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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 Greenwood (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 Greenwood. 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 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 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.

Greenwood is located in Glenn 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 Glenn County: Butte, Colusa, Lake, Mendocino & Tehama.

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

  • Glenn County     (The home county of Greenwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Orland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Artois
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Capay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
    • Hamilton City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Willows
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Glenn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Newville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Newville is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
    • Butte City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Elk Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Afton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Dogtown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Dogtown is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Nord ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Nord is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
    • Dayton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Dayton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Chico
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Chico is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <1>
    • Durham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Nelson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Richvale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Ranch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
    • Paradise
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Princeton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sites
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Sites is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
    • Devils Elbow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Devils Elbow is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
    • Maxwell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Stonyford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Kirkwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
    • Corning
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Vina
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Flournoy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Paskenta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Los Molinos
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Tehama
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Rancho Tehama Reserve
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gerber
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Proberta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rawson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Rawson is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson

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

Cemeteries Near Greenwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwood.

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 Greenwood - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Orland Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Orland Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Orland.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7887 <2>
  • Orland Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Oddfellows Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Germantown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Orland Masonic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Graves Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Graves Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Orland.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7996 <2>
  • Monroeville Pioneer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Willows Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willows Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Willows.
    • The Willows Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Glenn County Willows Cemetery
    • Willows Catholic Cemetery
    • Willows IOOF Cemetery
    • Willows IOOF Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7888 <2>
  • Kirkwood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Nye Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Martin Family Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Creek Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Chico.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8268 <2>
    • Elmore Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Orland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Willows
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Kirkwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
  • Jacinto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jacinto is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
  • Nord ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Nord is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
  • Anita
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Anita is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
  • Cana
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cana is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
  • Fruto
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fruto is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruto
  • Corning
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Vina
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Chico
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Chico is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <1>
  • Newville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Newville is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Elk Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Norman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Norman is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Henleyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Henleyville is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henleyville

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

Newspapers Published in Greenwood ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenwood, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenwood.

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 Greenwood:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenwood) 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 Greenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.