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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 Fouts Springs (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 Fouts Springs. 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 Fouts Springs ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Fouts Springs: Fouts Spgs. (or less commonly used: Fouts Spngs. or Fouts Sprngs.)
  • While the name of this community is Fouts Springs, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fouts Springs may originally have been Fout's Springs.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fouts Springs might be written as Fout Springs.

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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Fouts Springs is located in Colusa 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 Colusa County: Butte, Glenn, Lake, Sutter & Yolo.

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

  • Colusa County     (The home county of Fouts Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fouts Springs, with the one closest to Fouts Springs listed first.
    • Stonyford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lodoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodoga
      • Lodoga is located in Colusa County
    • Devils Elbow
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Devils Elbow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
      • Devils Elbow is located in Colusa County
    • Sites
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
      • Sites is located in Colusa County
    • Leesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
      • Leesville is located in Colusa County
    • Maxwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Wilbur Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Williams
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fouts Springs, with the one closest to Fouts Springs listed first.
    • Dogtown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dogtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
      • Dogtown is located in Glenn County
    • Elk Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lone Star ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
      • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
    • Copper City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
      • Copper City is located in Glenn County
    • Willows
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fouts Springs, with the one closest to Fouts Springs listed first.
    • Pole Garden ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pole Garden
      • Pole Garden is located in Lake County
    • Bartlett Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bartlett Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Springs
      • Bartlett Springs is located in Lake County
    • Hough Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hough Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hough Springs
      • Hough Springs is located in Lake County
    • Nice
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Robinson Rancheria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Rancheria
      • Robinson Rancheria is located in Lake County
    • Upper Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Lucerne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Saratoga Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
      • Saratoga Springs is located in Lake County
    • Witter Springs ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Witter Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter Springs
      • Witter Springs is located in Lake County
    • Clearlake Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Glenhaven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • North Lakeport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeport
      • North Lakeport is located in Lake County
  • Mendocino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fouts Springs, with the one closest to Fouts Springs listed first.
    • Hemlock Ranch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hemlock Ranch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Ranch
      • Hemlock Ranch is located in Mendocino County
      • Hemlock Ranch has also been known as:
      • Hemlock
    • Potter Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Calpella
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Redwood Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Talmage
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Fouts Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fouts Springs.

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

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

  • Stonyford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stonyford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stonyford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cypress Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Pryor Grave
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pryor Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pryor Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Upper Lake Rancheria Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Upper Lake Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sites Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Elk Creek Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elk Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elk Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Elk Creek.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168687 <5>
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hulls Grave
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hulls Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hulls Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Henry Alter Gravesite
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Alter Gravesite
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Henry Alter Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2507467 <5>
  • Nye Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nye Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Nye Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252800 <5>
  • Grindstone Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Watson Grave
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watson Grave
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watson Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Potter Valley Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potter Valley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potter Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hartley Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Stonyford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bartlett Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bartlett Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Springs
    • Bartlett Springs is located in Lake County
  • Hough Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hough Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hough Springs
    • Hough Springs is located in Lake County
  • Leesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Leesville is located in Colusa County
  • Sites
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
    • Sites is located in Colusa County
  • Upper Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Elk Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Fruto
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruto have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruto
    • Fruto is located in Glenn County
  • Pomo
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomo
    • Pomo is located in Mendocino County
  • Hemlock Ranch
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hemlock Ranch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Ranch
    • Hemlock Ranch is located in Mendocino County
    • Hemlock Ranch has also been known as:
    • Hemlock
  • Lurline ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lurline have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lurline
    • Lurline is located in Colusa County
  • Potter Valley
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lakeport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Maxwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Norman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
      • Norman is located in Glenn County

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

Newspapers Published in Fouts Springs ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fouts Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fouts Springs, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fouts Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Fouts Springs:

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

The official website for Colusa County: www.colusacountyclerk.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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>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 Fouts Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fouts Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fouts Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3532, Longitude: -122.6650       In this case, the coordinates for Fouts Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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