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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 Gold Hill (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 Gold Hill. 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 Gold Hill ...

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.

Another variation: Goldhill.

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 southwest 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 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.

Gold Hill is located in El Dorado 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 El Dorado County: Alpine, Amador, Placer, Sacramento & Douglas (NV).

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

  • El Dorado County     (The home county of Gold Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
    • Coloma
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lotus
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jayhawk
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk
      • Jayhawk is located in El Dorado County
    • El Dorado
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Diamond Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Placerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Garden Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Euchre Diggings. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
    • Motor City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Motor City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
    • Shingle Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Skinners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners
      • Skinners is located in El Dorado County
    • Cameron Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
    • River Pines
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fiddletown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Drytown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Amador City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • May ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
      • May is located in Amador County
    • Carbondale ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
      • Carbondale is located in Amador County
    • Sutter Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Volcano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Grove
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Martell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Ione
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • 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>
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
    • Lake of the Pines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake of the Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
    • Chicago Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Alta Sierra
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alta Sierra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
    • You Bet ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for You Bet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
      • You Bet is located in Nevada County
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
    • Auburn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Newcastle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • North Auburn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
      • North Auburn is located in Placer County
    • Ophir
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
    • Granite Bay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Clipper Gap
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
    • Penryn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Applegate
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Vista
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Loomis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Foresthill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mormon Island. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
    • Folsom
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
      • Folsom has also been known as:
      • Folsom City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
    • Represa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
    • Prairie City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
    • Natoma
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
    • Folsom Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
    • Orangevale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gold River
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rancho Murieta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Citrus Heights
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Fair Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Rancho Cordova
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Gold Hill ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gold Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gold Hill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gold Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Gold Hill:

Cemeteries Near Gold Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gold Hill.

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

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

  • James Marshall Gravesite
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the James Marshall Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James Marshall Gravesite
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Middletown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middletown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middletown Cemetery
  • Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery
  • Uniontown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Uniontown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Uniontown Cemetery
  • Jayhawk Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Placerville Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bennett Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennett Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Memorial Park
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Smith Flat Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Flat Cemetery
  • Continue List   (62 more) ...
    • Pilot Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilot Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilot Hill Cemetery
    • Oak Hill Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Lotus
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Coloma
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Kelsey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelsey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
  • El Dorado
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Placerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Garden Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Shingle Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pilot Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salmon Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
    • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
  • Georgetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Clarksville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
  • Cool
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Nashville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in El Dorado County
    • Pleasant Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • White Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • White Rock is located in Sacramento County

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

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

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.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>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.
<3>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.
<4>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- Gold Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gold Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7610, Longitude: -120.8847       In this case, the coordinates for Gold Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Gold Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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