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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 Fernandez (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 Fernandez. 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 doctors 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.

Fernandez is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Fernandez)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fernandez, with the one closest to Fernandez listed first.
    • East Biggs
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
    • Lorraine ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lorraine is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
    • Peachton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
    • Bigg's
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Palermo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Oroville Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Oroville Junction is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville Junction
    • Robinsons Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
    • Gridley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • South Oroville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • South Oroville is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
    • Thermalito
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Thermalito is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermalito
    • Richvale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynchburg ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lynchburg is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fernandez, with the one closest to Fernandez listed first.
    • Princeton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
    • Colusa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Grimes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fernandez, with the one closest to Fernandez listed first.
    • Afton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Butte City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Glenn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hamilton City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Willows
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fernandez, with the one closest to Fernandez listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Birchville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
    • Lake Wildwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • North San Juan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Penn Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rough and Ready
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fernandez, with the one closest to Fernandez listed first.
    • Live Oak
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Pennington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Sutter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Tierra Buena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
    • Yuba City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • South Yuba City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Tarke
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Bogue
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • Meridian
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fernandez, with the one closest to Fernandez listed first.
    • Iowa City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
    • Loma Rica
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
    • Rackerby
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Browns Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Binney Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Dantoni
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Marysville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Brownsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Oregon House
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Linda
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Challenge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Alicia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia

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

Cemeteries Near Fernandez ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fernandez.

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

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

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

  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gridley - Biggs Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Gridley.
    • The Gridley - Biggs Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Biggs Cemetery
    • Live Oak Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8006 <3>
  • Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oroville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8154 <3>
  • Oroville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Butte County Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Thompson Flat Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Honcut Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Nelson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bangor Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bangor Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Bangor.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220275 <3>
  • Oregon City Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (49 more) ...
    • Mound Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • North Butte Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Bigg's
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Gridley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Palermo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Oroville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Honcut
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyandotte
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
  • Live Oak
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
  • Honcut
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Honcut is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honcut
  • Nelson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pennington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pennington is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
  • Ramirez
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ramirez is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramirez
  • Bangor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Lomo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Lomo is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomo
    • Hurleton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hurleton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
    • Cherokee ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Cherokee is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee

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

Newspapers Published in Fernandez ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fernandez.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fernandez, 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 Fernandez.

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 Fernandez:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fernandez) 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 Fernandez, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.