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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 Jackson (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 Jackson. 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 Jackson ...

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 have occurred.

The city of Jackson was originally named Bottileas

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.

A Few Details for Jackson ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • Jackson was established in 1848.
  • It was incorporated on December 5, 1905.

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 doctors and 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.

Jackson is located in Amador County and is the County Seat.

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 Amador County: Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado, Sacramento & San Joaquin.

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

  • Amador County     (The home county of Jackson)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jackson, with the one closest to Jackson listed first.
    • Martell
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Amador County
    • Amador City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Drytown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ione
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • 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>
    • Plymouth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Volcano
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pioneer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Camanche Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camanche Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jackson, with the one closest to Jackson listed first.
    • Big Bar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Campo Seco
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Glencoe
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
    • Valley Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • San Andreas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oregon Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
      • Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • Rail Road Flat
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • West Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Burson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jackson, with the one closest to Jackson listed first.
    • Mount Aukum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Fair Play
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Somerset
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Tiger Lily
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
    • Diamond Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • El Dorado
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Euchre Diggings. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
    • Pleasant Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Shingle Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Newtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cameron Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jackson, with the one closest to Jackson listed first.
    • Rancho Murieta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sloughhouse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Herald
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Wilton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Prairie City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
    • Galt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
      • Galt is located in Sacramento County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
    • Folsom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
      • 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>
    • Mather
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mormon Island. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
    • Natoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
    • Arno ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arno have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
      • Arno is located in Sacramento County
    • McConnel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McConnel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
      • McConnel is located in Sacramento County
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jackson, with the one closest to Jackson listed first.
    • Clements
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lockeford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Victor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Linden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Acampo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Peters
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lodi
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
      • Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <1>
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jackson, with the one closest to Jackson listed first.
    • Columbia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
    • Tuttletown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Jackson ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jackson.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Jackson. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Jackson and those printed in the larger area surrounding Jackson.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<4> of Jackson.

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 Jackson:

Cemeteries Near Jackson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jackson.

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

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

  • Jackson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
  • St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • New Protestant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Protestant Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • Oak Knoll Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Knoll Cemetery
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Stevens Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stevens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stevens Cemetery
  • Drytown Public Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Drytown Public Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drytown Public Cemetery
  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Continue List   (49 more) ...
    • Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
    • Protestant Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Protestant Cemetery
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Jackson had a population of 1,531 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Jackson had a population of 4,973 people.

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

  • Sutter Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mokelumne Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Amador City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rich Gulch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
  • Pine Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Drytown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ione
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
    • Ione is located in Amador County
    • 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>
  • Campo Seco
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Plymouth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Glencoe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Volcano
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fiddletown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lancha Plana ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancha Plana have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancha Plana
      • Lancha Plana is located in Amador County
    • Valley Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • San Andreas
      (11 miles [17.7 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 Jackson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jackson.

The official website for Jackson: www.ci.jackson.ca.us/

The official website for Amador County: www.co.amador.ca.us/

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<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- Jackson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jackson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3504, Longitude: -120.7754    
<5>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.
<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 Jackson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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