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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 Douds Landing (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 Douds Landing. 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 Douds Landing ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Douds Landing: Douds Lndg. (or less commonly used: Douds Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Douds Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Douds Landing may originally have been Doud's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Douds Landing might be written as Doud Landing.

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 and hospitals 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.

Douds Landing is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Douds Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douds Landing, with the one closest to Douds Landing listed first.
    • Fly-In Acres
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Pinebrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
    • Lakemont Pines
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
    • Meadowmont
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Hathaway Pines
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Avery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Arnold
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Trees
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Cedar Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
    • Forest Meadows
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
    • Dorrington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Camp Connell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Big Trees Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douds Landing, with the one closest to Douds Landing listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douds Landing, with the one closest to Douds Landing listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pioneer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Volcano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Martell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Sutter Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douds Landing, with the one closest to Douds Landing listed first.
    • Cedar Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Columbia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sierra Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sierra Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Village
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • Columbia Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Martinez
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Long Barn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Twain Harte
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Squabbletown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Cold Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Greenley Oaks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks

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

Cemeteries Near Douds Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Douds Landing.

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 Douds Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Public Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altaville Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Altaville.
    • The Altaville Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Angels Camp Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269483 <4>
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Lode Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Continue List   (32 more) ...
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Mountain Shadow Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sonora City 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.<5>

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

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

  • Avery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Big Trees
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Sheep Ranch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Murphys
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Douglas Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Columbia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Angels Camp
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuttletown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • Sonora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Soulsbyville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Douds Landing ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Douds Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Douds Landing, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Douds Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Douds Landing:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Douds Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Douds Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.