland listed first.
    • Princeton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
    • Colusa
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Maxwell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sites
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sites is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
    • Williams
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Devils Elbow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Devils Elbow is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeland, with the one closest to Dodgeland listed first.
    • Glenn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Butte City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Afton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Hamilton City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Willows
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Artois
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Capay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
    • Orland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeland, with the one closest to Dodgeland listed first.
    • Pennington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Live Oak
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Meridian
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Sutter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Tarke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Tierra Buena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeland, with the one closest to Dodgeland listed first.
    • Kirkwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
    • Vina
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Corning
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dodgeland, with the one closest to Dodgeland listed first.
    • Iowa City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
    • Loma Rica
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica

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

Cemeteries Near Dodgeland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dodgeland.

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

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

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

  • Mound Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Butte City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Nelson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dayton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dayton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Dayton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144284 <2>
  • Marvin Chapel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Monroeville Pioneer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Princeton Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Durham Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Oaks Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chico Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • 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
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Germantown Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Willows Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willows Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Willows.
      • The Willows Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Glenn County Willows Cemetery
      • Willows Catholic Cemetery
      • Willows IOOF Cemetery
      • Willows IOOF Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7888 <2>

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

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

  • Jacinto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacinto is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
  • Butte City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Nelson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Afton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Afton is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
  • Durham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bigg's
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Chico
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Willows
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Gridley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Nord ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Nord is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
  • Norman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Norman is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Anita
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Anita is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pennington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Oroville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Pentz
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Dodgeland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dodgeland.

Newspapers Published in Dodgeland ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dodgeland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dodgeland, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dodgeland.

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 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 Dodgeland:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dodgeland) 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 Dodgeland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.