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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 Fieldbrook (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 Fieldbrook. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Fieldbrook is located in Humboldt 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 Humboldt County: Del Norte, Mendocino, Siskiyou & Trinity.

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

  • Humboldt County     (The home county of Fieldbrook)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fieldbrook, with the one closest to Fieldbrook listed first.
    • McKinleyville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Alliance
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
      • Alliance is located in Humboldt County
    • Tyee City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyee City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyee City
      • Tyee City is located in Humboldt County
    • Westhaven
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Arcata
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcata
      • Arcata is located in Humboldt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,044 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcata <1>
    • Fickle Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle Hill
      • Fickle Hill is located in Humboldt County
    • Korbel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Trinidad
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • The Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Springs
      • The Springs is located in Humboldt County
    • Freshwater Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater Corners
      • Freshwater Corners is located in Humboldt County
    • Samoa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fieldbrook, with the one closest to Fieldbrook listed first.
    • Salyer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Trinity Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Village
      • Trinity Village is located in Trinity County

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

Cemeteries Near Fieldbrook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fieldbrook.

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 Fieldbrook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trinidad Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Myrtle Grove Memorial
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Myrtle Grove Memorial
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Myrtle Grove Memorial have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spear Family Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Oceanview Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oceanview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oceanview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Bernard's Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoopa Tribal Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Eloise Nelson Gateway Garden
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Johnsons Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Masons & IOOF Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masons & IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masons & IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Ferndale Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Hydesville.
      • The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hydesville IOOF Cemetery

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

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

  • Blue Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Arcata
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcata
    • Arcata is located in Humboldt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,044 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcata <1>
  • Korbel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bayside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Trinidad
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Eureka
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Humboldt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,652 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <1>
  • Freshwater
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
    • Freshwater is located in Humboldt County
  • Maple Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
    • Maple Creek is located in Humboldt County
  • Fields Landing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Beatrice
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatrice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatrice
    • Beatrice is located in Humboldt County
  • Orick
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Table Bluff
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Bluff
    • Table Bluff is located in Humboldt County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Weitchpec
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitchpec
      • Weitchpec is located in Humboldt County
    • Fortuna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Rohnerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohnerville
      • Rohnerville is located in Humboldt County

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

Newspapers Published in Fieldbrook ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fieldbrook.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fieldbrook, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fieldbrook.

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 either 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 Fieldbrook:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fieldbrook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Humboldt County: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/

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>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.
<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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Freshwater Corners and Freshwater. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Fieldbrook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fieldbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9657, Longitude: -124.0356       In this case, the coordinates for Fieldbrook 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 Fieldbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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.




 

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