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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 Indian Creek (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 Indian Creek. 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 Indian Creek ...

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 Indian Creek: Indian Crk. (or less commonly used: Indian Ck. or Indian Cr.)

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

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 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.

Indian Creek is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Indian Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Creek, with the one closest to Indian Creek listed first.
    • Cedar Vista
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
    • Forest Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
    • Sheep Ranch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hathaway Pines
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Avery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Murphys
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Douglas Flat
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cave City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
    • Lakemont Pines
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
    • Meadowmont
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Arnold
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fly-In Acres
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Mountain Ranch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Creek, with the one closest to Indian Creek listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Creek, with the one closest to Indian Creek listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pioneer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Volcano
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Martell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Drytown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ione
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Camanche Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
    • Plymouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Creek, with the one closest to Indian Creek listed first.
    • Fair Play
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Aukum
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stanislaus County
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Creek, with the one closest to Indian Creek listed first.
    • Columbia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Columbia Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Martinez
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Squabbletown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Cedar Ridge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuttletown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • East Sonora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
    • Greenley Oaks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
    • Sonora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Peaceful Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Peaceful Valley is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
    • Twain Harte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge

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

Cemeteries Near Indian Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Indian Creek.

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 Indian Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altaville Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Altaville.
    • The Altaville Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Angels Camp Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269483 <2>
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Lode Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Public Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...
    • Jewish Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sonora City Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery is located in Sonora.
      • The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Pioneer Jewish Cemetery

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.<4>

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

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

  • Sheep Ranch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Murphys
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Avery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Douglas Flat
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Angels Camp
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Trees
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Columbia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuttletown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • San Andreas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sonora
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Glencoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rich Gulch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
    • Jamestown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Indian Creek ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Indian Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Indian Creek, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Indian Creek.

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 Indian Creek:

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