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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 Jacobs Corner (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 Jacobs Corner. 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 Jacobs Corner ...

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 Jacobs Corner: Jacobs Cor. (or less commonly used: Jacobs Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Jacobs Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jacobs Corner may originally have been Jacob's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jacobs Corner might be written as Jacob Corner.

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Jacobs Corner is located in Yolo 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 Yolo County: Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano & Sutter.

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

  • Yolo County     (The home county of Jacobs Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jacobs Corner, with the one closest to Jacobs Corner listed first.
    • Madison
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Woodland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Yolo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Plainfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Esparto
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Zamora
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Capay
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Winters
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Knights Landing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • El Macero
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Swingle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
    • Brooks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jacobs Corner, with the one closest to Jacobs Corner listed first.
    • Harrington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
    • College City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Arbuckle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Grimes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Genevra
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jacobs Corner, with the one closest to Jacobs Corner listed first.
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Spanish Flat
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pope Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Angwin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Placer County
    • Riego
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Riego is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jacobs Corner, with the one closest to Jacobs Corner listed first.
    • Sacramento
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sutterville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
    • Elverta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Rio Linda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Ben Ali
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
    • Freeport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Freeport is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
    • Town and Country Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Parkway - South Sacramento
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Arcade ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Arcade is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
    • Antelope
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Arden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Arden is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
    • Florin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Florin is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
    • Laguna West - Lakeside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jacobs Corner, with the one closest to Jacobs Corner listed first.
    • Allendale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
    • Dixon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
    • Hartley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
    • Batavia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Batavia is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Leisure Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Leisure Town is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
    • Elmira
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Vacaville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Cannon ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cannon is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
    • Travis Field
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Travis Field is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
    • Mankas Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Mankas Corner is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankas Corner
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Oxford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Oxford is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Denverton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Denverton is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jacobs Corner, with the one closest to Jacobs Corner listed first.
    • Robbins
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicolas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicolaus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Pleasant Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rio Oso
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Yuba County
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing

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

Cemeteries Near Jacobs Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jacobs Corner.

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 Jacobs Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Gordon Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Gordon Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gordon Family Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Woodland.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2414016 <4>
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cottonwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Esparto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7919 <4>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
    • The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990865 <4>
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
    • The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Woodland City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8455 <4>
  • Cacheville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacheville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cacheville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Yolo.
    • The Cacheville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Yolo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344398 <4>
  • Corbin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mary's Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Capay Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Capay Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Esparto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7881 <4>
  • Winters Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winters Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Winters.
    • The Winters Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8452 <4>
  • Davis Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Davis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Davis.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7930 <4>
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Knights Landing Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tremont Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Silveyville 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 Jacobs Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jacobs Corner.

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

  • Citrona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Citrona is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrona
  • Madison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Woodland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Yolo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Plainfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Mullen ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mullen is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen
  • Esparto
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Merritt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Merritt is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
  • Capay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Winters
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Davis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Knights Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Swingle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
    • Webster
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Webster is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Brooks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Jacobs Corner ...

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 180 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jacobs Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jacobs Corner, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jacobs Corner.

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 websites either 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 Jacobs Corner:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jacobs Corner) 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 Jacobs Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.