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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 El Rio Villa (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 El Rio Villa. 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 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.

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

  • Yolo County     (The home county of El Rio Villa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Rio Villa, with the one closest to El Rio Villa listed first.
    • Winters
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Plainfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • Madison
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Davis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Esparto
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • El Macero
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Woodland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Capay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Swingle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Swingle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
    • Yolo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Brooks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Zamora
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Knights Landing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Colusa County
    • Harrington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Rio Villa, with the one closest to El Rio Villa listed first.
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Redbud Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Monticello. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
    • Spanish Flat
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Las Putas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
    • Union
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Napa County
    • Yountville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Napa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa
      • Napa is located in Napa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napa <1>
    • Oakville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Pope Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Rutherford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Suscol ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Suscol. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suscol
      • Suscol is located in Napa County
      • Suscol has also been known as:
      • Soscol
      • Susqual
    • Angwin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Deer Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Placer County
    • Riego
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riego have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
      • Riego is located in Placer County
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Rio Villa, with the one closest to El Rio Villa listed first.
    • Sutterville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sutterville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
      • Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
    • Freeport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
      • Freeport is located in Sacramento County
    • Sacramento
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Courtland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Laguna West - Lakeside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Parkway - South Sacramento
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parkway - South Sacramento. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway - South Sacramento
      • Parkway - South Sacramento is located in Sacramento County
    • Ben Ali
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
    • Franklin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Sacramento County
    • Rio Linda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Vorden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorden
      • Vorden is located in Sacramento County
    • Florin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
      • Florin is located in Sacramento County
    • Elverta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Rio Villa, with the one closest to El Rio Villa listed first.
    • Allendale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
    • Hartley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
    • Dixon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>
    • Batavia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Batavia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
      • Batavia is located in Solano County
    • Leisure Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
      • Leisure Town is located in Solano County
    • Elmira
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Vacaville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Cannon ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cannon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
      • Cannon is located in Solano County
    • Travis Field
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Travis Field have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
      • Travis Field is located in Solano County
    • Fairfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Mankas Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankas Corner
      • Mankas Corner is located in Solano County
    • Suisun City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
      • Suisun City is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
      • Suisun City has also been known as:
      • Suisun
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <1>
    • Denverton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denverton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
      • Denverton is located in Solano County
  • Sutter County

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

Cemeteries Near El Rio Villa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of El Rio Villa.

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 El Rio Villa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Winters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winters Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winters Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Winters.
    • The Winters Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8452 <4>
  • Corbin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cottonwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> to the northwest of Esparto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7919 <4>
  • Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Silveyville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silveyville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silveyville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Davis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Davis.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7930 <4>
  • Gordon Family Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Wragg Canyon Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wragg Canyon Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wragg Canyon Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2433961 <4>
  • Vacaville - Elmira Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Capay Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capay Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Capay Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Esparto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7881 <4>
  • Saint Joseph Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (47 more) ...
    • Saint Joseph's Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saint Joseph's Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Saint Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
      • The Saint Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990865 <4>
    • Woodland Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
      • The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Woodland City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8455 <4>
    • Tremont Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tremont Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tremont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Winters
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Citrona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Citrona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrona
    • Citrona is located in Yolo County
  • Allendale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
    • Allendale is located in Solano County
  • Dixon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Dixon is located in Solano County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>
  • Plainfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
  • Batavia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Batavia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Batavia is located in Solano County
  • Violet ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
    • Violet is located in Solano County
  • Madison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Esparto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Davis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Merritt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merritt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
    • Merritt is located in Yolo County
  • Vacaville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Elmira
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mullen ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen
      • Mullen is located in Yolo County
    • Capay
      (13 miles [20.9 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 El Rio Villa. See our List of 1890's Communities around El Rio Villa.

Newspapers Published in El Rio Villa ...

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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around El Rio Villa.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of El Rio Villa, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for El Rio Villa.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 El Rio Villa:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for El Rio Villa. 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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.
<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>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- El Rio Villa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in El Rio Villa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5346, Longitude: -121.9441       In this case, the coordinates for El Rio Villa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 El Rio Villa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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