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Introduction ...

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

We've added Erle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Erle, 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 Erle (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 Erle. 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 and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Erle is historic, it would have been located within present day Yuba 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 Yuba County: Butte, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra & Sutter.

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

  • Yuba County     (The home county of Erle)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Erle, with the one closest to Erle listed first.
    • Wheatland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
    • Dantoni
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Linda
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Olivehurst
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Browns Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Smartville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
    • Alicia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
    • Marysville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
    • Binney Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Iowa City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Erle, with the one closest to Erle listed first.
    • Honcut
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bangor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Robinsons Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
    • Peachton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
    • Palermo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Wyandotte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
    • Gridley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • East Biggs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
    • Robinson Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
    • Bigg's
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynchburg ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Lynchburg is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • South Oroville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • South Oroville is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
    • Lorraine ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lorraine is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
  • Colusa County
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Erle, with the one closest to Erle listed first.
    • Cool
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pilot Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
    • Summit Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
    • Waterford Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Waterford Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Village
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Erle, with the one closest to Erle listed first.
    • Penn Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Wildwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • Rough and Ready
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bitney Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
    • Bridgeport
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Alta Sierra
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
    • Lake of the Pines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
    • Newtown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • The Oaks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
    • Grass Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • Birchville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
    • Spring Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Erle, with the one closest to Erle listed first.
    • Sheridan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Clayton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Lincoln
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Virginiatown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Virginiatown is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • North Auburn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • North Auburn is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
    • Ophir
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Meadow Vista
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Bowman
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Newcastle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Penryn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Applegate
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Auburn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Erle, with the one closest to Erle listed first.
    • Antelope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Elverta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Sabre City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
    • Citrus Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • North Highlands
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Rio Linda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Foothill Farms
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Foothill Farms is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Farms
    • Orangevale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Represa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Erle, with the one closest to Erle listed first.
    • Rio Oso
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bogue
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • Yuba City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • South Yuba City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Tierra Buena
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Nicolas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicolaus
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Live Oak
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Pleasant Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Sutter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Robbins
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tarke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
  • Yolo County

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

Cemeteries Near Erle ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Erle.

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 Erle - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lofton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Camp Far West Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Far West Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Camp Far West Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Wheatland.
    • The Camp Far West Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cantonment Far West Cemetery
    • Far West Graveyard
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2255638 <4>
  • Wheatland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sierra View Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra View Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sierra View Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Olivehurst.
    • The Sierra View Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Sierra View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8374 <4>
  • Sheridan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Kneebone Family Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Smartsville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Smartsville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
    • The Smartsville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Good Templars Cemetery
    • Mason Cemetery
    • McGanney Cemetery
    • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Smartsville Fraternal Cemetery
    • Smartville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8377 <4>
  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Immaculate Conception Cemetery is located outside of Smartsville
    • The Immaculate Conception Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Smartsville Catholic Cemetery
    • Smartville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2189988 <4>
  • Browns Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Manzanita Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Marysville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Marysville Jewish Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (58 more) ...
    • St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery is located in Marysville.
      • The St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
      • St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
      • St. Joseph's Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161309 <4>
    • Yuba City Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Peoria Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Wheatland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sheridan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Smartville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Browns Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Marysville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Binney Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
  • Yuba City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Ramirez
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ramirez is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramirez
  • Wolf
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Wolf is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
  • Marcuse ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
  • Lincoln
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Lomo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lomo is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomo
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Nicolas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rough and Ready
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Honcut
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Honcut is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honcut

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

Newspapers Published in Erle ...

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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Erle.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Erle, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Erle.

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 Erle:

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 Erle, 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Erle) 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.