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Introduction ...

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

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

Name Variations for Forest Spring ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Forest Spring: Forest Spg. (or less commonly used: Forest Spng. or Forest Sprng.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Although our information shows that the community of Forest Spring is historic, it would have been located within present day Nevada 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 Nevada County: Placer, Sierra, Yuba & Washoe (NV).

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

  • Nevada County     (The home county of Forest Spring)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Spring, with the one closest to Forest Spring listed first.
    • Alta Sierra
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alta Sierra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
    • Grass Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
    • Cedar Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kres
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kres. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
      • Kres is located in Nevada County
    • Union Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
      • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
    • Spring Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
    • Chicago Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Glenbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
    • Bitney Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
    • Gold Flat
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gold Flat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
      • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
    • Newtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Spring, with the one closest to Forest Spring listed first.
    • Bangor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Oroleve
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
    • Clipper Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Evansville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evansville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
      • Evansville is located in Butte County
    • Forbestown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Robinson Mill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
      • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
    • Honcut
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wyandotte
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wyandotte. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
      • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Spring, with the one closest to Forest Spring listed first.
    • Cool
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Fornis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
      • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
    • Georgetown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pilot Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Garden Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Coloma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lotus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Quintette
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
      • Quintette is located in El Dorado County
    • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Salmon Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
      • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
    • Kelsey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
      • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
    • Equestrian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Equestrian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Village
      • Equestrian Village is located in El Dorado County
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Spring, with the one closest to Forest Spring listed first.
    • Chicago Park ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chicago Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
      • Chicago Park is located in Placer County
    • Colfax
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Secret Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Secret Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
      • Secret Town is located in Placer County
    • Weimar
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gold Run
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Iowa Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Applegate
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Vista
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Dutch Flat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Alta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Clipper Gap
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
    • Yankee Jims
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Jims have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
      • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Spring, with the one closest to Forest Spring listed first.
    • Alleghany
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brandy City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
    • Forest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
    • Goodyears Bar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Downieville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Spring, with the one closest to Forest Spring listed first.
    • Rio Oso
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Yuba City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Bogue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
    • South Yuba City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Yuba City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest Spring, with the one closest to Forest Spring listed first.
    • Smartville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
    • Dobbins
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oregon House
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullards Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garden Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
    • Camptonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Foster Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Browns Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Loma Rica
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
    • Wheatland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Challenge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Forest Spring ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Spring.

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

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

  • Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Grass Valley.
  • Elm Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elm Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elm Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rough & Ready Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rough & Ready Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rough & Ready Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Colfax Indian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Colfax Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colfax Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colfax Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Deer Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deer Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Deer Creek Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Nevada City.
    • The Deer Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400769 <5>
  • Forest View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kneebone Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (58 more) ...
    • Iowa Hill Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iowa Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iowa Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Dutch Flat Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dutch Flat Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dutch Flat Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Alta
    • Pioneer Grove Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Kres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kres. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
    • Kres is located in Nevada County
  • Union Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
  • Chicago Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Buena Vista ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • Buena Vista is located in Nevada County
  • Glenbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
  • Rough and Ready
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Colfax
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Nevada City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Wolf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
    • Wolf is located in Nevada County
  • You Bet ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for You Bet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
    • You Bet is located in Nevada County
  • Weimar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gold Run
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sweetland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
      • Sweetland is located in Nevada County
    • Dutch Flat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Smartville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Forest Spring ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Spring.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Spring, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest Spring.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Forest Spring:

The official website for Nevada County: www.new.mynevadacounty.com/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Forest Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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- Forest Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forest Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1632, Longitude: -121.0638       In this case, the coordinates for Forest Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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