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 Hughes Place (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 Hughes Place. 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 Hughes Place ...
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 Hughes Place: Hughes Pl. (or less commonly used: Hughes Plc.)
- While the name of this community is Hughes Place, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Hughes Place may originally have been Hughe's Place.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Hughes Place might be written as Hughe Place.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hughes Place. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hughes Place.
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.
Hughes Place is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.
Below are the counties that are near Hughes Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hughes Place:
- Butte County (The home county of Hughes Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Place, with the one closest to Hughes Place listed first.
- Big Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bend is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Brush Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Creek is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Big Bar
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Big Bar is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Merrimac
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Pulga
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Berry Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Concow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Concow is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concow
- Cherokee ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Magalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bidwell Bar is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell Bar
- Oregon City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oregon City is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon City
- Former name for Oregon City:
- Bloomingdale
- Paradise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Place, with the one closest to Hughes Place listed first.
- North San Juan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birchville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Birchville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
- Plumas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Place, with the one closest to Hughes Place listed first.
- Storrie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tobin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tobin is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
- Bucks Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
- Belden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- La Porte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Little Grass Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
- Meadow Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Bar ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Spanish Ranch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
- Twain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Caribou
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caribou is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Sierra County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Place, with the one closest to Hughes Place listed first.
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brandy City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
- Queen City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Queen City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Gibsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
- Poker Flat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
- Goodyears Bar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yuba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hughes Place, with the one closest to Hughes Place listed first.
- Brownsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Challenge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rackerby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Camptonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dobbins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oregon House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Loma Rica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hughes Place, see our County-by-County Page for Hughes Place.
Cemeteries Near Hughes Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hughes Place.
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 Hughes Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hughes Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hughes Place, with the one closest to Hughes Place listed first.
- Lake Madrone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clarks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cherokee Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of Oroville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967787 <4>
- Indian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Skyway Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oregon City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Paradise Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Paradise.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #158628 <4>
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coutolenc Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nicholl Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (49 more) ...
- Thompson Flat Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Butte County Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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 Hughes Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hughes Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hughes Place, with the one closest to Hughes Place listed first.
- Big Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bend is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Brush Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Creek is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Merrimac
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Yankee Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
- Cherokee ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Pentz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pentz is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentz
- Magalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Enterprise ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lumpkin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Lovelock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelock is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
- Nimshew
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nimshew is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hurleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hurleton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
- Forbestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Powellton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hughes Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hughes Place.
Newspapers Published in Hughes Place ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hughes Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hughes Place, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hughes Place.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Hughes Place:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Butte County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Nevada County
- Plumas County
- Sierra County
- Yuba County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hughes Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Hughes Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |