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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 Igo (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 Igo. 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.

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 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.

Igo is located in Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Shasta County     (The home county of Igo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Igo, with the one closest to Igo listed first.
    • Horsetown ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Horsetown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetown
      • Horsetown is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Horsetown:
      • Clear Creek Diggings
      • One Horse Town
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Horsetown
      • From Igo to Horsetown
    • Briggsville ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Briggsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
      • Briggsville is located in Shasta County
      • Former name for Briggsville:
      • Moorestown
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Briggsville
      • From Igo to Briggsville
    • Centerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Texas Springs ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Middletown ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middletown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Middletown is located in Shasta County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Middletown
      • From Igo to Middletown
    • Cloverdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ono
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Agland ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Agland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agland
      • Agland is located in Shasta County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Agland
      • From Igo to Agland
    • Gas Point ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Smithville ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smithville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
      • Smithville is located in Shasta County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Smithville
      • From Igo to Smithville
    • Shasta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bell's Bridge ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Canon City ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Canon City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
      • Canon City is located in Shasta County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Canon City
      • From Igo to Canon City
  • Tehama County
  • Trinity County

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

Cemeteries Near Igo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Igo.

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 Igo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Igo, with the one closest to Igo 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Igo had a population of 148 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Ono
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Gas Point ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Shasta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Olinda
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Girvan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Girvan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
    • Girvan is located in Shasta County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Girvan
    • From Igo to Girvan
  • Waugh ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waugh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
    • Waugh is located in Shasta County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Waugh
    • From Igo to Waugh
  • Redding
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Buckeye
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hart ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
    • Hart is located in Shasta County
    • Hart has also been known as:
    • Hart Village
    • Hart's Camp
  • Copley ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
    • Copley is located in Shasta County
    • Former name for Copley:
    • Motion
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Copley
    • From Igo to Copley
  • Anderson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • French Gulch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cottonwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennett ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kennett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett
      • Kennett is located in Shasta County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kennett
      • From Igo to Kennett
    • Deadwood ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Deadwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
      • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Deadwood
      • From Igo to Deadwood

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

Newspapers Published in Igo ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Igo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Igo, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Igo.

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 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 Igo:

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

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>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.
<5>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- Igo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Igo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5055, Longitude: -122.5417    
<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 Igo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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