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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 Fourth Crossing (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 Fourth Crossing. 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 Fourth Crossing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fourth Crossing: Fourth Xing.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fourth Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fourth Crossing.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Fourth Crossing 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 Fourth Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fourth Crossing:

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Fourth Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Crossing, with the one closest to Fourth Crossing listed first.
    • San Andreas
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Altaville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Angels Camp
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Angels City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
    • Angels
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Angels is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
    • Carmen City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
    • Lost City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lost City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
    • Cave City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
    • Mountain Ranch
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Douglas Flat
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Murphys
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Crossing, with the one closest to Fourth Crossing listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Jackson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Martell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Camanche Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
    • Sutter Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pioneer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Volcano
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Amador City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ione
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
    • Drytown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • El Dorado County
    • Mount Aukum
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Crossing, with the one closest to Fourth Crossing listed first.
    • Bellota
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
    • Farmington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Peters
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Clements
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cometa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
    • Trigo ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Trigo is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
    • Linden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Holden ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Holden is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
    • Lockeford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Walthal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
    • Escalon
      (30 miles [48.3 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>
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Crossing, with the one closest to Fourth Crossing listed first.
    • Knights Ferry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • East Oakdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oakdale
    • Adela
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
    • Oakdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • 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>
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fourth Crossing, with the one closest to Fourth Crossing listed first.
    • Tuttletown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Columbia Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Columbia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Martinez
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Rawhide
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
    • Squabbletown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Jamestown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenley Oaks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
    • Sonora
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • East Sonora
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
    • Yosemite Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction

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

Cemeteries Near Fourth Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fourth Crossing.

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 Fourth Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altaville Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Altaville.
    • The Altaville Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Angels Camp Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269483 <2>
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lode Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Peoples Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Dean Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • 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]<3> 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 <2>
  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (51 more) ...

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

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

  • San Andreas
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Angels Camp
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Douglas Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Murphys
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Copperopolis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mokelumne Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jenny Lind
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
  • Milton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Milton is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Tuttletown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Rich Gulch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
    • Campo Seco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Telegraph City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City

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

Newspapers Published in Fourth Crossing ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fourth Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fourth Crossing, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fourth Crossing.

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 Fourth Crossing:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fourth Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Fourth Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.