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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 Hidden Valley Lake (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 Hidden Valley Lake. 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 Hidden Valley Lake ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Hidden Valley Lake: Hidden Vly. Lk. (or less commonly used: Hidden Vally. Lk. or Hidden Vlly. Lk.)

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.

Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Colusa, Glenn, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma & Yolo.

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Hidden Valley Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley Lake, with the one closest to Hidden Valley Lake listed first.
    • Middletown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lower Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Seigler Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seigler Springs
      • Seigler Springs is located in Lake County
    • Cobb
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pine Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Lake County
    • Clearlake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Salminas Resort
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salminas Resort
      • Salminas Resort is located in Lake County
    • Glenbrook
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
      • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
    • Clearlake Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
      • Glenview is located in Lake County
    • Clearlake Oaks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Glenhaven
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kelseyville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley Lake, with the one closest to Hidden Valley Lake listed first.
    • Wilbur Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Leesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
      • Leesville is located in Colusa County
    • Harrington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
    • Arbuckle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Genevra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genevra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley Lake, with the one closest to Hidden Valley Lake listed first.
    • Calistoga
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Woodleaf
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
    • Pope Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Angwin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Deer Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Saint Helena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Putas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
    • Rutherford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Oakville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Spanish Flat
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Yountville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redbud Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
  • Sonoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley Lake, with the one closest to Hidden Valley Lake listed first.
    • Kellogg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
      • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
    • Mercuryville ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mercuryville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercuryville
      • Mercuryville is located in Sonoma County
    • Camp Rose
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rose
      • Camp Rose is located in Sonoma County
    • Mark West Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark West Springs
      • Mark West Springs is located in Sonoma County
    • Geyserville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Healdsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Windsor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Melita
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
      • Melita is located in Sonoma County
    • Fulton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Preston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Preston is located in Sonoma County
    • Kenwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Montgomery Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
      • Montgomery Village is located in Sonoma County
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley Lake, with the one closest to Hidden Valley Lake listed first.
    • Rumsey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Guinda
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Brooks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Capay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Esparto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Hidden Valley Lake ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hidden Valley Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hidden Valley Lake, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hidden Valley Lake.

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 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 Hidden Valley Lake:

Cemeteries Near Hidden Valley Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hidden Valley Lake.

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 Hidden Valley Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Middletown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lower Lake Herndon - Copsey Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Lower Lake Herndon - Copsey Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower Lake Herndon - Copsey Pioneer Cemetery is located in Lower Lake.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Lake Herndon - Copsey Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1127222 <4>
  • Lower Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Duvall Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Duvall Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Duvall Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Pope Valley.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duvall Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2432322 <4>
  • St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northwest of Kelseyville.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2677191 <4>
  • Glenbrook Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Pope Valley.
    • The Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pope Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158186 <4>
  • Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Calistoga.
    • The Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989886 <4>
  • Biter Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Biter Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Biter Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Calistoga.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Biter Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2382169 <4>
  • Willard D. Hammond Gravesite
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Willard D. Hammond Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willard D. Hammond Gravesite is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Calistoga.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willard D. Hammond Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2432332 <4>
  • Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • John Zegras Gravesite
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the John Zegras Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the John Zegras Gravesite is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Calistoga.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Zegras Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2433801 <4>
    • Beeson Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Calistoga.
      • The Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • White Church Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158234 <4>

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

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

  • Middletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lower Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Knoxville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoxville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
    • Knoxville is located in Napa County
  • Glenbrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
  • Kellogg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
  • Calistoga
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Pope Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Angwin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bale
    • Bale is located in Napa County
  • Rumsey
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Kelseyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Geyserville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Barro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barro
      • Barro is located in Napa County
    • Guinda
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Highland Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
      • Highland Springs is located in Lake County

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

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

The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hidden Valley Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hidden Valley Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8080, Longitude: -122.5583       In this case, the coordinates for Hidden Valley Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 Hidden Valley Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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