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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 Dunnigan (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 Dunnigan. 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 Dunnigan ...

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 have occurred.

Prior to its current name of Dunnigan, it was known as Antelope.

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 southeast 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 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.

Dunnigan is located in Yolo 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 Yolo County: Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano & Sutter.

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

  • Yolo County     (The home county of Dunnigan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunnigan, with the one closest to Dunnigan listed first.
    • Hershey
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hershey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
      • Hershey is located in Yolo County
    • Zamora
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Guinda
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Capay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Esparto
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Brooks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rumsey
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Madison
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Yolo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Knights Landing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • Winters
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunnigan, with the one closest to Dunnigan listed first.
    • Harrington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
    • College City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Arbuckle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Grimes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Genevra
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genevra have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
    • Williams
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Colusa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
    • Wilbur Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Maxwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunnigan, with the one closest to Dunnigan listed first.
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Putas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redbud Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
    • Spanish Flat
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pope Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Placer County
    • Riego
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riego have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
      • Riego is located in Placer County
  • Sacramento County
  • Solano County
    • Allendale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunnigan, with the one closest to Dunnigan listed first.
    • Robbins
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Tarke
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcuse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
    • Nicolas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Nicolaus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Sutter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rio Oso
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Bogue
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
    • South Yuba City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Yuba City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
    • Tierra Buena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Buena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
    • Yuba City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dunnigan, with the one closest to Dunnigan listed first.
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
    • Alicia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
    • Olivehurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Binney Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Marysville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
    • Linda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wheatland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Dunnigan ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunnigan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunnigan, 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 Dunnigan.

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 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 Dunnigan:

Cemeteries Near Dunnigan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunnigan.

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

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

  • Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johns Cemetery
  • Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Arbuckle Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arbuckle Cemetery
  • Marys Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marys Cemetery
  • Capay Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capay Cemetery
  • Grand Island Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand Island Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Island Cemetery
  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Knights Landing Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonwood Cemetery
  • Meridian Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meridian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meridian Cemetery
  • Woodland City Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Stohlman Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stohlman Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Tarke.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stohlman Cemetery
    • Nicolaus Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nicolaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nicolaus Cemetery
    • Sutter Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dunnigan had a population of 214 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Harrington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
    • Harrington is located in Colusa County
  • College City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Arbuckle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cranmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmore
    • Cranmore is located in Sutter County
  • Guinda
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Tancred
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tancred have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tancred
    • Tancred is located in Yolo County
  • Brooks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Capay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Esparto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Genevra
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genevra have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
    • Genevra is located in Colusa County
  • Grand Island
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
    • Grand Island is located in Colusa County
  • Grimes
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

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

The official website for Yolo County: www.yolocounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dunnigan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dunnigan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8902, Longitude: -121.9776    
<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 Dunnigan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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