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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 Felix (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 Felix. 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 southwest 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 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.

Felix is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Felix)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Felix, with the one closest to Felix listed first.
    • Carmen City
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Carmen City is also located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
    • Lost City ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lost City was located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
    • Copperopolis
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Telegraph City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Telegraph City is also located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
    • Copper Cove Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Copper Cove Village is also located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove Village
    • Milton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Milton is also located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Angels Camp
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Angels City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Angels City is also located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
    • Angels
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Angels is also located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
    • Altaville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jenny Lind
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jenny Lind is also located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
    • Rancho Calaveras
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rancho Calaveras is also located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Felix, with the one closest to Felix listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Electra was located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Camanche Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
    • Jackson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Martell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Sutter Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Ione
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
    • Pine Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Amador City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Pioneer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Drytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Volcano
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Carbondale ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Carbondale was located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Felix, with the one closest to Felix listed first.
    • Farmington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellota
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
    • Cometa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
    • Trigo ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Trigo was located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
    • Peters
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Linden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Holden ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Holden was located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
    • Escalon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Escalon is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Escalon <1>
    • Clements
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Alba
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Alba is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
    • Walthal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
    • Lockeford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Felix, with the one closest to Felix listed first.
    • Knights Ferry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • East Oakdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oakdale
    • Adela
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
    • Oakdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <1>
    • Riverbank
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Del Rio
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Del Rio is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
    • Stewart
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stewart is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
    • Waterford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Empire
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Hickman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • La Grange
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Salida
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Felix, with the one closest to Felix listed first.
    • Tuttletown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Rawhide
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
    • Yosemite Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction
    • Jamestown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Columbia Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Columbia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Squabbletown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Martinez
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Sonora
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Chinese Camp
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Stent
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Stent is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stent
    • East Sonora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora

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

Cemeteries Near Felix ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Felix.

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

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

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

  • Dean Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dean Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Milton.
    • The Dean Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wilson Burial Ground
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503319 <3>
  • Copperopolis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Milton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lode Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Peoples Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (61 more) ...
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Vallecito Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Copperopolis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Telegraph City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Telegraph City is also located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
  • Milton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Milton is also located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Angels Camp
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jenny Lind
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jenny Lind is also located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
  • San Andreas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Valley Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Knights Ferry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Tuttletown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • Burson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Campo Seco
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Douglas Flat
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Felix ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Felix.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Felix, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Felix.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Felix:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Felix) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Felix, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.