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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Irishtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Irishtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Irishtown, please Contact Us.

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 Irishtown (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 Irishtown. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Irishtown is historic, it would have been located within present day Amador 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 Amador County: Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado, Sacramento & San Joaquin.

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

  • Amador County     (The home county of Irishtown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irishtown, with the one closest to Irishtown listed first.
    • Pine Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Volcano
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pioneer
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Martell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sutter Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Amador City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Fiddletown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Drytown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • River Pines
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Plymouth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ione
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • 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 <2>
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irishtown, with the one closest to Irishtown listed first.
    • Glencoe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Bar
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
    • West Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wilseyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bummerville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
    • Rail Road Flat
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • San Andreas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Mountain Ranch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
    • Campo Seco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cave City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irishtown, with the one closest to Irishtown listed first.
    • Mount Aukum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fair Play
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Somerset
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Tiger Lily
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
    • Newtown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Diamond Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • El Dorado
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
    • Shingle Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Camino
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Motor City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irishtown, with the one closest to Irishtown listed first.
    • Rancho Murieta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sloughhouse
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irishtown, with the one closest to Irishtown listed first.
    • Clements
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellota
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
    • Lockeford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irishtown, with the one closest to Irishtown listed first.
    • Columbia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Martinez
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Tuttletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Squabbletown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown

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

Cemeteries Near Irishtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Irishtown.

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 Irishtown - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Amador Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
  • New Protestant Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (49 more) ...
    • Oak Knoll Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Fiddletown Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Andreason Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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.

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

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

  • Pine Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Rich Gulch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
  • Volcano
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Glencoe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jackson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mokelumne Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sutter Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • West Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Amador City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fiddletown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Drytown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Plymouth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • San Andreas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Mountain Ranch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Irishtown ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Irishtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Irishtown, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Irishtown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Irishtown:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Irishtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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- Irishtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.