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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about English Bar. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added English Bar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with English Bar, please Contact Us.

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 English Bar (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 English Bar. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of English Bar is historic, it would have been located within present day Plumas 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 Plumas County: Butte, Lassen, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Plumas County     (The home county of English Bar)
    • The following are listed by their distance from English Bar, with the one closest to English Bar listed first.
    • Spring Garden
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Garden is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
    • Massack
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Massack is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massack
    • Greenhorn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
    • Cromberg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • East Quincy
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Quincy is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Quincy
    • Quincy Junction
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Quincy Junction is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Junction
    • Quincy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Johnsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plumas Eureka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Plumas Eureka is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Eureka
    • Mohawk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
    • Blairsden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Graeagle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from English Bar, with the one closest to English Bar listed first.
    • Merrimac
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Merrimac is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Clipper Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brush Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Feather Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Oroleve
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from English Bar, with the one closest to English Bar listed first.
    • Graniteville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
    • Marsh Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Marsh Mill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Mill
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from English Bar, with the one closest to English Bar listed first.
    • Gibsonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Poker Flat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Queen City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Downieville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Loganville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
    • Goodyears Bar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Sierra City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Calpine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
    • Forest
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Alleghany
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Sattley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from English Bar, with the one closest to English Bar listed first.
    • Strawberry Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill

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

Cemeteries Near English Bar ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of English Bar.

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 English Bar - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.

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

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

  • Cromberg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Quincy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gibsonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
  • Mohawk
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Genesee ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Genesee is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
  • Saint Louis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
  • Spanish Ranch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
  • Meadow Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Taylorsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • La Porte
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Crescent Mills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Greenville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Scales ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Scales is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales
    • Downieville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in English Bar ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around English Bar.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of English Bar, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for English Bar.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 English Bar:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 English Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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- English Bar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.