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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 Hidden Valley (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. 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 ...

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 Hidden Valley: Hidden Vly. (or less commonly used: Hidden Vally. or Hidden Vlly.)

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

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

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

  • Placer County     (The home county of Hidden Valley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley, with the one closest to Hidden Valley listed first.
    • Granite Bay
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Loomis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocklin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Penryn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Roseville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Newcastle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ophir
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Virginiatown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Virginiatown is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Auburn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clayton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley, with the one closest to Hidden Valley listed first.
    • Carbondale ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Carbondale is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • May ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • May is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
    • Plymouth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Drytown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • River Pines
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fiddletown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Amador City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ione
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • 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>
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley, with the one closest to Hidden Valley listed first.
    • Summit Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
    • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
    • Equestrian Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Equestrian Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Village
    • Franciscan Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Franciscan Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franciscan Village
    • Lakeridge Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeridge Oaks is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeridge Oaks
    • Marina Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Marina Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina Village
    • Waterford Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Waterford Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Village
    • Winterhaven Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Winterhaven Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterhaven Village
    • Crown Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
    • El Dorado Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Governors Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Governors Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Village
    • Highland Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Highland Village is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley, with the one closest to Hidden Valley listed first.
    • Lake of the Pines
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
    • Alta Sierra
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
    • Chicago Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Penn Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley, with the one closest to Hidden Valley listed first.
    • Represa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
    • Folsom Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
    • Folsom
      (6 miles [9.7 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>
    • Orangevale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Natoma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Citrus Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairie City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Fair Oaks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gold River
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sabre City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
    • Antelope
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley, with the one closest to Hidden Valley listed first.
    • Pleasant Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Nicolas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Nicolaus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rio Oso
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Robbins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley, with the one closest to Hidden Valley listed first.
    • Broderick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bryte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • West Sacramento
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarksburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Knights Landing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hidden Valley, with the one closest to Hidden Valley listed first.
    • Wheatland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
    • Olivehurst
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Hidden Valley ...

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

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 Hidden Valley - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Folsom Prison Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mormon Island Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Roseville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Vernon Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Newcastle Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sylvan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Citrus Heights.
    • The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1061654 <2>
  • Clarksville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pilot Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gold Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (73 more) ...
    • Sierra Hills Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Oaks Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jayhawk Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Jayhawk Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Jayhawk
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8083 <2>

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

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

  • Loomis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rocklin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
  • Orangevale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Folsom
    (6 miles [9.7 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>
  • Penryn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Roseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Natoma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
  • Newcastle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Alder Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Alder Creek is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Creek
  • Clarksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Pilot Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ophir
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • White Rock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • White Rock is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock

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

Newspapers Published in Hidden Valley ...

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

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hidden Valley, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hidden Valley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hidden Valley:

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 Hidden Valley, 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- Hidden Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.