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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 Hathaways Mountain Pines (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 Hathaways Mountain Pines. 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 Hathaways Mountain Pines ...

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 occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Hathaways Mountain Pines: Hathaways Mtn. Pines (or less commonly used: Hathaways Mntn. Pines)
  • While the name of this community is Hathaways Mountain Pines, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hathaways Mountain Pines may originally have been Hathaway's Mountain Pines.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hathaways Mountain Pines might be written as Hathaway Mountain Pines.

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.

Hathaways Mountain Pines 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 Hathaways Mountain Pines. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hathaways Mountain Pines:

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Hathaways Mountain Pines)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hathaways Mountain Pines, with the one closest to Hathaways Mountain Pines listed first.
    • Avery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hathaway Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lakemont Pines
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
    • Cedar Vista
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
    • Forest Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
    • Meadowmont
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Fly-In Acres
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Pinebrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
    • Arnold
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sheep Ranch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Big Trees
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Murphys
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hathaways Mountain Pines, with the one closest to Hathaways Mountain Pines listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hathaways Mountain Pines, with the one closest to Hathaways Mountain Pines listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pioneer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Volcano
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Martell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stanislaus County
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hathaways Mountain Pines, with the one closest to Hathaways Mountain Pines listed first.
    • Cedar Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Columbia Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Columbia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Martinez
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Squabbletown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sierra Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sierra Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Village
    • Twain Harte
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • East Sonora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
    • Greenley Oaks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks

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

Cemeteries Near Hathaways Mountain Pines ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hathaways Mountain Pines.

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 Hathaways Mountain Pines - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Public Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 <3>
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Lode Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Sonora City Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jewish Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery is located in Sonora.
      • The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Pioneer Jewish Cemetery

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.<5>

While we didn't find Hathaways Mountain Pines in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hathaways Mountain Pines.

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

  • Avery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Murphys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Trees
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Douglas Flat
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Columbia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Angels Camp
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuttletown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • Sonora
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Soulsbyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Hathaways Mountain Pines ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hathaways Mountain Pines.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hathaways Mountain Pines, 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 Hathaways Mountain Pines.

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 Hathaways Mountain Pines:

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>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hathaways Mountain Pines) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Hathaways Mountain Pines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.