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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Heather Glen (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 Heather Glen. 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 Heather Glen ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Heather Glen: Heather Gln.

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

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.

Heather Glen is located in Placer 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 Placer County: El Dorado, Nevada, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, Carson City (NV), Douglas (NV) & Washoe (NV).

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

  • Placer County     (The home county of Heather Glen)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heather Glen, with the one closest to Heather Glen listed first.
    • Weimar
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Applegate
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Meadow Vista
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clipper Gap
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
    • Colfax
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Yankee Jims
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
    • Chicago Park ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Chicago Park is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
    • Bowman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Foresthill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Iowa Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • North Auburn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • North Auburn is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
    • Auburn
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ophir
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heather Glen, with the one closest to Heather Glen listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cool
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Fornis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
    • Georgetown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pilot Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Garden Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Coloma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Lotus
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Kelsey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Quintette
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Quintette is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
    • Gold Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
    • Jayhawk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jayhawk is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heather Glen, with the one closest to Heather Glen listed first.
    • Lake of the Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
    • Chicago Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Alta Sierra
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
    • Cedar Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Kres
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Kres is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
    • Union Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • You Bet ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • You Bet is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
    • Grass Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • The Oaks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
    • Glenbrook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Gold Flat
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
    • Spring Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Bitney Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heather Glen, with the one closest to Heather Glen listed first.
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
    • Represa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Folsom
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • 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>
    • Citrus Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Folsom Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
    • Orangevale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairie City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Natoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Sabre City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
    • Antelope
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Oaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Foothill Farms
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Foothill Farms is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Farms
    • Gold River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heather Glen, with the one closest to Heather Glen listed first.
    • Pleasant Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rio Oso
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Heather Glen, with the one closest to Heather Glen listed first.
    • Smartville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
    • Wheatland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Browns Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dobbins
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oregon House
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Camptonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Loma Rica
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
    • Dantoni
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni

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

Cemeteries Near Heather Glen ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Heather Glen.

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 Heather Glen - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<3>

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

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

  • Weimar
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Clipper Gap
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
  • Colfax
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Yankee Jims
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
  • Chicago Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Wolf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Wolf is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
  • Auburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cool
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ophir
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ophir is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Buena Vista ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Buena Vista is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Newcastle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pilot Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Gold Run
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kres
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Kres is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres

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

Newspapers Published in Heather Glen ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Heather Glen.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Heather Glen, 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 Heather Glen.

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 Heather Glen:

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>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 Heather Glen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heather Glen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.