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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 East Quincy (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 East Quincy. 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 East Quincy ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for East Quincy: E. Quincy

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

East Quincy is located in Plumas 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 Plumas County: Butte, Lassen, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Plumas County     (The home county of East Quincy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Quincy, with the one closest to East Quincy listed first.
    • Quincy Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Junction
      • Quincy Junction is located in Plumas County
    • Quincy
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Massack
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massack
      • Massack is located in Plumas County
    • Keddie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keddie
      • Keddie is located in Plumas County
    • Spring Garden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
      • Spring Garden is located in Plumas County
    • Spanish Ranch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
      • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
    • Greenhorn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
      • Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
    • Paxton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paxton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
      • Paxton is located in Plumas County
    • Meadow Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Silver Creek ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
      • Silver Creek is located in Plumas County
    • Indian Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
      • Indian Falls is located in Plumas County
    • Moccasin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
      • Moccasin is located in Plumas County
    • Taylorsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Quincy, with the one closest to East Quincy listed first.
    • Merrimac
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrimac have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
      • Merrimac is located in Butte County
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumpkin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
    • Big Bar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
      • Big Bar is located in Butte County
    • Clipper Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Feather Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pulga
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lassen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Quincy, with the one closest to East Quincy listed first.
    • Pine Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Town
      • Pine Town is located in Lassen County
    • Westwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Peninsula Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Village
      • Peninsula Village is located in Lassen County
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Quincy, with the one closest to East Quincy listed first.
    • Poker Flat
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
    • Queen City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
    • Downieville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Goodyears Bar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandy City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
    • Loganville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loganville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
    • Sierra City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
    • Calpine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Quincy, with the one closest to East Quincy listed first.
    • Strawberry Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Depot Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County

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

Newspapers Published in East Quincy ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Quincy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Quincy, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Quincy.

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 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 East Quincy:

Cemeteries Near East Quincy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Quincy.

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

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

  • East Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Quincy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Qunicy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Plumas County Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
  • Meadow Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Shims Flat Indian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shims Flat Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shims Flat Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Shim Flat Indian Cemetery
    • Shims Flat Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shims Flat Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8370 <5>
  • Taylorsville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Taylorsville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylorsville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Taylorsville.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylorsville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991783 <5>
  • Crescent Mills Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Cromberg Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cromberg Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cromberg Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7925 <5>
  • Gibsonville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • North Valley Indian Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the North Valley Indian Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Valley Indian Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257639 <5>
    • Greenville District Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Howland Flat Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Howland Flat Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howland Flat Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186787 <5>

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.<6>

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

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

  • Quincy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Spanish Ranch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
    • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
  • Meadow Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Genesee ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genesee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
    • Genesee is located in Plumas County
  • Taylorsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Crescent Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Cromberg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gibsonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
  • Greenville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Saint Louis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
    • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
  • Johnsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • La Porte
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Mohawk
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
      • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
    • Scales ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scales have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales
      • Scales is located in Sierra County
    • Prattville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)

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

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

The official website for Plumas County: www.countyofplumas.com/

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>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.
<3>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.
<4>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- East Quincy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Quincy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9341, Longitude: -120.9024    
<5>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.
<6>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 East Quincy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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